[potato3732842]

Britain had a habit of showing all its religious/political (can't really separate them at this point in history) minorities the door (and to be fair, some of them were basically lunatics) which is likely a large part of why things shook out the way they did. A bunch of ideologically opposed groups cast onto another continent had no choice but to learn how to self govern despite their differences.

[ahmeneeroe-v2]

>religious/political (can't really separate them at this point in history)

In the US this is still true (idk anything about other countries' politics)

[nicoburns]

Religion has a relatively minor influence on UK politics these days. 37% of people are non-religious. 46% identify as Christians, but only 10% actually attend Church. And the majority of those Christians belong to moderate denominations whose politics isn't that different to that of the general population.

[ahmeneeroe-v2]

Politics is still religion. the "free market" religion, the "climate change" religion, etc.

[growlNark]

Eh even the nonreligious are still pretty culturally christian. This especially bubbles up during conversations about immigration