Patriotism

BBC U-turn: ‘Rule, Britannia!’ will be sung on the Last Night of the Proms

September 3, 2020
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Stories are an important part of being human. If you spend time with a person you have never met before, the chances are you will soon begin to exchange stories about your life. What we chose tell and how we…

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BBC ‘Songs of Praise’ producer compares ‘Rule, Britannia!’ to the Holocaust

August 26, 2020
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There has been much stuff and nonsense written about the 'Last Night of the Proms' and the BBC's decision to offer only orchestrated versions of 'Rule, Britannia!' and 'Land of…

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Bishop says Brexit Euro candidates are ‘Traitors to the EU’

April 28, 2019
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The Rt Rev'd Dr Graham Kings is Hon Assistant Bishop & World Mission Adviser in the Diocese of Southwark. He is a Senior Member of St Chad's College, Durham, and…

Pessimism, realism and confusion: Ecclesiastes shines a light on Brexit

March 18, 2019
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Theresa May has said that a vote for her Withdrawal Agreement (aka 'deal') would be an act of patriotism. Writing in the Telegraph she exhorts all MPs, whether they voted…

Ely Cathedral flies UKIP flag to welcome Brexit conference

August 15, 2018
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"The world feels a bit warmer now" is how one Brexiteer reacted as the UKIP flag was hoist over Ely Cathedral. Members of the Ely UKIP branch have expressed their…

Diane Abbott as Home Secretary would hand victory to Islamists and terrorists

May 27, 2017
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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…

Bishop of Burnley: CofE’s agenda is set by academia, moneyed elites, and sections of the secular media

December 3, 2016
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The Rt Rev'd Philip North, Bishop of Burnley, decided to celebrate his 50th birthday with a splash in the Church Times, which has become a veritable flash in the Daily…

Vote Leave: take control. Believe in Britain, or bow down to Brussels

June 23, 2016
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The debates are done: the hour is come. EU Referendum Day 2016 is here. Like the Church of England, this blog is impeccably neutral on the matter: it is…

Ukip MEP bashes Archbishop for offering sanctuary to refugees

September 22, 2015
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What do you think? There was an archbishop who loved to read The Guardian and watch the BBC. He saw that thousands upon thousands of Christians were suffering throughout…

Elizabeth II becomes our longest-reigning monarch – God Save The Queen!

September 9, 2015
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Today, 9th September 2015, sometime around 5.30pm, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning monarch in British history, beating the record previously set by her great-great grandmother Queen…

Bishop demands asylum for "the infidel's military translators"

August 24, 2015
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"It seems to me that interpreters are like priests; they are mediators and help connect cultures and communities," said the Rt Rev'd Alastair Redfern, Bishop of Derby, speaking in…

The only Church mentioned by 'Judæo-Christian' Ukip is prefixed with Winston

April 16, 2015
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For those who favour the secession of the United Kingdom from the European Union - and there are many millions who do, cutting right across the mainstream of political…

BBC spins disaffected Muslims to deflect from emerging Islamists

February 26, 2015
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The BBC published the results of a ComRes poll yesterday, which they spun in their own inimitable multiculturally-sunny and cloudless way. 'Most British Muslims "oppose Muhammad cartoons reprisals"', they…

Why do bishops flaunt their Socialism but shroud their Conservatism?

February 19, 2015
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When the Archbishop of York was giving media interviews recently to promote his book On Rock or Sand?, he made clear that "the theology of where I am coming…

Since when has knowing what lesbians do been a British value?

January 22, 2015
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The task of education is to impart knowledge - especially of that which might develop literacy and numeracy, for without proficiency in words and numbers one may be muted…

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…

God who made thee mighty?

September 18, 2014
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Doe wee not remember, that this Kingdome [England] was divided into seven little Kingdomes, besides Wales? And is it not now the stronger by their Union? And hath not the…