The BBC has provoked a backlash by asking whether it was “appropriate” for an MP to wear her ashes at a House of Commons select committee hearing.
A post on the BBC Politics Facebook page asked: “Was it appropriate for this MP to go to work with a cross on her head?”
The Rt Reverend Pete Broadbent, the acting Anglican Bishop of London, tweeted:
“Is it appropriate for people working for @bbcpolitics to be so ignorant about the Christian faith that has shaped this country?”
Ann Widdecombe told the Mail on Sunday that the post reflected a “dismissive” attitude towards Christianity.
