Before peace, reconciliation and healing, there must come reckoning
Donald Trump is not a modest man. He is not polished, well read, stylish, university educated, 'sophisticated', or a paragon of moral virtue. But he is the duly elected President…
Hillary Clinton
Lawfare — politics is now waged through the Courts
There is one enduring feature of all functional democracies – that of balance. Over-mighty monarchs, barons, presidents or workers' councils do not make for happy societies. If the definition of a gentleman is 'a man who knows how to play…
Amidst all the buffoonery, Trump is right to reject the Palestinian definition of ‘refugee’
I never expected much good to originate from the election of the Buffoon. Sure, the fact that Hillary Clinton will from time unto eternity be remembered as 'she who enabled…
Happy Inauguration Anniversary, Mr President. And thanks for getting back to the separation of powers
One year ago, our friends in the USA exchanged one thin-skinned narcissistic president for another, and immediately a fresh chapter of their ongoing culture wars began. Less inhibited than their…
‘Shithole countries’ tittle-tattle only served to mask the Uranium One fallout: the real scandal is yet to surface
Last Friday, President Trump was reported to have used the most crass terms when discussing admitting migrants from countries like Haiti into the United States of America. He denies the…
Donald Trump is no neo-Nazi sympathiser: he’s just not a very good politician
This is a guest post by Martin Sewell, a retired solicitor. ______ When the USA elected Donald Trump to be their new President, it was, to a significant degree, because…
Bishop of Liverpool slams Trump/Brexit voters who “bow the knee to hate”
Amazon have produced a warm, cuddly, interfaith Christmas ad. And it's authentic: there are no actors. A real-life vicar and a real-life imam exchange gifts (knee-pads) to help make praying…
NSPCC Childline: rise of Corbyn and Clinton leads to rise in young people’s anxiety
Thousands of young people are very worried and seeking counselling from the NSPCC's Childline for unbearable levels of anxiety. Almost 12,000, to be exact. This isn't funny: mental health issues…
Which is worse in a presidential candidate – dirty words about sexual assault or conspiring to conceal rape?
Donald Trump is a vain, obnoxious, arrogant, lying, bombastic sleazebag. Or, as they say across the pond, "an asshole". Everybody knows it, or seems to. So when a decade-old recording…
Labour Party Conference: “We are proud of our diversity record, which will be even better when all the straight, white, Christian and Jewish people are expelled”
Goodness, what a palaver! Our weekend guest, Dr. Giles Fontwater, late Dean of Cantwell College, Oxbridge, recently attended the Neo-Chartist-Stalinist-Stakhanovite Party Conference in Liverpool as an interested observer of the…
“Such a fuss over the Great British Bake Off! I have written to the ‘Powers that Beeb’…”
Goodness! My Lord the Bishop and I attended the Black Hole of Calcutta Memorial Service in the Cathedral on Sunday, as is our custom. It was an unusually warm day…
Anglican schism: "First we had Brexit – now we have Evangexit!"
Goodness! Schism breaks out in Tunbridge Wells! In my day it was Dr. Pusey who rattled ecclesiastical cages, not to mention Bishop Colenso of Natal, but now it seems…
Searching for Trump Clinton alternatives? There is one…
America has a problem. Their quest to find the wisest leader; the most experienced negotiator; the most honest, committed, charismatic and cool politician to be the next President of…
Mrs Proudie: Sudden Jihadist Syndrome, Sultan Erdoğan, and nasty pieces of work
Goodness! The sun has had his hat on this week and Barchester has been baking hot: we have had to hose down the old gentlemen at Hiram’s Hospital several…
Mrs Proudie: "Do these politicians know how much they are loathed?"
One must confess the hottest gossip around the Cathedral Close in Barchester this week has been last week’s 'Affair of the Missing Apostrophe'. Shame and embarrassment, together with an…