Politics – is this why we’re all disillusioned?

Scott Morrison, former Prime Minister of Australia, retired from politics in February.

That in and of itself would not seem significant to much of the Australian press and political commentariat, never mind the UK. But it was a significant event for the culture and for the church. Morrison’s final speech to parliament was a revealing insight to the problems facing Western politics – and especially a Christian who gets involved.

He warned of the dangers of rising global authoritarianism in China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. He spoke often of his family and his faith and said that it was because of the latter that he left without any bitterness.