It has been a night of astonishing scenes at Westminster with reports or jostling, manhandling, bullying and shouting outside the parliamentary lobbies in a supposed vote of confidence in the government. The Deputy Chief Whip was reported to have left the scene saying, “I’m absolutely effing furious, I just don’t effing care anymore,” before he resigned, along with the Chief Whip. But, we’ve just been told they have now officially un-resigned. The Home Secretary has, however, definitely gone. In short, it is total, absolute, abject chaos. That was how the UK's ITV News introduced the events of last Wednesday. And that was before the resignation of the Prime Minister, after a mere 44 days in office. If ever there was a time for the churches of the United Kingdom to be praying for Parliament, it is now. In the Church of Ireland's BCP 2004, however, the contemporary form of Morning and Evening Prayer has no prayer for Parliament. Nor is such a pray...
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