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Tree of Life Synagogue massacre: Jon Snow stokes division with Channel 4 #FakeNews

October 30, 2018
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President Trump is due to visit Pittsburgh today to honour the 11 Jews of the Tree of Life Synagogue who were gunned down in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. Certainly, some don't want him there: the Mayor of…

Labour MP’s campaign for the stillborn to be recognised by the State raises a few awkward questions about abortion

February 7, 2018
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When Labour MP Sharon Hodgson rose to deliver her contribution to the debate on the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill, the House was sparsely attended, but all…

Diana: queen of people’s hearts and the nation’s near-death experience

August 31, 2017
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It was 20 years ago today that the world awoke to the news that Diana, Princess of Wales, had been killed in a car crash beneath the Pont de l'Alma…

Italy earthquake: the dog who waits and grieves by his master's coffin

August 28, 2016
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Perhaps you have to be a dog-owner to understand this bond of devotion. Just as a man will grieve for his best friend, so the best friend will grieve…

Brussels attacks: suppressing the facts and muzzling the truth

March 23, 2016
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To every thing there is a season.. ..a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.. (Ecclesiastes 3:1,4,7) Horror, disgust…

Migrants, refugees, dead babies and 'virtue signalling': WWJD?

September 7, 2015
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This is a guest post by the Rev’d Stephen Heard – Assistant Priest at St Mark’s Church, Enfield. He is a former civil servant with a background in political and…