Paul Johnston

One of the most outrageous comments made in GB's conference sermon was his attempt to harness the Gospel in support of his attack on the Tory policy to encourage marriage and stable family life. A 'son of the Manse' ought to know better and I can only think that he must have mislaid his famous 'moral compass' for a while.

If he's looking for a scriptural text I earnestly recommend him to meditate upon Matthew 23; vv25 & 26, which begins, 'Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites!' (RSV)

And yet the opinion polls continue to suggest that the British people would vote for another 5 years of this kind of thing........Can that really be true?