Diversity

Queen's Birthday Honours: Bishop Anba Angaelos honoured for services to religious freedom

Congratulations to His Grace Bishop Anba Angaelos on being appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2015. As General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK, he has been at the forefront of efforts to tell the…

Homophobia, Islamophobia and the triumph of ideological 'Truth'

March 22, 2015
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Christianophobia has never really caught on. Perhaps it is a clumsy etymological construction: three syllables before '-ophobia' is at least one phonetic unit too many, and it isn't at…

Secularists must not be allowed to distort the argument for faith schools

March 16, 2015
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Today a new book, The Ins and Outs of Selective Secondary Schools, by the think-tank Civitas is being launched in Parliament. I will be there alongside David Davis MP, Tristram Hunt MP…

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…

What are 'Muslim values', Lady Warsi?

January 25, 2015
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The problem is her article's timing, and that when David Cameron stretched out his hand in friendship and promoted and indulged her time and again, there was impatience, irritability…

Since when has knowing what lesbians do been a British value?

January 22, 2015
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The task of education is to impart knowledge - especially of that which might develop literacy and numeracy, for without proficiency in words and numbers one may be muted…

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…

Church of England to spend £2m on "new approach" to leadership

December 15, 2014
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Politicians are out of touch. We know that, because we constantly hear about the 'Westminster bubble' or the 'Westminster Village', and Nadine Dorries once told us that neither David…

Gendercide Abortion – a Bill to unite Pro-Life and Pro-Choice advocates

October 31, 2014
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Fiona Bruce MP has drafted a rather important Ten Minute Rule Bill which she intends to present to Parliament on Tuesday 4th November. It has the support of a…

Ofsted go on the offensive against faith schools

October 27, 2014
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If there is one thing that will strike fear in the heart of all teachers, it is those two little words ‘Ofsted inspection’. There’s good reason for this. Even…