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Jack Kessler

Boris Johnson steps up war of words with Archbishop of Canterbury

Last week, a war of words between the Conservative Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury was not on my bingo card. But this is 2022, and as Donald Rumsfeld almost said, you open your newsletter with the headlines you have, not the headlines you might wish to have.

The row began when Justin Welby criticised the Government’s Rwanda refugee policy during his Easter sermon, arguing that it “cannot carry the weight of our national responsibility as a country formed by Christian values”.

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