This year’s oddest moment was when Vladimir Putin attacked the Church of England. Its sin was to consider the idea of a gender neutral God. In the midst of what he sees as an existential war, Putin has time to worry about same-sex marriages in America, Shakespeare and JK Rowling being cancelled on each side of the Atlantic, and gender reassignment surgery.
You might think that Putin was auditioning to replace Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ leading anchor. Then again, Carlson’s rhetoric is often indistinguishable from the Russian president’s. Carlson has described Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “despot”, Joe Biden’s “Ukrainian pimp” and a “corrupt strongman”. Tell us what you really think, Mr Carlson.
