Saints alive! Paper wants Edmund to oust George

The East Anglian Daily Times and BBC Radio Suffolk have launched a joint campaign to replace St George as the patron saint of England with an East Anglian king, St Edmund. Readers and viewers are evidently flocking to sign a "We're Backing Saint Edmund" petition which will be taken to Downing Street on November 20 (aka St Edmund's Day). The campaign, conceived by Radio Suffolk presenter Mark Murphy is being taken very seriously by EADT editor Terry Hunt who says that St Edmund's "credentials are far stronger than St George's", pointing out that "beautiful" Bury St Edmunds is named after him. St Edmund was England's patron saint until he was "usurped" by St George. The paper has designed a poster for readers to download from its website to display in their windows. (Via East Anglian Daily Times)