to be a political leader, especially the progressive liberal in 2017 and live asa progressive liberaln 2017 and live as a committed christian has felt impossible for me. i am a liberal to my fingertips. and that liberalism means that i am passionate about defending the rights and liberties of people who believe very different things to me. there are christians in politics who take the view that they should impose the talents of their faith they should impose the talents of theirfaith on they should impose the talents of their faith on society but i have not taken that approach because i fundamentally disagree with it. it is not liberal, and it is counter—productive when it comes to advancing the gospel. even so, i seem to have been the subject of suspicion because of what i believe and to my faith is in. in which case we are kidding ourselves if we think we yet live in a tolerant, liberal society. and that is why i have chosen to step down as leader of the liberal democrats. the resignation statement of tim farron from being leader of the liberal democrats. now, i look at the papers.