ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS ADMITS FAILURE AT LAST.

The ridiculous bearded wonder who is the Archbishop of Canterbury has blamed his abject failure over the last 10 years on the demands of the job; apparently, being titular head of the Anglican faith now requires 2 people rather than one, according to the outgoing Archbishop anyway.

 

Dr Rowan Williams, for that is his name, has really only ever been an academic; his forays into real church life have been limited and he his has clearly been an unhappy tenure. That his appointment was a mistake from the outset was obvious to many at the time but it has taken 10 long and turbulent years to get to a point at which the mistake can be rectified. The Anglican church has suffered greatly as a result.

 

In his call for a 2-man (or should that be person, given the Archbishop's liking for political correctness) leadership in Canterbury, Dr William's has obviously forgotten that the role of Archbishop has been a one-man show for more than 1,000 years. Indeed, it was a role that was sometimes merged with that of Chancellor of England; one is driven to the conclusion taht the incumbents who managed to 'double-up' in this way must have been far more capable than the sad Dr Williams who seems unable to carry out one part of the old job without help.

 

The sad fact is that it's unlikely that anyone will have learnt anything from this debacle. The easy answer will be for the powers that be to accept Dr Williams' suggestion and eventually go for a 2-man solution. This will not, of course, happen immediately; in common with all overblown public bodies, there will be a commission set up to look at the issues involved. They will report in, perhaps, 3 or 4 years and their recommendations will then be chewed over for a further 2 or 3 years. Finally, a decision will be taken though by then it will all be rather academic.

 

One wonders if the academic Dr Williams is really angling for chairmanship of the commission and continuation of a salary from the church while getting away from the 'nitty-gritty' which he dislikes and can't deal with. Time will tell, as it will also tell us who is to be the next Archbishop; my money's on the politically correct appointment of another  non-entity as no one in authority has the bottle to do anything else.