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Signs of growing radicalism at the Greenbelt Christian festival?
SYMON HILL wonders whether progressive shoots are sprouting at one of Britain’s largest religious events

Last weekend communist theologian Marika Rose called for the abolition of the police.

It’s nothing remarkable: she has been expressing such views for years. What was different this time is that she was addressing an audience at one of Britain’s largest religious festivals.

Greenbelt is a Christian-based festival of music, comedy, arts, talks, debate, politics, worship and theology. In recent years, it has projected a clearly left-of-centre image.

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