{"id":1441722,"date":"2022-04-16T14:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441722"},"modified":"2022-04-16T14:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:15:08","slug":"catholic-boris-skips-giving-easter-greetings-in-favour-of-jewish-sikh-and-tamil-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-boris-skips-giving-easter-greetings-in-favour-of-jewish-sikh-and-tamil-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039; Catholic&#039; Boris Skips Giving Easter Greetings In Favour of Jewish, Sikh, and Tamil Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholic-boris-skips-giving-easter-greetings-in-favour-of-jewish-sikh-and-tamil-holidays%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1302129871-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">British prime minister Boris Johnson declined to offer Holy Week greetings for Good Friday, Maundy Thursday, and Palm Sunday on social media \u2014 but made time to recognise the Tamil and Sinhalese new year and publish video messages to mark the Jewish Passover and Sikh\u00a0Vaisakhi.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who made history by becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/jun\/12\/catholic-prime-minister-no-10-watershed-moment-boris-johnson\">the first<\/a> supposedly Catholic prime minister in British history \u2014 with Catholics being largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/living-heritage\/transformingsociety\/private-lives\/religion\/overview\/persecution\/#:~:text=During%20the%201660s%20and%201670s,across%20England%2C%20Scotland%20and%20Wales.\">excluded<\/a> from such high office for many years following the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite rebellions of the 17th and 18th centuries \u2014 has said that he is \u201ca kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/premierchristian.news\/en\/news\/article\/boris-johnson-i-would-count-myself-as-a-very-very-bad-christian\">very, very bad Christian<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Yet, the PM evidently did not feel any urgent need to recognise the Christian holy days of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, or, as of the time of publication, Holy Saturday \u2014 or indeed Ash Wednesday, which marked the beginning of the Lenten period for Western Christians.<\/p>\n<p>This was not the case for various non-Christian religious and secular holidays falling in the same period as Holy Week, however, with the Prime Minister publishing carefully crafted video messages for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1514961600310136838\">Jewish Passover<\/a>\u00a0on Good Friday and for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1514521781683597316\">Sikh\u00a0Vaisakhi<\/a>\u00a0on Maundy Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday even saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1514655703176290304\">text-based message<\/a> for the obscure Tamil and Sinhala new years, with the Tory leader wishing a \u201cPuthandu Vazthukal to all Tamils\u201d and a \u201chappy Aluth Avurudda to all Sinhalese people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Puthandu Vazthukal to all Tamils and a happy Aluth Avurudda to all Sinhalese people. <\/p>\n<p>New Year marks a new lease of life as we recognise the outstanding contribution of these communities in the UK and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1514655703176290304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The official 10 Downing Street account has also skipped any recognition of Holy Week thus far, but prepared and published high-quality animated greetings for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1514962975328817156\">Passover<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1514521938454056963\">Vaisakhi<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1514593148051279873\">Tamil and Sinhala new year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the tweets on both the Boris Johnson and Downing Street appeared to reference this apparent sidelining of Christianity, technically the established religion in England to this day, which appears more inexplicable insofar as it has not been the practice of the entire Cabinet. Both Foreign Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trussliz\/status\/1515003268535103491\">Liz Truss<\/a> and Health Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sajidjavid\/status\/1514891314927656964\">Sajid Javid<\/a> \u2014 a Muslim \u2014 took the time to recognise Good Friday, before also offering Passover greetings.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely that the Prime Minister and Downing Street will at least recognise Easter Sunday, as they have in previous years \u2014 although such greetings have sometimes left something to be desired, with the Downing Street\u2019s many Easter messages in 2020 often taking the form of warnings to continue submitting to lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThinking of seeing friends and family this Easter? Don\u2019t,\u201d commanded <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1249045444015030273\">one<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1248253212441948167\">another<\/a> instructed citizens: \u201cThis Easter, don\u2019t go and see your grandad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messages in 2021, similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1378617123170361348\">told<\/a> Britons to \u201cStay safe, keep following the rules, and have a very happy Easter,\u201d in that order, and to \u201cWash your hands and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1378302674681135106\">keep your distance<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Vaisakhi to Sikhs celebrating in the UK and around the world! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OKDN3krcan\">pic.twitter.com\/OKDN3krcan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1514521938454056963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British prime minister Boris Johnson declined to offer Holy Week greetings for Good Friday, Maundy Thursday, and Palm Sunday on social media \u2014 but made time to recognise the Tamil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}