Wales lockdown isn’t only absurd; it denies freedom of religion
Tomorrow is your birthday. You've received a card from your Mum every single year of your life, without fail, even when you were abroad, and even when she was very…
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Just 6% of Anglican clergy voted Conservative in 2019
A Savanta ComRes poll was published just over a week ago on the political affiliation of Church leaders, and it hasn't had much coverage. In fact, it doesn't appear to have any media coverage at all, which is a little…
Labour plans to downgrade Christianity in the school curriculum
There's something tucked away on page 15 of Labour's 'Race and Faith' manifesto which has received no comment at all. No-one seems to have noticed their intention to downgrade Christianity…
Decriminalising Abortion: an Open Letter to the Bishops of the Church of England
Dear Bishops, Both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats have, in their manifestos, proposed the “decriminalisation” of abortion. This would remove all sanctions in criminal law for those who…
Decriminalising abortion: Labour abandons the Catholic vote
A few weeks ago the Liberal Democrats deselected one of their candidates. Robert Flello, a practising Roman Catholic (and so opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage) was ditched just 36…
Archbishops intervene in General Election challenging Labour Antisemitism
The first General Election debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn was a fractious, unedifying and deeply unpleasant affair. It wasn't so much a political debate as a terse slanging…
Man shall not live by broadband alone
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party has pledged to deliver free fibre broadband to every home and business in the country by 2030. "What was once a luxury is now an essential…
Defections, divisions, tribalism and schisms
'What causes fights and quarrels among you?' asked James the brother of Jesus, writing to the twelve tribes scattered abroad. And then he proceeds to answer his own question: Don’t…
Would bishops ‘especially’ welcome the Conservative Party Conference to their diocese?
The Bishop of Liverpool Paul Bayes exhorted his Twitter followers to pray for the party conference season, but he reserved an especial welcome for the Labour Party, whose conference is…
Bishop condemns Labour antisemitism and demands immediate expulsions
"For too many on the Left, Jewish suffering does not touch them the way Muslim suffering or gay suffering or black suffering touches them," wrote Stephen Daisley in 2015 on…
Anti-Brexit bishops jump on Boris burqa bandwagon
This isn't a post about Brexit; it really isn't. Nor is it a post about banning the burqa. It isn't even a post about Boris, or whether what he said…
The Labour Party has officially become institutionally antisemitic
It has long been suspected that Jeremy Corbyn has a problem with Jews (if not known that he is antipathetic to Judaism, defends antisemitic conspiracy theorists, and accommodates Jew-hatred), but…
Corbyn commemorating Passover with Jewdas is like May sharing communion with Westboro Baptist Church
The revelation that Jeremy Corbyn chose to commemorate Pesach (Passover) with the far-left, anti-Israel extremist group Jewdas is incredible – literally incredible. Why would the Labour leader choose to celebrate…
Let’s not forget that Corbyn defended Rev’d Stephen Sizer, who spread an antisemitic conspiracy theory that Israel was responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks
"The Labour Party has deep historical connections with British Jewry and its sister party in Israel," observes the Times, as the whole Labour movement becomes mired in Jeremy Corbyn's anti-Semitism…
By supporting a post-Brexit customs union with the EU, Corbyn betrays the poor
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…
Corbyn Monoxide: why does the Left get away with anti-Tory hate?
It's supposed to be a joke, of course, and we're all supposed to laugh. But imagine – just try to imagine – if these students had written such vile comments…
Momentum drops commitment to nonviolence: how can CofE clergy be permitted to join this group?
"Momentum is wholly committed to working for progressive political change through methods which are inclusive, participatory and nonviolent," the Momentum code of ethics used to state. But not any more.…
The Conservative-DUP deal is good for the whole country: Labour’s hypocrisy stinks to heaven
"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…
Church of England priest calls for the overthrow of Theresa May
Fr Christopher Woods is the parish priest of St Anne's Hoxton. He is a Labour Party supporter, which is laudable, and also a member of Momentum, which isn't so, but…
Diane Abbott as Home Secretary would hand victory to Islamists and terrorists
Speaking back in 1984 at the height of the Troubles, Diane Abbott gave an interview in which she said that Ireland "is our struggle — every defeat of the British…