Johann Hari revealed a surprising snippet of information in his opinion piece for The Independent - namely that there are only two nations which still reserve places in their parliaments for unelected religious clerics, who then get an automatic say in writing the laws which the country's citizens must obey. He says one of them is Iran, and the other... Britain. I haven't checked the veracity of his assertion that there are only two such nations, but dear old blighty featuring in the list, however long it is, I find decidedly cringeworthy.
Said the actress to the bishop, "I think that the Bible as a system of moral guidance in the 21st century is insufficient, to put it mildly. I feel quite strongly that we need a new moral lodestone if we can't rely on what is inside our own selves. Which I think, actually, is pretty reliable."
Well, alright, she didn't actually say it directly to a bishop, but they can read, can't they? Oh course they can! They can quote all the 'good' bits from the bible, and can even resort to the more obscure bits if pressed...
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