Free Market

What makes Jair “God above everything” Bolsonaro a far-right politician?

October 29, 2018
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Those stupid people have gone and done it again. Not content with Brexit, Trump and Orbán, or the rise of the National Front, Alternative for Germany, Golden Dawn or the Lega Nord, the anti-globalist far-right populists have now taken over…

Welby Amazon social justice church investment

Shared humanity, solidarity, and social justice are all well and good, but one must protect the CofE’s return on investment

September 23, 2018
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It must be found in the Rite of Ordination somewhere. Bishop: Dost thou, therefore, in the name of Social Justice, renounce the Market and all its works, the vain pomp…

By supporting a post-Brexit customs union with the EU, Corbyn betrays the poor

February 27, 2018
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Labour's post-Brexit economic policy (this week) is to join a new customs union with the EU, which would apparently retain all the benefits of the present customs union, and ensure…

The Paris Statement: a true Europe (marked by Christianity) vs the false Europe (utopian and tyrannical)

October 10, 2017
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In May 2017, a group of conservative scholars and intellectuals met in Paris... No, don't yawn. They say they were "brought together by their common concern about the current state…

Corbyn in La La Land: a national maximum wage cannot be determined by need

January 10, 2017
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We have another trailer for the emerging ideology of Corbynomics. Jeremy Corbyn has said there should be a law to establish a maximum wage, because it is "the fairer thing…

What’s wrong with ‘What’s wrong with Islamic finance’?

November 16, 2016
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Christian Concern have published a neat little booklet called 'What's wrong with Islamic finance' (download HERE), which summarises the origins, aims and purported problems arising from Islamic finance in the…

Brexit, pursued by a Blair

October 29, 2016
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"This is the chase: I am gone for ever," proclaims the old shepherd Antigonus in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, immediately before that most famous stage direction: 'Exit, pursued by a…

Theresa May will have more freedom to govern than Margaret Thatcher ever had

October 3, 2016
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In her conference speech yesterday, Theresa May told us what Brexit means: "Britain is going to leave the European Union." She filled in some of the gaps with stirring Tory…

Corbyn’s mission is Christian socialism – but the country will never vote for it

September 25, 2016
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"So enthused by @JeremyCorbyn4PM win today," tweeted the Rev'd Dr Giles Fraser, on hearing of the victorious re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party. "The world is…

Ukip's "positive vision" for British Islam: ban all Muslim schools

August 8, 2016
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Ukip has a Muslim problem, which is fine if they're not particularly concerned about courting the Muslim vote, but not fine if it leads to the formulation of policies…

Would the Dean and Chapter of Manchester Cathedral host and pray for Ukip?

October 29, 2015
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When the Dean of Manchester Cathedral agreed to facilitate the march of the people against austerity during this year's Conservative Party conference, a simple matter of Christian hospitality to…

Planned Parenthood aborts babies in a "less crunchy" way. What's wrong with harvesting baby body parts?

July 27, 2015
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"A lot of people want intact hearts these days, because they're looking for specific nodes," explains Dr Deborah Nucatola, Senior Director of Medical Services for Planned Parenthood, the largest…

Jeremy Corbyn's path to power is more plausible than people think

July 24, 2015
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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…

Bishop of Chester: papal encyclical 'Laudato Si' is "shrill.. naive.. unclear.. unconvincing.. exaggerated scaremongering"

July 20, 2015
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Thank God for The Rt Rev'd Dr Peter Forster, Bishop of Chester, and lay Roman Catholic Bernard Donoughue, who, together, have issued the most comprehensive ecumenical rebuttal to Laudato…

#PastoralLetter (2): Visions, dreams and nebulous notions of detachment

March 2, 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",…

Without Christian vision the future of politics looks bleak

February 24, 2015
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A couple of days ago my NASUWT magazine dropped through the letterbox and, as always, it makes for pretty depressing reading. If the contents are to be believed, most…

"Tory fury" over Church of England letter is a confected Tory tantrum

February 18, 2015
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Each day when Parliament is sitting, the Duty Bishop in the House of Lords prays that the House should “Lay aside all private interests, prejudices and partial affections”, so…

Left-wing political bias in the Church is preferable to dumbness

February 3, 2015
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One of the perks of my writing on Christianity, politics and society is that each year I am invited to the Archbishop of Canterbury's annual reception at Lambeth Palace…

The Times takes another swipe at the Archbishop of Canterbury

January 23, 2015
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Reasoned criticism of the Church of England is always welcome: as a human institution it boasts of no perfection; as a provisional branch of the Catholic Church it makes…

If Sentamu opposes Free Schools, why is he opening and blessing them?

January 20, 2015
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The Archbishop Sentamu Academy in Hull is bucking national trends for schools in deprived areas, and the Ofsted data provides empirical evidence. Five consecutive years of improving GCSE grades,…