Bishops bashing Cummings

**Paddy** · 25 May 2020, 10:48

"Bishops bashing Cummings". Is that a new chess move?

**OwlHoot** · 26 May 2020, 11:15

Originally posted by AtW View Post

Bishops turn on Boris Johnson for defending Dominic Cummings | Politics | The Guardian

I'm sure HMQ, who is head of the Church of England, can have a quiet word with the bishops and tell them to pull themselves together and stop behaving like sanctimonious twats.

**Old Greg** · 26 May 2020, 11:20

Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

I'm sure HMQ, who is head of the Church of England, can have a quiet word with the bishops and tell them to pull themselves together and stop behaving like sanctimonious twats.

Spoken like a true authoritarian.

Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?

**DaveB** · 26 May 2020, 13:02

Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

I'm sure HMQ, who is head of the Church of England, can have a quiet word with the bishops and tell them to pull themselves together and stop behaving like sanctimonious twats.

I think she already has

Coronavirus: Bishops get death threats over Cummings criticism - BBC News

**Mordac** · 26 May 2020, 13:03

Originally posted by Paddy View Post

"Bishops bashing Cummings". Is that a new chess move?

It's the closest you'll get to a 'Sun-style' headline in the Graun.

**Old Greg** · 26 May 2020, 13:44

Originally posted by Mordac View Post

It's the closest you'll get to a 'Sun-style' headline in the Graun.

Not as good as the "Gay sex splits bishops" headline of many years ago.

**Mordac** · 26 May 2020, 14:47

Originally posted by Old Greg View Post

Not as good as the "Gay sex splits bishops" headline of many years ago.

If that was genuinely in the Graun, I doff my cap Sir.
Now, I must put Google to work proving its authenticity and then hastily delete my internet history (again)...

**TwoWolves** · 26 May 2020, 15:31

Our local parish church congregation is 100% leave, patriotic and like Boris*.

The Church of England clergy seems to be having a race with senior BBC management to see who can make themselves completely redundant the quickest.

* excepting me as I know Boris from his London Mayor days.

**Old Greg** · 26 May 2020, 15:55

Originally posted by TwoWolves View Post

Our local parish church congregation is 100% leave, patriotic and like Boris*.

The Church of England clergy seems to be having a race with senior BBC management to see who can make themselves completely redundant the quickest.

* excepting me as I know Boris from his London Mayor days.

Surely a key lesson from the Bible is that the Prophets (religious leaders) should hold the Kings (executive) to account?

Bishops bashing Cummings