Finally, the church admits it was wrong on Thatcher: Bishops say ‘they failed to see the moral vision’ of former PM’s benefits June 8, 2016 by Fulcrum Bishops yesterday admitted that the Church of England was wrong about Margaret Thatcher. In a paper that amounted to a sweeping U-turn in the Church's longstanding Left-wing attitude to poverty and the welfare state, they declared that it 'failed to see the moral vision that informed Margaret Thatcher's administration'. Steve Doughty. Daily Mail. 8 June 2016 FulcrumShareTweetShare