Mrs Proudie: Prayer for Europe and Frau Merkel's ottoman trouble
I have been spending the last six days and nights by my mother’s bedside. I am much relieved that her final days are comfortable and peaceful. My prayers are…
Brexit
Cameron: Brexit could lead to World War III
Today is Europe Day, marking the anniversary on 9th May 1950 of the Schuman Declaration which proposed the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). By pooling the means of coal and steel production, French Foreign Minister…
Owen Paterson: Cameron has "lost touch" with the counties, and will most likely lose his head
"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…
Brussels attacks: suppressing the facts and muzzling the truth
To every thing there is a season.. ..a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.. (Ecclesiastes 3:1,4,7) Horror, disgust…
EU Referendum: Welby asks the fairest questions of all
The froth masks the urgency of the substance; the heat deflects from the dominant paradigms of light. The EU Referendum debate is being reduced to a Tory pantomime of…
EU democracy is unthinkable when citizens hold all the wrong opinions
In the EU Referendum fray, amidst claim and counter-claim, allegations of half-truths, dodgy dossiers, falsehoods and malicious obfuscation, a central plank of the Government's 'Project Fear' is that we…
Vatican says UK is "better in than out" of the EU
"The Vatican wants Britain to stay in the European Union, the Pope's foreign secretary has declared." So writes the Telegraph, noting that Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with…
Jeremy Corbyn's path to power is more plausible than people think
Usually somewhere between three and 30 people avail themselves of the #Amen prayer facility at the bottom of this blog's Home Page. Since it was installed, the most believers…
Greek Orthodox Church urges Greeks to "vote for Europe" (and more austerity)
Greece is bankrupt, on its economic knees, humiliated before the IMF default, now begging the ECB/Germany for palliative compassion. The Greeks are in turmoil; some queuing patiently to withdraw…
Conservatives for Britain – but not if you're on Government payroll
"Conservatives for Britain has been formed among Tory parliamentarians to discuss the criteria by which to judge the Government's EU renegotiation. We are willing to consider how to prepare…
A British Bill of Rights is wholly contingent on the UK leaving the EU
Today's Queen's Speech is the first to be delivered on behalf of a majority Conservative government since 1996, when John Major was Prime Minister and 'Europe' was tearing his…