This Giles Fraser fellow is a bit of a legless angel:
"And I think that, in a sense what the camp does is that it challenges the church with the problem of the Incarnation – that you have God, who is grand and almighty, [who] gets born in a stable, in a tent. You know, St Paul was a tent maker. I mean, if you looked around and you tried to recreate where Jesus would be born – for me, I could imagine Jesus being born in the camp."
Dude, get back to me when you can imagine Jesus being born on the carpet tiles at Argos, unto a mother awaiting her ticket being called.
All right, I give up -- what does the term legless angel mean?
Posted by: Brian | October 28, 2011 at 05:42 AM
...imagine Jesus being born on the carpet tiles at Argos, unto a mother awaiting her ticket being called.
When this imagery makes its inevitable appearance on Thought for the Day I know whom I'm going to point the finger at jamie.
Posted by: CMcM | October 28, 2011 at 10:11 AM
"Legless angel" was Orwell's description of Agnes in Dickens' David Copperfield — someone who is too saintly to be a believable character.
Posted by: Gareth Rees | October 28, 2011 at 01:43 PM
He was the vicar of Putney wasn't he? As in debates, Tom Rainsborough, etc.
Posted by: Alex | October 28, 2011 at 01:44 PM
I've always found Fraser a tad irritating, but he has sacrificed quite a bit here, so I'd cut him some slack.
Posted by: Cian | October 28, 2011 at 03:15 PM
What Cian said re Fraser. He's walked the walk.
Posted by: chris williams | October 28, 2011 at 07:00 PM
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/exclusive-coverup-at-st-pauls-2377923.html
is worth reading. I wonder who leaked the report that Giles Fraser was in charge of.
Posted by: Cian | October 30, 2011 at 03:34 PM
There's something massively cloying yet reassuring about the way this is all panning out. It's like two parts May 68 and one part Barchester Chronicles.
Posted by: Chris Williams | October 30, 2011 at 08:16 PM
I love the idea of religious groups mobilising to prevent a religious group many of them are part of from carrying out an eviction.
Sadly I see no signs so far that this has had the impact of the US occupation demos. Which are astonishing.
Has anyone found a good source for OWS stuff?
Posted by: Cian | October 30, 2011 at 08:56 PM