Interesting article on the Demos blog about the voting behaviour of Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom: http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/puttingacrossontheballot
In the blogpost Tom Gregory tells us "British Catholics overwhelmingly vote Labour". This is a disturbing assertion to make. For the first time (that I have seen) a left-leaning think tank is stating that there is a correlation between ethnic and religious identity (in this case Irish) and support for the Labour Party.
This would seem to endorse the BNP's argument that Labour attracts the bloc votes of minority groups (specifically accusing Labour of bribing minority groups with preferential access to welfare resources).
However I think Tom Gregory exaggerates his argument.
There are examples of Unionist MPs in Northern Ireland who statistically could not have won their seats without substantial support from Roman Catholics in their constituencies. Nineteen of the current list of Conservative MPs are Roman Catholics. Conservative social policy is much closer to Roman Catholic teaching than Labour's.
On the whole I think Tom Gregory's line of reasoning is unproven.
