Member

Even in this House, it is occasionally possible for a Bishop to be prophetic in the sense in which bishops are supposed to be. For example, the late Bishop of Chichester, George Bell, spoke in this House, very controversially and famously, against the allied carpet-bombing of German cities. As a result of that speech, he was not promoted to Archbishop of Canterbury, because Winston Churchill was not pleased. However, it was an authentic Anglican response to a very important question.