Totnes.

Gradually, ever gradually the forces of atheism advance. They do not do so openly, but generally quietly, surreptitiously and often in an 'oh so reasonable' way.
The tradition of Council prayers at the start of meetings in Totnes has been abandoned in favour of 'a quiet moment of reflection'. Incidentally, Totnes has no minority faiths on the Council! In itself - nothing. But multiply this tens of thousands of times around the nation and you drain away the lifeblood. For the second time recently, and in a totally different context, I shall use the phrase 'the death of a thousand cuts'.
Perhaps I could add a description of the tactic - 'softlee, softlee, catchee monkey'.
Shame on Totnes Mayor Pruw Boswell - a Roman Catholic - for being party to this.
One more big negative in Devon. I shall continue to remember these politically correct places. They will never get my money through tourism.

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