Except in tone, the view expressed in the Cameron article was not that different from the Telegraph letter attacking it. So is this argument really about anything? I think it is. First, it is political. Not only does Mr Cameron want (as has been pointed out) to beat back Ukip, he also wants to suggest, ever so politely, that he is personally different from Ed Miliband (Jewish by birth, atheist by belief) and Nick Clegg (atheist, married to a Spanish Roman Catholic). His tolerant, middle-of-the-road Christianity, shared by his wife, makes him that bit more British than his opponents – or at least, more English. He may calculate that being mildly, undogmatically Christian (which he genuinely is) is more attractive to voters than believing in nothing. The 55 signatories may be right that the British public resent any imposition of Christianity, but they resent the imposition of atheism much more.