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Justin Welby was right to speak up for a humane asylum system The Independent says whether or not the Church should be represented in the British legislature, Justin Welby has a duty to express his view on questions of public policy from a moral standpoint. We should leave aside the question of whether it is right for him to have a vote on the making of laws by virtue of his Church office, and address the substance of what he said. He is right to say that the government’s attempt to deport to Rwanda those arriving in Britain on small…

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Who is Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as he speaks in the House of Lords? The Metro says It has been widely reported that the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will speak out against the government’s proposed ‘small boats’ Illegal Migration Bill in the House of Lords today (May 10). While still a rare and stunning rebuke of government policy by a senior religious figure, it is not the first time the Archbishop has spoken out on political topics, having previously referred to the Rwanda deportation scheme as ‘opposite the nature of God.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of…

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Tory backlash against Archbishop after Justin Welby uses House of Lords speech to slam government’s migration bill LBC says Government ministers have hit back at the Archbishop of Canterbury after he used a speech in the House of Lords to criticise the proposed Illegal Migration Bill. Justin Welby slammed the bill on Wednesday, saying it “has no sense at all of the long term and the global nature of the challenge that the world faces”. Speaking in the House of Lords, Mr Welby argued against the flagship legislation aimed at ensuring people who arrive in the UK in small boats…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Thursday’s front pages report on a variety of stories. One of the biggest stories this morning is the Archbishop of Canterbury’s rare intervention in the House of Lords. The Most Rev Justin Welby denounced the government’s policy on migration as “isolationist…morally unacceptable and politically impractical”, warning it will damage UK interests at home and abroad. ‘Stinging attack’ Metro leads with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s House of Lords speech, criticising the Illegal Migration Bill. The headline “Arch enemies” accompanies pictures of the Most Rev Justin Welby and Rishi Sunak. The Guardian describes the speech as…

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