Are You an Atheist Politician? If You’re British, It Will Help You, Says New Survey

According to a survey released yesterday by YouGov, nearly a third of British adults don’t believe in a God. (Compare that to the 50% who are at least nominally Christian.)

Even more interesting is when those respondents were asked what they thought about Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, both of whom are atheists. More Brits than not said they viewed the men more positively because of their godlessness.

(Obviously, that’s a far cry from the U.S., where a dec...