Lord Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, shatters the Anglican consensus on immigration

By Damian Thompson
January 5th, 2010

Lord Carey of Clifton has proved himself to be a brave man today. The former Archbishop of Canterbury has signed a statement by the cross-party group on balanced migration which declares that “70 million is too many”. In other words, he is calling for urgent measures to limit immigration so the British population does not reach that figure in 2029, which is what will happen unless we tighten our borders.

The declaration, put together by Labour’s Frank Field and the Tories’ Nicholas Soames, is also signed by that champion of robust common sense Baroness Boothroyd, former Speaker of the House of Commons. But the number of MPs from both sides of the House who have signed it is minuscule – a testament to their cowardice, since scores of them privately endorse every word in the declaration.

Good old George Carey! I never thought I’d write those words, since he talked so much nonsense when he was in office, but in recent years his contacts with the evangelical world have opened his eyes to the shared anti-Christian agenda of multiculturalists and Muslims. the rest