A prayer led by the Archbishop of York begins: “God of eternal love and power, save our parliamentary democracy” John Giles/PANo one knows if God would back another Brexit referendum or might prefer a “Norway-plus” deal, but the Church of England has asked him to step in during Tuesday’s Commons vote. Senior clergymen have produced a number of “prayers for Brexit”. They warn that MPs are not strong enough to make a decision alone and call for holy assistance to help them to avoid “partiality and prejudice”, imploring: “God save our parliamentary democracy.”The prayers do not back any specific outcome. Most of the church’s senior clerics, including the archbishops of Canterbury and York, backed Remain before the 2016 referendum, but their flock is far more Eurosceptic, with 66 per cent of Church of England worshippers having voted Leave. The Archbishop of York, the Most…

Source: The Times December 09, 2018 18:00 UTC