FILE PHOTO: Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell looks on, at the Church of England General Synod, in London, Britain, February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has criticised the leader of Britain's populist Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, describing his plans for mass deportations of asylum seekers as an "isolationist, short-term, knee-jerk" response.
Cottrell, the Church of England's second most senior clergyman who is performing some functions of the Archbishop of Canterbury while a new head of the Church is selected, told Sky News that Brexit veteran Farage was "not offering any long-term solution to the big issues which are convulsing our world".
