Religious Make-up of the UK

• In 2001 UK census, 72% of people were identified as "Christian"
• In 2002, a "New Scientist" survey showed that "55% of the British public do not believe in a higher being"
• In 1948, George Orwell wrote "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them"