If Mr Johnson is to be true to his word and consolidate his northern vote, finance must serve those nearer the bottom of the pile to address our North-South inequality.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s apt that this sea-change election fell just before Christmas, the time in our Christian calendar when we trace the start of our narrative \u2013 that Nativity story about displacement, refugees, insufficient accommodation, the cruel and casual oppression by a ruling class and a baby born in a stable.<\/p>\n
The child we celebrate at Christmas-time would grow up to tell some Pharisees who tried to trick him over Roman taxation policy to \u2018render to Caesar what is Caesar\u2019s and to God what is God\u2019s\u2019.<\/p>\n
Christians believe everything belongs to God. So some of the more rapacious models of capitalism we\u2019ve suffered under, which brought about the financial crisis that cost the world so dearly, really won\u2019t do today.<\/p>\n
This Christmas we have a golden opportunity to re-invent our political culture and our economy.<\/p>\n