Conservative Manifesto

Dominic Grieve isn’t a traitor; he’s a lawyer with a blind spot

'Unhinged' is how Dominic Grieve described his Brexit-supporting colleagues on the Conservative benches in the House of Commons. Or was it just some of his colleagues? Perhaps it was just those who favour a 'hard' Brexit (ie leaving the Single…

Sentamu calls on Christians to pay more voluntary tax (which isn’t tax, but a free-willed tithe)

July 11, 2017
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The Archbishop of York began his 'state of the nation' speech to Synod with a showdown: "On 20 January 2015, I launched this book, On Rock or Sand? Firm Foundations…

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…

Theresa May could be poised for real political greatness

July 12, 2016
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"Brexit means Brexit, and we're going to make a success of it," proclaimed Theresa May, just hours before she was unexpectedly declared the new leader of the Conservative Party,…

Osborne threatens Brexit tax torment: Christians should remain transcendent

June 15, 2016
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Brexit is greatly to be feared. At the mere possibility of the UK leaving the EU, the markets are in turmoil: shares have slid, sterling has slumped, and money…

Cameron splashes £9million of taxpayers' cash on EU propaganda

April 7, 2016
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When is EU propaganda not EU propaganda? When it's commissioned by the UK Government and paid for by British taxpayers? When it's helpful facts rather than belligerent opinions? Or…

Church condemns Sunday trading measures smuggled in under Enterprise Act

February 7, 2016
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Last November the Government halted all attempts to relax Sunday trading restrictions in the face of an "unholy alliance" of Conservative backbenchers, Labour and the SNP, all ranged against…

Cameron's EU deal: we were lied to in 1975; we won't be deceived again

February 3, 2016
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David Cameron's EU deal is no deal at all. It amounts to minor tinkering, presentational puff, and achieves little in terms of the subsidiarity-sovereignty objectives which the Conservative Party…

MPs unite to condemn Ofsted regulation of Sunday schools

January 21, 2016
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Anyone with even a modicum of understanding will know that not all religions in all of their forms are equally benign. That’s where the whole 'British Values' drive has…

The case for House of Lords reform has become unarguable

July 29, 2015
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We will ensure that the House of Lords fulfils its valuable role as a chamber of legislative scrutiny and revision While we still see a strong case for introducing…

The best way to eradicate child poverty is to measure it justly

June 25, 2015
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Back in 2007, David Cameron had a laudable but quite unattainable vision to ‘make British poverty history’. He failed, of course, just as Gordon Brown failed before him, because…

Cameron's 'One Nation' vision for stronger families is back on track

June 23, 2015
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It was a big 'One Nation' speech yesterday from the Prime Minister. He set out his vision for education and plans for welfare reform while visiting the Ormiston Bolingbroke…

A British Bill of Rights is wholly contingent on the UK leaving the EU

May 27, 2015
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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…

We must fight harder for vulnerable, abused and neglected children

May 10, 2015
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This is a guest post by Dr Krish Kandiah – President of the London School of Theology and founding director of Home for Good, a new fostering and adoption charity.…

LibDems 'do God' by opposing faith schools

April 27, 2015
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It’s now coming up to three-and-a-half years since I put fingers to keyboard and began blogging on the relationship between Christianity and politics. Along the way it’s brought me into…

The only Church mentioned by 'Judæo-Christian' Ukip is prefixed with Winston

April 16, 2015
328 Comments

For those who favour the secession of the United Kingdom from the European Union - and there are many millions who do, cutting right across the mainstream of political…

Cameron's good life is not unambiguous, but it is the best of the goods on offer

April 15, 2015
127 Comments

Everyone strives for the good, but no one ever quite possesses it. It is a future project of hope and value. It might even belong to the past, because…