You can see why the Church of England thought ‘Project Spire’ would be a good name for its multi-million-pound ‘reparations’ scheme. Nothing in Project Spire appeals to me or what I want from church. And while the church insists Project Spire will not reduce parish funding because it comes from a separate endowment, the reality is that the £100million used for reparations cannot be used to support ministry or preserve church buildings. It was the Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron that patrolled the seas to supress the slave trade after Britain had led the way in abolishing it in 1807. Who does it benefit to go on about the historic slave trade?