Rob Flello

Robert Charles Douglas Flello (born 14 January 1966) is a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent South from 2005 to 2017. In 2019, he changed his party allegiance to the Liberal Democrats.

Quotes

 * I could not in good conscience vote for a party that thinks protecting the most vulnerable people in society, those who are yet to be born, issues around euthanasia, other pro-life issues and indeed generally people who have a faith and want to practice it, I couldn't vote for a party that thinks that is somehow incompatible with the modern world.
 * "'This is blatant discrimination': Christian politician deselected by Lib Dems says it was because of abortion and gay marriage views" (13 November 2019).
 * In 2019, Flello was briefly the Liberal Democrat candidate for his former constituency, but was deselected within two days.


 * I had always said that when I could see the holes in the hands and feet of Jesus myself then I would consider believing. It was very much a standard line – I wouldn't take anything on belief, I wanted to see the evidence. On that hillside I looked up at the crucifix and Our Lord was there with the holes in his hands and his feet and in that instant – I wouldn’t say I believed, I wouldn’t say I decided to start believing – in that instant, I knew. I knew that I had been looking all these years without seeing Christ crucified. There he was in front of me and I then knew that God and Jesus Christ were true. My life has been upside down ever since. All my original views were turned upside down. It has cost me quite a few friendships and has probably cost me a political career but I cannot un-know what I now know.
 * "The day my atheist convictions were shattered", Catholic Herald (16 October 2020)