The decision on Wednesday night by the leader of the Liberal-Democrat party, Tim Farron, to stand down under pressure from party colleagues and the media over his evangelical Christian convictions, has been widely commented on as evidence of a new bigotry in public discourse.Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Canon Pat Browne, duty priest at Parliament, spoke to the Catholic Herald at the launch of the Catholic Voices 'Reframe' Programme.Lord Alton writes about it here, highlighting the irony of the party of conscience and free speech, proud of its Christian origins, becoming "something so narrow and intolerant".At Crux, Austen Ivereigh says Tim Farron's understanding of liberalism was more authentic than that of his critics.