Two Groucho Marx quotes:
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Both may be applied to many politicians on the national stage where U-turns and dissembling are art forms. The first rule of politics to my mind is: say anything that will help you to be re-elected. My cynicism is matched only by that of politicians plying their trade.
Does the above apply only to politicians? Sadly, no. The whole notion of public relations is built on the shifting sands of dissembling, evasion and misinformation. Governments, companies, statutory agencies, churches have thriving public relations departments or employ agencies to do their dirty work. All have systems in place dedicated to promoting their organisations in a positive light and dismissing, downplaying and ignoring questions and comments deemed by their employers to be a potential threat.
My question is a simple one. To what extent are the quotations attributed to Marx applicable to the Church of England? Think safeguarding, misogyny. mixed ecology, unity and sexuality.
