Erratum/All My Eye and Speaker Martin

25/02/2008 by admin.

First of all someone pointed out to me, in relation to an earlier post, that Vaughan Williams was not an Anglican but merely admired the C of E liturgy and approved of the national church as a cementing force. He certainly wrote/arranged many hymn tunes and a (Latin) Mass but he was  apparently not a believer. It has happened since; John Rutter has written many ostensibly religious works but is not religious. It doesn’t affect the ability of their work to move us and to add to the beauty of the liturgy.

On another matter Mr Speaker has probably broken no rules but, like very many other MPs, has stretched the coverage of his allowances to meet his wants rather than his needs. It is obvious that the whole system of expenses and allowances needs to be reformed and also demands impartial representation on any body set up to recommend reform Change, Mr Brown, change! We thought you approved of it. Now we taxpayers demand it.

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