Pagan cult? Thought it was a bunch of Christian fundamentalists that had infiltrated the local Conservative party in Brentwood? They'll get all upset if you call them pagan - fire and brimstone and all that - just ask old_cross_bound in JetBlast for details
btw. Eric Pickles is the ex-Lord Mayor of Bradford, where he managed to upset just about everybody and made a mess of the finely-balanced race relations in that city.
[This message has been edited by foghorn (edited 16 May 2001).]