How the Church of England became the Labour Party at prayer
Anglican bishops were right-on disciples of fashion long before Justin Welby came along
“The Church of England is the Tory party at prayer.” That’s the myth, so when bishops attack a Conservative government, such as over the Rwanda plan, we’re invited to be surprised, and when Conservatives bite back, we’re supposed to be shocked. And yet, in his diary, long ago in 1957, Harold Macmillan wrote that he dreaded his meetings with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher. “I try to talk to him about religion, but he seems to be quite uninterested and reverts all the time to politics.”... DT.
