For a man who lives in No. 10 Downing Street, has two multi-million pound homes and an upbringing steeped in privilege, it was the one question which stopped him in his tracks.
"What would your response to Jesus be on his instruction to us to sell all our possessions and give the proceeds to the poor," David Cameron was asked during a question-and-answer session in Darwen near Blackburn.
Mr Cameron, who once likened his faith to the patchy reception of Magic FM in the Chilterns, found himself straying into territory which his predecessors have avoided at all costs: God.
The Prime Minister disclosed that he thinks the bible is "not a bad handbook" for life but admitted it would be "a little bit more difficult" to follow the scriptures to the letter and surrender his belongings.
He said: "I'm a Christian and I'm an active member of the Church of England, and like all Christians I think I sometimes struggle with some of the sayings and some of the instructions. » | Steven Swinford and Peter Dominiczak | Thursday, August 08, 2013
