Stormy Weather

Politicians can often be relied upon to talk the most awful nonsense. Religious zealots can also be relied upon for a fair amount of piffle. When they mix politics and religion they are hard to beat though. A UKIP councillor has blamed the recent storms and heavy floods across Britain on the Government's decision to legalise gay marriage. 'David Silvester said the Prime Minister had acted "arrogantly against the Gospel". In a letter to his local paper he said he had warned David Cameron the legislation would result in "disaster". ........ In the letter to the Henley Standard he wrote: "The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel (and in naked breach of a coronation oath) will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war."' (BBC News, 18 January) A "natural disaster" seems a fair description of Mr Silvester. RD