The Archbishop of La-La-Land, at it again

skydog1

''My fellow allotment holder is an ex-seaman who is used to violence. He carries a hammer with him which he says he will use if confronted. At a guess I would put his age over seventy.'' Better to explain from the dock than the grave mate! o|--)

Scipio

The effeminate A of C needs to be drummed out of office before he does more damage to Protestantism in England since the reign of Bloody Mary.

cityboozer

But isn't Williams making exactly the point that was shouted down from Dave's hug-a-hoodie speech?

Jesse Gross

As a United States of American, my oppinion is that your friend should carry one of the guns that was sent graciously by our citizenry durring the second world war to help people protect themselves from the NAZIs, instead of a hammer. But from what I am beginning to understand about the current situation in Britian, you guys seem to have elected the NAZIs anyhow.

misha

Indeed, I was visiting in Warwickshire and Devon this past summer,and there were times that I was far from comfortable among crowds of young people, both on the streets and in the parks at Stratford. My beloved Stratford!I was staying in a country hotel well outside of town, and every morning very polite young men and young women rode by upon their lovely mounts, as I walked the lanes and steets of the tiny village. Never once did one of them fail to nod or speak a smiling greeting. They were well turned-out and well mannered. Ah, the England that was the dream and reality of my youth as I traveled there often with my family. Alas, the reality of the streets of Stratford was a different story. There was a time on the bus to Charlecote that I was so taken aback by the loudness and rudeness of some teenage girls that I could have been in some awful area of an American city of the northern states, instead of being in the heart of England. I resolved to bear the cost of a taxi back to town. But town was little better; it was filled with rude and surly youths-such foul mouths I have hardly heard outside the mean streets of New York! In Devon I was mostly in the country, where to my relief, good manners were still the norm, and very few young people resorted to the vile language that was to be heard from Chipping Campden to Bath, and beyond. I have wathched this slide into uncouth behavior over my many visits to England over the last twenty years, and it saddens me, as it seems to have gotten worse each visit. Mind, I do not say that the situation is any better in America. I miss the old England where one could rely on peace and quiet, good manners, and kindliness almost anywhere one ventured.

Austin Barry

What an extraordinary chap. How looking at himself in the mirror each morning as he combs the small insects from his beard, he expects people to take him seriously is quite remarkable. One suspects that he should be in secure accommodation.

Nicholas

The comments under the article are fascinating to read and make it apparent what a 10 year journey we have had under New Labour. A completely dysfunctional society most of the causes of which can be attributed to socialist engineering rather than societal evolution. Well done all you lefties, I hope you are proud with what you have achieved. "It can only get better" - yeah, right.

Verity

Austin Barry - Wonderful post!

Lee Jakeman

The archbishop is living proof that some people immature with age.