More Nonsense From Justin Welby - Should senior churchmen involve themselves in politics? The Archbishop of Canterbury is certain they should.

 Justin Welby speaks trendy, shallow nonsense. I've no doubt he's a good man... If only he were a wiser one

Should senior churchmen involve themselves in politics? The Archbishop of Canterbury is certain they should.

In a recent newspaper interview, Justin Welby declared: 'The idea that I shouldn't be political is . . . a nonsense. Everyone is political . . . Every decision we make is a political decision.'

Karl Marx might have approved of such sentiments but it is an odd thing for an Anglican Archbishop to say. Is walking the dog political? Or giving money to the poor? Or becoming a Christian? Or wanting to take Holy Communion?

What Dr Welby said is nonsense, of course. Trendy, shallow nonsense. I daresay that on reflection he might take it back. The Primate of All England has a habit of sounding off, and then retracting at least part of what he has said.

His latest foray into controversy was to suggest in an interview with ITV's Tom Bradby that Prince Andrew is 'seeking to make amends' following his public disgrace. Unfortunately, he was unable or unwilling to provide a single instance of the Prince trying to atone.

Dr Welby rightly said that 'forgiveness really does matter' and that 'we have become a very, very unforgiving society'. The implication was that we should forgive the Prince for his friendship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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