The Archbishop of Canterbury is not feted for his deft political touch nor would he want to be. He has been cursed, by fellow bloggers as well as by print journalists, with the most opprobrious epithet applicable to someone in public life: hes academic. And academics, as we know, are out of touch and, worst of all, naïve. So much might be inferred from his reported reaction to the media coverage of his speech last week: he is said to be shocked at the backlash. Frustrated, dismayed, perhaps, but surely not shocked that makes him sound wounded and repentant. But ...
