Barack Obama

Before peace, reconciliation and healing, there must come reckoning

March 31, 2019
Martin Sewell
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Donald Trump is not a modest man. He is not polished, well read, stylish, university educated, 'sophisticated', or a paragon of moral virtue. But he is the duly elected President of the United States of America, and there is now…

Jimmy Carter acts justly, loves mercy, and walks humbly with his God

August 19, 2018
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He was President of the United States when Charlie flirted with Angels, Starsky tore around with Hutch, and Steve Austin cost $6million ($33million in today's bionics). He's mostly remembered for…

Happy Inauguration Anniversary, Mr President. And thanks for getting back to the separation of powers

January 19, 2018
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One year ago, our friends in the USA exchanged one thin-skinned narcissistic president for another, and immediately a fresh chapter of their ongoing culture wars began. Less inhibited than their…

‘Shithole countries’ tittle-tattle only served to mask the Uranium One fallout: the real scandal is yet to surface

January 17, 2018
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Last Friday, President Trump was reported to have used the most crass terms when discussing admitting migrants from countries like Haiti into the United States of America. He denies the…

“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,…

Bastille Day terror: you can't counter Jihad with a Twitter Crusade

July 15, 2016
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Here we go again. You clearly don't need a SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle or a suicide belt packed with explosives, ball bearings, nails, screws and bolts to massacre…

Mrs Proudie: No disrespect in the safe space of Snowflake College, Oxbridge

April 29, 2016
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Goodness! Though well-acquainted with the modern obsession with 'make-overs', I was nonetheless surprised when The Jupiter published photographs of Mr. Lincoln arriving in London to wish Her Majesty well.…

Owen Paterson: Cameron has "lost touch" with the counties, and will most likely lose his head

April 27, 2016
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"The further you go from London, the stronger the feeling is," said former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, speaking of England's deep strains of Euroscepticism. "I do get the slight…

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…

It is time to arm Iraq's anti-ISIS Christian militia

July 26, 2015
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While HM Government faffs around arguing over whether we should be calling the Islamic State 'ISIS', 'ISIL' or 'Daesh' because, according to David Cameron, the Islamic State is neither…

Christians are the new lepers

May 13, 2015
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Speaking at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in Virginia last week, the next Republican nominee (if they have any sense) for President of the United States spoke of the increasing…

Trident is the price we pay for peace and national security

April 9, 2015
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In their Pastoral Letter (remember that?) “to the people and parishes of the Church of England for the General Election 2015″, the House of Bishops called for a "real…

Benjamin Netanyahu promises legitimacy, peace and security

March 19, 2015
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The Archbishop of Canterbury made a pronouncement last year which was somewhat unusual in modern Anglican geo-political quibbling and hedging. The statement is still on the Lambeth Palace website,…

Britain paved the way for the slaughter of Libya's Christians

February 16, 2015
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They were 'the people of the cross, the followers of the hostile Egyptian Church' who had been held in captivity for weeks. They were marched to a beach in…

Prince Charles: Defender of faith, freedom and religious liberty

November 5, 2014
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"It is an indescribable tragedy that Christianity is now under such threat in the Middle East," says the Prince of Wales in a video message to mark the launch…

Christianity is the key to redeeming Capitalism

October 21, 2014
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The Christian think tank Theos has quite a remarkable knack of producing reports that are both thorough and of an incredibly high quality. I've repeatedly covered their work over the last few…

We are about to enter World War III

September 24, 2014
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Last week Pope Francis took stock of all the regional conflicts, bloodshed, struggles and strife, and joined the dots. "We are now in World War III,” he told journalists on…

God bless America: Obama pledges to "degrade, and ultimately destroy" Islamic State

September 11, 2014
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13 years ago today.. We remember. Almost in commemoration of the image of that apocalypse, President Obama has made the speech he really ought to have made two years ago.…

As long as Obama spouts the fallacy that the Islamic State "speaks for no religion", we will never kill the root

August 21, 2014
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It would appear that the barbaric Islamist who decapitated US journalist James Foley was a dude named John, probably from East London, who took a brief sojourn in Syria with…