Praying for politicians
I mentioned in an earlier post that I’d attended my first meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council - the annual meeting at which appointments for the coming year are made.
I didn’t mention that it got rather heated at times, as the ruling Conservatives and opposition Liberal Democrats debated the issue of openness and transparency. The Lib Dems proposed that the council’s Policy Development Groups be held in public, but were overruled. Coming in as a new broom, it was an odd discovery that these committees were closed to the public. The Lib Dems won’t be taking part in the PDGs in their present form.
The Bishop of Huntingdon was there too. He gave the opening prayer, listened to the debate, and came to the conclusion at the end of the meeting that he ought to carry on praying for politicians. You can read his account at http://bpdt.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/praying-for-politicians/.
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