Politics

Politics is too important to leave to politicians

November 4, 2019
Archbishop Cranmer
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"The Archbishop's platitudes do far more to divide the country than unite it" wrote the Telegraph's Charlotte Gill in a piece headed: 'Justin Welby has no business using his sacred office to pontificate about Brexit'. Unfortunately she had got the…

An Advent General Election won’t be a time of peace and goodwill toward men

October 30, 2019
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A General Election has been called for 12th December. There are three possible, even likely outcomes: a Conservative majority, permitting Boris Johnson to bolster freedom and push his Withdrawal Agreement…

Bishop Steven Croft Lords ambition Brexit

Bishop says Brexit is marred by politicians’ personal ambition, and calls for ‘strong, compelling and united vision of the future’

March 1, 2019
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"My Lords, I always rise to speak in this Chamber with some fear and trepidation but never more so than today," confessed the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev'd…

Happy Brexit Year: control the language, control the argument

December 31, 2018
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"An ennui hangs over British politics and the prime minister is depending on it", wrote Matthew Parris in the Times a few days ago. "Like a thin, wearisome fog it…

If only the Trump Twitter feed had more soft words and gentle answers

August 20, 2017
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There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak, observes Qoheleth, the voice of the Book of Ecclesiastes (3:7). Proverbs talks about the wise man using words with…

The Conservative-DUP deal is good for the whole country: Labour’s hypocrisy stinks to heaven

June 27, 2017
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"The DUP are, let's face it, the Wahhabists of Protestantism," Labour's Angela Eagle told the audience of the BBC's Have I Got News For You on the evening of 16th…

Church of England priest calls for the overthrow of Theresa May

June 20, 2017
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Fr Christopher Woods is the parish priest of St Anne's Hoxton. He is a Labour Party supporter, which is laudable, and also a member of Momentum, which isn't so, but…

Tories lose majority – what an unmitigated, self-inflicted disaster

June 9, 2017
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Pride goes before a fall, and crap manifestos go before a democratic drubbing. Honestly, how did the Brexit election get hijacked by a dementia tax? Why mention the restoration of…

EU intervention in the General Election: May the force of May ever seize the day

May 4, 2017
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Theresa May has thrown down the gauntlet to confront the latest meddling EU intervention. She also threw down the vambrace, breastplate, pauldrons and helmet, and she had every right to.…

“Not very presidential”? That’s precisely why Donald Trump is now President of the United States

January 21, 2017
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When Barack Obama spoke, it was the voice of a god. He intoned overtures of conciliation, his themes were honoured; his words raised the hopes of the world. He was,…

Ukip would be safe, safer and safest with Suzanne Evans as leader

November 19, 2016
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Ukip is about to choose a(nother) new leader. Will it be Suzanne Evans or Paul Nuttall? That's the choice (we can safely discount John Rees-Evans for.. all.. sorts.. of.. reasons..).…

Church denounces Austria’s ‘far-right’ Norbert Hofer for campaign poster invoking God

October 26, 2016
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Norbert Hofer is the presidential hopeful of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) in the forthcoming election (which is being re-run in December owing to previous electoral irregularities). The Freedom…

Archbishop Cranmer – 10 years of religio-political edification and enlightenment

March 21, 2016
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Ten years ago today, on 21st March 2006, the Archbishop Cranmer blog burst into the Blogosphere. Well, perhaps the irruption wasn't so much a burst as a seep, for…

Pope Trump: walls, bridges, and judging who is a real Christian

February 19, 2016
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Pope Trump has decreed more than a few anathemas, and has himself been anathematised by more than a few. "If anyone denies that Muslims, visible and invisible, do not present…

The ironic lack of politics at Christians in Politics

November 12, 2015
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I genuinely expected to be disappointed when I first found myself at an event organised by a Christian political group. Four years ago I put a blog together after…

Would the Dean and Chapter of Manchester Cathedral host and pray for Ukip?

October 29, 2015
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When the Dean of Manchester Cathedral agreed to facilitate the march of the people against austerity during this year's Conservative Party conference, a simple matter of Christian hospitality to…

Bishop of Chelmsford repudiates episcopal "talent pool"

October 1, 2015
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It was a glorious sermon, with an audacious, if not subversive (which some may call prophetic) intervention on the Church of England's emerging "talent pool" approach to recognising bishops.…

Corbyn's moral mission for a kinder, more inclusive politics

September 30, 2015
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A bit doddery and oafish, Jeremy Corbyn stumbled and stammered through his first Conference speech like a 1950s grey-bearded puritan. He was robed in a bright red tie, though…

Labour Friends of Palestine host Holocaust denier at Party Conference

September 29, 2015
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Politics endangers the soul. Where there was once principle and conviction, there is compromise and obfuscation. Doctrine adapts and morality is murky. Truth is abstracted, or swallowed in bitterness.…

We need more Christians in politics – and banking, education, media…

September 20, 2015
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Another of Justin Welby’s visions has begun to bear fruit. Yesterday, Lambeth Palace hosted the launch of the much-heralded Community of St Anselm. In a special service in the…