David Cameron’s historic European Union veto made Britain look “unreliable” and “without credibility” among fellow nations, the Church of England has said.
In an unusual intervention, the Church urged Britain’s leaders to take a more “constructive and positive” attitude towards Brussels because splitting from the EU would be a “travesty”.
It warns that the UK is heading for an exit from the EU unless the Government “finds friends in Europe” and makes more effort to win round eurosceptics.
With whom, dear Druid?
Not that I am a big fan of Cameron, but given the EU’s ongoing problems that it seems impossible for them to fix long term with, let’s see…Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, &c., a healthy dose of EU skepticism is warranted.
On any view, this sounds unwise of the CofE bishops. When an issue impacts directly on the Church’s sphere of interest (e.g. Same Sax Marriage) then of course speak out strongly. But EU membership is a complex political issue. It is so easy for the church to take a side and then find that political currents have shifted and they are seen as being just one more secular political organisation.