Church of England censures British political culture
The Church of England has released a strongly-worded letter against the country's political culture, warning that democracy is failing in the United Kingdom.
In their joint letter, the church’s bishops have slammed Britain’s political culture and called for an end to “sterile arguments” that may make voters more apathetic and cynical in the run-up to the general election.
“All parties have failed to offer attractive visions of the kind of society and culture they wish to see, or distinctive goals they might pursue. Instead we are subjected to sterile arguments about who might manage the existing system best. There is no idealism in this prospectus,” The Guardian reported the 52-page document as saying.
The bishops have also indirectly criticized the government’s spending cuts.
“There is a deep contradiction in the attitudes of a society which celebrates equality in principle yet treats some people, especially the poor and vulnerable, as unwanted, unvalued and unnoticed,” the bishops write in a booklet for Christians.
They have also denounced British politicians’ debates on the issue of immigration, saying they have created “an ugly undercurrent of racism.”
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