mayoral candidates will also dance, drop pants for votes

Last night's attempts by London Mayoral candidates to woo the Christian vote sound pretty nauseating:

Candidates quoted and misquoted the words of Jesus Christ and praised the work of Christian charities in an effort to convert the congregation of voters at St Martin-in-the-Fields church.

Boris Johnson raised a laugh when he used some of Christ’s most famous words during the proceedings. “There is more joy in heaven over one sinner who repenteth,” he said impressively, only to stumble at the finish “than um, whatever it is”. [...]

Mr Livingstone said providing places of worship in the city would be a priority of his term in office. “People’s faith needs are every bit as important as their housing needs and as their work needs,” he said.

What on earth is this bollocks?

London is heaving with churches, mosques and synagogues - and to rank new places of worship as a priority equivalent to housing is ridiculous in a city with around 13,000 homeless households and many thousands more unable to get anywhere near the property ladder.

Is Livingstone proposing a prayer-based solution to the average London property price of £350,000? Are voters supposed to be thinking, well, I'm paying a ridiculous rent in a property I'll never own, but at least it's walking distance from a church organ?