Ambassadors can be seen in public but rarely heard. Like the best referees or umpires, whom you don’t really notice until after the match that they have done a good job.

Speaking to the Conservative Christian Fellowship at the annual Wilberforce Address on Monday 17 November, Mrs Badenoch opened up about her own personal faith, saying that “Christian values have been a constant in my life”.

Messages were received from His Majesty King Charles III, The Archbishop of York, and The Prime Minister at the 13th annual Nayrouz (Coptic New Year) Service at St Margaret’s, Westminster Abbey.

I had the pleasure of attending this event at St Martins in the Field recently, as part of their autumn lecture series. It was an interview style event with Q&A afterwards.

As the leader of the Conservative Party’s Christian Fellowship, and also a member of the Anglican Church, my ears pricked up when I heard that not only was my denominational leader, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, being quoted praising taxes and decrying cuts in an IPPR report, he was also addressing the TUC conference with a message railing against the ‘evils’ of capitalism and praising Christian Socialism. 

This year the Conservative Party Conference was held in Birmingham from Sunday the 30th September to Wednesday 3rd October. Find out more in our Autumn 2018 Newsletter.