Baptist asks appeal court to rule on ‘day of rest’ case

was told he should get involved in the 2015 campaign. “I will get involved, but I do have quite a nice life now,” he said.

In an indication of how he believed Mr Miliband should fight the campaign, Mr Campbell suggested screening videos of his critics and then responding to them, claiming it was a tactic that had worked well in his efforts to help the Albanian socialist party win electoral success. A BAPTIST woman has asked the Court of Appeal to rule on her right not to work on Sundays.

Child-care worker Celestina Mba, from London, claims she should be free to obey the fourth commandment and only rest and pray on the Sabbath.

Arriving at court, the 58-yearold mother-of-three, said: “I have never worked Sunday in my life.

“What I am hoping to achieve is to have my individual rights to worship recognised – remove my belief and there is no ‘me’.”

Mrs Mba wants three appeal judges to overturn an employment appeal tribunal decision dismissing her claim for constructive dismissal against the London Borough of Merton. She claims that she was working with autistic children at a respite centre run by the borough on the understanding that she would not have to work on Sundays, but after a time her employers allegedly reneged on the agreement.

Her claim for constructive dismissal failed before the tribunal partly on the grounds that observing the Sabbath was not a “core component” of the Christian faith.

The judges reserved their decision and said they would hand down their judgment in writing at a later date.

Their ruling could have wideranging ramifications among people who observe the Sabbath, including Sabbatarians in various parts of Scotland.