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June 27th, 2007

What MPs think about the Church of England

I don’t normally talk about politics, but I’ve been watching some of the Blair-Brown handover commentary on the BBC. It was interesting to see Tony Blair’s final Prime Minister’s Questions, in particular the question about faith.

LIberal Democrat MP Richard Younger-Ross (to great heckling) asked about the advice Mr Blair would give Mr Brown on the relationship between state and faith, especially if Mr Brown really does want to disestablish the Church of England. Tony Blair’s reply: “I think I’m really not bothered about that one”. Loud applause followed.

It gave the impression that the Church of England is, in the eyes of MPs, an entire irrelevance.

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13 Responses to “What MPs think about the Church of England”


  1. Dave says:

    There again – perhaps they were heckling his hairstyle. See the link I posted to Kerron’s site.

    June 27th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
  2. Neil says:

    I think it was just a little joke on Blairs part about his Catholicism, and the applause was at the wit of his answer, that’s the way I saw it anyway.

    June 27th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
  3. Dave says:

    Neil – yes, that makes sense. The intense heckling that accompanied the question made me think that the MPs saw the question as being entirely irrelevant. I don’t really know, which is one reason I tend not to commentate on politics.

    June 27th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
  4. Neil says:

    Well I am an expert on politics, I once saw Andrew Marr waiting for a train at Temple Meads and I feel some of his greatness rubbed off on me.

    June 27th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
  5. Tim Roll-Pickering says:

    To be honest I think this was a standard heckle for any obscure Lib Dem MP.

    June 27th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
  6. Ellen says:

    Neil – I think it did (rub off on you)!

    June 27th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
  7. Anne says:

    Wow. If they keep this up, somebody could actually end up using “antidisestablishmentarianism” in a complete sentence.

    (Ducking)
    Anne

    June 27th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
  8. Colin says:

    Anne

    No one will be clever enough to use anti……ism
    in a complete sentence.

    June 27th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
  9. Russ says:

    - I once bought a T-shirt with antidisestablishmenarianism on it.
    Actually, I didn’t but I’ve now used a sentence with it in, so I shall celebrate by leaving work and going home for my tea.

    June 27th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
  10. Aaron says:

    I’d say that Dave is pondering a cartoon that promotes antidisestablishmentarianism. That would be a feat, to not just use it in a sentence but in a non-self-referential cartoon.

    June 27th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
  11. ash says:

    doesn’t the CofE largely think the state is irrelevant? or the church-state link anyhow… I’m often told that the most vocal and numerous proponents ot disistablishment are Anglicans…

    June 28th, 2007 at 1:42 am
  12. birdie says:

    Neil! You have seen the strangely attractive Andrew Marr in real life???

    *faints*

    June 28th, 2007 at 9:52 am
  13. andy says:

    Andrew Marr is real???!!

    June 29th, 2007 at 8:19 pm