Archbishop of Canterbury says UK economic model is failing with a growing gap between rich and poor

Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 07:57 UTC

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Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, says Britain's economic model is broken, as the gap between the richest and poorest parts of the UK widens. Britain stands at a watershed and must make “fundamental choices” about the direction of the economy, he said. Read full article

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gordo1
In view of the fact that today, 06/09/2017, statistics have been published in the national press in UK to the effect that Britain is no longer a Christian country it seems to me that it doesn't really matter one or another what the Archbishop of Canterbury says. It used to be said that the CofE was the Conservative Party at prayer - clearly this is no longer the case.
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DemonTree
I can find stories going back to 2009 saying the same thing. Certainly it's less relevant than before, but if the CofE was the Conservative party at prayer, does that mean the church was as much influenced by its member's politics as vice-versa? Because the current message doesn't exactly fit with Conservative philosophy...
Sep 06th, 2017 - 11:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Juanma
The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the “South Atlantic”?
Sep 08th, 2017 - 03:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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notlurking
Juanma I thought about that myself....
Sep 08th, 2017 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
I could swear there are a lot more UK stories than there used to be. At first I thought it was just because of Brexit, but then we get stuff like this. It's a mystery.
Sep 08th, 2017 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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