John Cooper: Why Britain must resist a new blasphemy law

John Cooper: Why Britain must resist a new blasphemy law

John Cooper is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway. ‘And now back to Venice, and those effing gondolas…’ The screen at Newton Stewart cinema was filled with amazing images of the Grand Canal and the Rialto Bridge but the commentator – Michael Palin – had given the lie to the idea that this was a travel documentary. It was actually a spoof short from the Monty Python team ahead of the main feature, The Life of Brian. I…