Bishop slams UK over Middle East

BBC

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has joined calls for the UK to press for a ceasefire in the Middle East.

"We really have to ask whether some Western governments are catching up with the consciences of their own people", he told BBC Radio 4.

"The major players in this at the moment who are not supporting a ceasefire - our own government and the United States government - maybe perhaps have to reckon with a rising level of public despair and dismay at the spiral continuing," he said.

"And I hope very much that they will bring their influence to bear in moving towards a ceasefire." Read more