[QUOTE=johncar54;186106]With an estimated 4.2 million practicing RCs in UK that is probably more than practicing C o E, and both are Christian and many Anglican Priest maybe on the point of becoming RC so that's not a potential problem.
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Technically yes more practicing RC's in the country but unless the Law changed recently they can still not be primeminster or Head of state. Look how big a deal it was about Tony B liar becoming a Roman Catholic the mintue he stepped down.
To quote Wikipedia as im feeling lazy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_C...teenth_century
Although the persecution was not violent as in the past, Catholic numbers, influence and visibility in English society reached their lowest ebb. Their civil rights were severely curtailed: their right to own property or inherit land was greatly limited, they were burdened with special taxes, they could not send their children abroad for Catholic education, they could not vote, and priests were liable to imprisonment.
This was the tradtional Britain to which i belive to say your truely English, Scotish, welsh you would need to trace your way back to 18th century at least.
Watch a Rangers v Celtic Game or Linfield V Derry Plus many other examples where many are not practising their faith but feel the urge to support the side they thing is the right one.
I mean Guy fawkes night is burning the nasty catholic extremist who tried to commit a terroist act.
But the point was if we were to not change and just be "British" one of the main defining points in the past was to be protestant rather than Catholic to be a true Brit.
That means surely about 50 percent of those on here could never be seen as British in some eyes
