![]() “Shame!” squawked a Liberal Democrat peeress. No sooner had Lord Murray of Blidworth wrapped up his opening remarks on behalf of the Government than the heckling began. Such interventions are rarely as carefully planned on areas where the Church and conservatism agree.Īway from the archepiscopal intervention, peer-on-peer action was the order of the day. These lapses aside, the Archbishop was articulate and considered, though one gets the impression that he is at his happiest when his speeches align with The Guardian’s editorial page. I know Lambeth Palace has abandoned the language of the King James Bible, but did they really have to switch to Deloitte-speak quite so quickly? He referred to people traffickers as an “evil tribe”, as if they were the Jebusites or the Perizzites.īut this being Welby, he soon veered into corporatese, inviting the Bishops of Durham and Gloucester to “speak to” issues and coming out with phrases like “a baseline from which to build a globally shared understanding”. Initially, however, his language was worthy of Deuteronomy or Leviticus. The Most Rev Justin Welby stuck to the New Testament and wisely refrained from mentioning the multiple refugee crises caused in the Old Testament by God Himself. ![]() Surely the last time a senior English cleric had a work stint this packed was Cardinal Wolsey’s business trip to Rome to have a little chat about Henry VIII’s marital status. ![]() One minute he’s crowning a monarch, the next he’s leading opposition to the Government in Parliament. It’s been a busy old week for the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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