Saint Boris the Skinny shouldn’t be throwing stones at the Church of England

Boris Johnson has blamed the UK’s obesity crisis on the CofE. Jonty Langley thinks he can smell a whiff of hypocrisy

Well-known supermodel and fitness instructor Boris Johnson has weighed in on the subject of obesity in Britain, suggesting that people are getting fat because the Church of England spends too much time talking about reparations for slavery.

Yes, satire is dead, and surrealist fantasy is feeling distinctly queasy, as Britain’s foremost spiritual advisor and moral example has taken to lecturing the nation on the good life and Christian values.