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The Church of England’s racist plan to eradicate racism

There is a curious story in the Daily Mail which may not be wholly true, or it may not be true at all, but if it is true, even in part, it evidences a certain blindness borne of an obsession…

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General Synod: social and political diversity among Bishops

July 10, 2020
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Quite a few interesting questions have been tabled for the imminent virtual General Synod of the Church of England, ranging from Bishops' Twitter usage (Qs 69-70) to Safeguarding abusage (Qs…

Boris Johnson becomes the first baptised Catholic to made Prime Minister

July 24, 2019
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Today is the Feast Day of St Boris (really). And today Boris Johnson kisses hands with the Queen (not the hand of the Queen) to become the 55th person to…

The Conservative-DUP deal is good for the whole country: Labour’s hypocrisy stinks to heaven

June 27, 2017
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"The DUP are, let's face it, the Wahhabists of Protestantism," Labour's Angela Eagle told the audience of the BBC's Have I Got News For You on the evening of 16th…

Bishop of Chester urges sound money – guaranteed by Budget quango

March 16, 2017
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The Rt Rev'd Dr Peter Forster is a sound bishop. Having shredded the environmentalist papal encyclical Laudato Si' ("shrill.. naive.. unclear.. unconvincing.. exaggerated scaremong"), his has turned his mitre to…

A female Bishop of London “to make a statement”?

January 4, 2017
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The Rt Rev'd Dr Richard Chartres retires as Bishop of London in February (he will be greatly missed - 'Peer Now!'), and according to the Times (..hold loosely..): Bishop Chartres…

Compassionate Conservatism and Social Justice – bedfellows or bugbears?

September 15, 2015
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Talk to most Labour supporters about 'compassionate conservatism', and they'll scoff at the very notion, as though the evil Tories had stolen the robe of Christ and were masquerading…

Clerics for Corbyn: Bishop of Willesden comes out for 'Alice in Wonderland' politics

August 31, 2015
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Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden, has joined the Rev'd Giles Fraser and finally come out for Jeremy Corbyn. This is that same Jeremy Corbyn of whom Tony Blair says…

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…

How could a Christian vote for visionless, regressive incompetence?

May 12, 2015
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It has always been the case on social media that left-wing Christians make a louder noise than those to the right, usually along the lines of: 'How could a Christian vote…

It's official: politicians can keep their promises

December 6, 2014
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There's a powerful verse in the Book of Psalms that reads as follows: How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! (Ps 133:1) Christians have…

Christianity is the key to redeeming Capitalism

October 21, 2014
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The Christian think tank Theos has quite a remarkable knack of producing reports that are both thorough and of an incredibly high quality. I've repeatedly covered their work over the last few…

Ian Paisley – the Last Great Protestant – is dead

September 12, 2014
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The Rt Hon the Rev'd Dr Ian Paisley, the Lord Bannside, has died and passed into Glory. Whatever you may have thought about him - however he may have inspired…

If Scotland votes "Yes", it will be John Major's fault

September 10, 2014
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"More than 20 years ago, I opposed devolution," writes Sir John Major in today's Times. "I did so not because I thought Scotland could not govern itself. Plainly it can.…