THANK god that the Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out.

Like Prince Charles on occasion, he will get into trouble for ‘interfering’. But interference, so called, may be the only way to expose the error and lack of compassion of our rulers.

Religion sometimes seems to vary between elaborate ceremony on the one hand and the jolly bun-fight on the other. Neither will save the world.

Said William Black, with staggering simplicity, “Religion is politics, and politics is brotherhood.”

Roy Stevens, Willow Bank, New Earswick, York.