The Christian Right in the UK

This chapter provides an overview of the conservative Christian presence in the UK. Neither a Christian Right (in the American sense of the term) nor a fully-fledged movement, conservative Christian activists and groups in the UK have used the judicial process as politics by other means. Being a political minority forecloses certain tactics to achieve their policy goals, so Christian Right activists in the UK have found success by mounting court challenges. It might be that victories around the margins will build to a central movement, or it might be that institutional and social hindrances remain insurmountable for a fully-fledged Christian Right in the UK.