Britishness

The Church of Englishness

August 9, 2021
Martin Sewell
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Upon reading Archbishop Stephen Cotterell’s remarks on English identity in the Telegraph, I was reminded of the time I was reading the Law Society Gazette whilst waiting for a court case to be called. An interesting report caught my eye:…

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Curate says clapping Captain Tom is “a cult of White British Nationalism”

February 4, 2021
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The Rev'd Jarel Robinson-Brown is a curate in London. He sets out his biography (and presumably mission priorities ["Black Prophetic Fire"]) on his Twitter account: "Human | Cleric | Writer…

If the only way of dealing with British Jihadists is to kill them, why can’t we do it here?

October 23, 2017
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British Jihadists are enemies of the State, traitors to the Crown, and a present danger to every man, woman and child in the country. Some 850 Britons are estimated to…

Diane Abbott as Home Secretary would hand victory to Islamists and terrorists

May 27, 2017
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Speaking back in 1984 at the height of the Troubles, Diane Abbott gave an interview in which she said that Ireland "is our struggle — every defeat of the British…

Brexit: a supreme act of foolishness perpetrated by racists, bigots and small right-wing men

June 25, 2016
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Never in a decade of blogging has so much bile and vomit been spewed in this direction. Oh, we've had our fractious moments over the years, but nothing, ever,…

The Woolf Institute is wrong: Christianity is needed in public life now more than ever

December 15, 2015
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This is a guest post by Will Jones who holds a PhD in Political Philosophy from the University of Reading and a diploma in Biblical Studies from Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He currently works…

Without Christianity at its heart, the next Coronation will be empty ritual

September 10, 2015
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In the week when Queen Elizabeth II reached a momentous landmark in her reign, it does feel rather inappropriate to be talking about what will happen once she is…

Cameron declares war on British Jihadists

September 8, 2015
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"Today, I can inform the House that in an act of self-defence and after meticulous planning, Reyaad Khan was killed in a precision airstrike carried out on 21 August…

Evangelism threatened by counter-extremism measures

August 28, 2015
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The Evangelical Alliance has been surveying Evangelicals. 1,730 of them, to be precise. And it transpires that four out of five of them think government policies to tackle extremism…

Cameron can no more "destroy the Caliphate" than he can abolish the New Jerusalem

July 21, 2015
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David Cameron's long-awaited speech on Islamic extremism (aka Islamism) was sort of worth waiting for. As he expounded his 'One Nation' vision to defeat the "poison" of extremism, he…

What are 'fundamental British values'?

January 29, 2015
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In a context of fractious social division and increasing religious tension, the Government is on a quest for national identity, and education is the means by which it will…

Farage is right to defend our Judæo-Christian heritage

January 17, 2015
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Some things in politics are so utterly predictable that we can guess what our politicians are going to say with a high degree of certainty before they open their…

The blessing of the Nativity of the European Parliament

December 14, 2014
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The Crib has been solemnly blessed in the European Parliament - that Brussels temple dedicated to the cause of ever closer secularity now has a discordant Nativity scene located…