In a speech to the Ecclesiastical Law Society in Westminster that offered a staunch defence of the Church of England as an important counterweight to the upheaval created by successive governments, Mr Grieve said: \u201cThe desire for addressing [public] discontent is genuine, but we often seem to lurch from efforts at promoting optimism based on economic indicators to hand-wringing expressions of sympathy with our electorate\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere seems little sign at present that any of these exertions are really helping restore the nation\u2019s confidence in existing or reformed political processes and institutions.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
He seized on plans concocted by Chris Grayling, the justice minister, to repeal the Human Rights Act and found a \u201cBritish bill of rights\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this proposal is illustrative of a growing trend, which affects successive governments irrespective of party,\u201d\u009d he said. \u201cThose in power are failing to look at issues in the round and in the long term.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n