Nationalism

The People’s Vote strategy is to goad Brexiteers with being frit

"The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election, is he?" goaded Margaret Thatcher. "Afraid? Frightened? Frit?" she persisted, with perfectly alliterative thrashings of her serrated tongue. "Could not take it? Cannot stand it?" she hammered home, bludgeoning poor Denis…

The G7 Summit: a Renaissance oil painting of the sacred and profane

June 10, 2018
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The G7 Summit brings together the mighty economies of the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Japan and Germany, which together represent 62% of global net worth. That's $280 trillion,…

COMECE: Roman Catholics should support EU integration

October 18, 2017
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COMECE is the Roman Catholic Church in the European Union (the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community). Its mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek…

Trump’s UN “hate speech” tells the world a few home truths

September 20, 2017
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres doesn't like divisive political discourse: he prefers consensual dialogue about climate change; exhortations to build bridges rather than walls; measured denunciations of Israel rather than the…

Church denounces Austria’s ‘far-right’ Norbert Hofer for campaign poster invoking God

October 26, 2016
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Norbert Hofer is the presidential hopeful of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) in the forthcoming election (which is being re-run in December owing to previous electoral irregularities). The Freedom…

Bishop of Europe: Brexit represents loss, abject failure, squandering of birthright

July 18, 2016
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"Let me be clear," said the Rt Rev'd Dr Robert Innes, Bishop of* Europe, as he addressed the General Synod of the Church of England. "From my European perspective,…

Faith leaders blast "isolationist" Vatican for refusing to join the EU

May 30, 2016
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Religious leaders from the UK’s main faith communities – including former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams – have joined forces to urge Pope Francis to commit the Vatican State…

Archbishop slams George Osborne: "ludicrous.. scare stories.. all over the place.. he doesn't know"

May 24, 2016
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It isn't the Archbishop of Canterbury or York (unfortunately), but the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark, Peter Smith, who heads the Bishops' Conference department for Christian responsibility and citizenship.…

Lord Carey comes out for Brexit: "It is the refrain of freedom"

May 15, 2016
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"Poor George," they'll sigh in the House of Bishops. "He's finally..." They won't bother to finish the sentence; just make little circular motions with their forefingers pointing to the…

Giles Fraser backs Brexit – and the liberal elite sneer at him for it

May 11, 2016
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The Rev'd Dr Giles Fraser is one of the very few Church of England clergy who has publicly declared that he wants the UK to leave the EU. It…

Cameron: Brexit could lead to World War III

May 9, 2016
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Today is Europe Day, marking the anniversary on 9th May 1950 of the Schuman Declaration which proposed the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). By pooling…

Reimagining Europe: Church wades in to EU referendum

September 1, 2015
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"In less than two years we will have a referendum on our place in Europe," writes the Archbishop of Canterbury on 'Reimagining Europe' – the Church's new blog dedicated…

Greece votes 'Oxi' – the demos has spoken

July 6, 2015
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There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if…

Greek Orthodox Church urges Greeks to "vote for Europe" (and more austerity)

July 4, 2015
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Greece is bankrupt, on its economic knees, humiliated before the IMF default, now begging the ECB/Germany for palliative compassion. The Greeks are in turmoil; some queuing patiently to withdraw…

Votewise 2015: a biblical case for localism, subsidiarity and restored national sovereignty

May 6, 2015
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Over the last couple of months this site has covered some of the most prominent publications that have sought to define an appropriate form of Christian engagement with political…

Let’s stop reviling Islam with ‘Islamism’, and call the cult what it really is

March 8, 2015
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Rather like the Naming of Cats, the classifying of Islamic sects is a difficult matter, and it’s certainly not just one of your Eid-Al-Fitr games. As we’ve witnessed the…

Scottish Episcopal church equates Nigel Farage with Adolf Hitler

January 5, 2015
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St John's is a thriving Scottish Episcopal church at the heart of Scotland’s beautiful capital city. Here we aim to express love for God and neighbour in all that…

The blessing of the Nativity of the European Parliament

December 14, 2014
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The Crib has been solemnly blessed in the European Parliament - that Brussels temple dedicated to the cause of ever closer secularity now has a discordant Nativity scene located…

What role for the Church of England in English devolution?

September 23, 2014
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"Sanity transcends political differences", tweeted the Bishop of Willesden when it appeared there was some cross-party agreement on the pressing need for English devolution following the Prime Minister's 'vow' of…

Salvation of the Union

September 19, 2014
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Land of Hope and Glory! Rule Britannia! God Save the Queen! Scotland has spoken, and, despite the tawdry interventions of certain glitzy Scots living comfortably in the Home Counties, Manhattan…