Catholic Union Deputy Director, James Somerville-Meikle, writes:
At the end of the 2016 US Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton’s campaign team erected a fake glass ceiling in the venue where she was expected to give her victory speech.
The ceiling was going to smash on the news that America had elected its first woman President. Of course, Donald Trump emerged victorious and the ceiling remained intact.
It has at times felt that there is something of a glass ceiling when it comes to Christians in public life in this country. We are often seen as good people (I hope!) but not really up to the top jobs in politics where cut and thrust and difficult decisions are required.
The results of the SNP leadership election this week are perhaps another example of a glass ceiling cracked, if not broken, with Kate Forbes securing 48% per cent of the vote.
In the early stages of the campaign, Ms Forbes was written off by sections of the press and social media for holding fast to traditional Christian teaching. But as the former Labour MP, Ruth Kelly, said at our Pub Talk on Monday this week, there is a desire for authenticity in politics today.
Truth always wins in the end.