Magna Carta

Bishops divided on Brexit Bill: moral obligation and ethical liberation

'Will the Bishops vote for Brexit?' was the question posed a few weeks ago. Yesterday the House of Lords voted on an amendment to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, namely that: Within three months of exercising the power…

The Woolf Institute is wrong: Christianity is needed in public life now more than ever

December 15, 2015
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This is a guest post by Will Jones who holds a PhD in Political Philosophy from the University of Reading and a diploma in Biblical Studies from Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He currently works…

The Divine Right of HM Revenue and Customs

July 13, 2015
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One expected a tactical Conservative prime minister leading a pragmatic Conservative Party in an expedient Liberal-Conservative coalition to propose or perform the occasional un-conservative thing. It was reasonably politic,…

Battle of Waterloo 200 years on: did Napoleon finally win?

June 18, 2015
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There is a certain concomitance, in the week that we commemorated the 800th anniversary of King John setting his seal upon Magna Carta to secure certain rights and liberties…

Magna Carta – Archbishop Stephen Langton settled more than 40 Barons

June 15, 2015
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800 years ago to the day – on 15th June 1215 – when rebellion was endemic and conspiracy rife, King John was forced to sign Magna Carta at Runnymede,…

A British Bill of Rights is wholly contingent on the UK leaving the EU

May 27, 2015
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Today's Queen's Speech is the first to be delivered on behalf of a majority Conservative government since 1996, when John Major was Prime Minister and 'Europe' was tearing his…

What are 'fundamental British values'?

January 29, 2015
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In a context of fractious social division and increasing religious tension, the Government is on a quest for national identity, and education is the means by which it will…