Naturally, The Times led on the greatest absurdity, but the idea of a “Bishop for Brexit” is not that much of an outlier. The idea that there needs to be a Bishop for Having Opinions about stuff — especially about questions long ago settled for better or worse — is deeply ingrained in the imagination of the College of Bishops. A couple of years ago, a leading church politician sounded off to me at length about how useless the Bishop to Prisons was. But, in general, the post of Bishop for Having Opinions should always remain unfulfilled, whatever the subject or merit of these opinions may be. Credit where it is due: as a way to shuffle out the nonentities into non-jobs, the proposal of a Bishop of Brexit and similar is quite clever.

Source: The Times February 11, 2022 00:56 UTC