Welby, who came under fire at the weekend by survivors of sexual abuse for his suggestion that the Church of England had acted with integrity, is likely to disappoint LGBTI campaigners within the church over his "cop-out" on gay sex.

Asked by Campbell if gay sex was sinful, Welby said: "You know very well that is a question I can't give a straight answer to. Sorry, badly phrased there. I should have thought that one through."

The mosquitoes have elected a few representatives to govern them. The overseers believe in maximum freedom. There is, after all, plenty for everyone and no reason why anyone should starve. Despite this, a new political party of mosquitoes called Marxitoes begin feverishly discussing what they see as the malarial economic decline of the new Mosquitoland.

An investigation by Sir Philip Mawer into events surrounding his resignation was published on Friday. It said the Church needed to revisit a compromise settlement made in 2014 to try and hold together those who support and reject women's ordination.

But a conservative grouping within the CofE, of which North is a part, said the Church should respond by appointing more traditionalists to senior positions to ensure a full spectrum of views is represented.

'A Church in England' is how the C of E can rebrand its ailing company and its failing product. It can no longer claim to represent the people of England -- such a boast would be both pompous and pretentious.