The church is actually the main provider for the homeless in England right now. I have my problems with it, but there needs to be an alternative institution that isn't in the hands of big biznezz. That recent letter from the Church of England might have appealed to Barton, as it addressed such topics as: "political leaders resorting to aiming 'sterile arguments' at swing voters", sticking with the EU, scrapping the Trident missile system, the widening gap of the class system, “an ugly undercurrent of racism”, enforcing a living wage... I'm sure there are a whole heavenly host of incorrigible squares in the C of E, but it seems to also be a barometer of how far to the right society has swung if the relatively static church now sounds pinko.
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