The BBC States the Obvious

A curious little paragraph from the BBC in an article reflecting on the standing-down of Archbishop Rowan Williams.

Referring to the "Archbishops' Compromise", whereby women bishops wouldn't have as much authority as the other type, the author writes:

"It was almost carried by the General Synod but was defeated in the House of Clergy, where the influence of women priests is strongest."

They have a point there. After all, the influence of priests in the House of Laity is always going to be limited. While the influence of women in the House of Bishops is pretty well zero, unless there has been some systematic and technically highly accomplished fraud.

So, the BBC has advised us that the influence of women priests is highest in that part of the General Synod where one finds women priests. I await their informing us on the impact of ursine quadrupeds on the biochemical composition of arboreal environments.