Britain hasn't been a Christian nation "for some time", Anne Widdecombe has mentioned, as analysis finds monks are more and more fearful for the way forward for their faith.

A landmark survey has discovered that three-quarters of Church of England clergy don't believe the UK is a Christian nation, with fashionable attitudes more and more diverging from the nation's nationwide faith.

Reacting to the news in a fiery interview this morning, Ms Widdecombe slammed the church, claiming it had failed as an establishment to guide its followers.

She claimed the UK stays "culturally" Christian, one thing she claimed the "woke brigade can't get rid of".

Speaking to TalkTV's Mike Graham, she mentioned her points with the church had prompted her to show to Catholicism.

The former MEP, 75, informed the TalkTV host that the UK has an "enormous" reference to Christianity.

She mentioned: "We've got an enormous Christian history and Christian culture, something the woke brigade can't actually get rid of because it's just there.

"But, spiritually talking, the UK hasn't been a Christian nation for a really very long time."

She added that there is "nothing new about that", as monks sign needs for a doctrine shift throughout the establishment.

The current analysis revealed by The Times discovered that monks at the moment are hoping for the church to adapt to fashionable sensibilities, with assist constructing behind a possible feminine Archbishop of Canterbury and a change within the Anglican place on intercourse earlier than marriage.