Christian Socialists

Government is a necessary evil, and Christians must vote for the lesser one

"Society in every state is a blessing," wrote Thomas Paine in his 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, "but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or…

Jeremy Corbyn is crowned Labour leader – it's the prayer wot won it

September 12, 2015
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Archbishop Cranmer: "Please, Lord, please let Jeremy Corbyn win the Labour Party leadership. Pleeeeeease." It was a frivolous intercession made in the Prayer Room (at the bottom of the Homepage)…

Bishop of Willesden accuses George Osborne of bringing back workhouses

July 28, 2015
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You can understand the despair in the House of Bishops. Not only did the Conservative Party win an outright majority in the 2015 General Election, but Labour is in…

#PastoralLetter (4): sowing old seeds cannot produce "new politics"

March 28, 2015
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Having responded to the Preface of the Pastoral Letter from the House of Bishops “to the people and parishes of the Church of England for the General Election 2015″;…

Giles Fraser: Would Jesus vote? Yes, but absolutely not Conservative

March 4, 2015
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Anyone who thinks that Christianity and politics should never mix must be highly irritated at the moment. A week doesn't seem to go by without some form of conference, event or…

Rochester & Strood: the Christian case for supporting Mark Reckless

November 2, 2014
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According to the latest opinion polls on the wacky race for Rochester & Strood, the suave, educated, cultured and erudite Peter Perfect Mark Reckless is blazing ahead for Ukip,…