Want to make yourself look less nasty? Avoid picking fights with the church – Guardian February 19, 2015 by Fulcrum Who will rid Iain Duncan Smith of these turbulent priests? For turbulent the Church of England has been this week, with the bishops’ pre-election letter to the faithful arguing for a “fresh moral vision” in politics. Now Duncan Smith, whose welfare changes came in for the gentlest of covert chidings in the letter, has given them both barrels in return. Scoffing at the church’s “dwindling relevance” in national life, he suggested it was hardly entitled to talk about alienating voters when it couldn’t get bums on pews itself. Gaby Hinsliff. Guardian. 19 February 2015 FulcrumShareTweetShare
