On Monday, it was reported that there had been talks about Justin Welby chairing a group of 100 MPs from across the political spectrum to discuss the next steps regarding Britian exiting the European Union.
This has not been confirmed by Lambeth Palace.
The citizen’s assembly would, according to The Times, convene at Coventry Cathedral and try to make recommendations to parliament.
Some have said Archbishop Justin should stay out of politics altogether, others are simply criticising the fact that this assembly would be formed to stop a no-deal Brexit, meaning it would look like the head of the Church of England is enforcing an agenda rather than trying to help everyone in the country.
Sir Gerald Howarth, former Conservative MP, Brexiteer and Christian, told Premier: “This is a very sensitive political issue and I know the Archbishop reasonably well, he’s a very intelligent man, but I think that he is treading on very thin ice here if he’s going to get involved in this very tortuous business.
“People just want out, they want us to get on with it. The people, having had a vote on the matter, don’t need a citizen’s assembly, they had the largest democratic vote this country’s ever experienced with 17.4 million people voting to leave the European Union after a very, very long public debate where all the issues, all the dangers, all potential dangers were well…
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