Racism

#PastoralLetter (4): sowing old seeds cannot produce "new politics"

Having responded to the Preface of the Pastoral Letter from the House of Bishops “to the people and parishes of the Church of England for the General Election 2015″; and also to their first section, ‘Who is my Neighbour?’;…

Queen's chaplain agnostic on "good or evil" violence in the Qur'an

March 12, 2015
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Apparently, young people are turning to Jihad because school's a drudge and mainstream religion is not sufficiently 'exciting'. That's the general headline summary of a speech given by Justin…

#PastoralLetter (2): Visions, dreams and nebulous notions of detachment

March 2, 2015
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Having responded to the Preface of the Pastoral Letter from the House of Bishops "to the people and parishes of the Church of England for the General Election 2015",…

Ukip: The First 100 Days and Channel 4 gratuitous anti-Israelism

February 17, 2015
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If you didn't see Channel 4's over-hyped docu-drama Ukip: The First 100 Days, don't bother dashing for C4 On Demand. It is a tedious effort, dramatic dullsville, full of…

Rev'd Stephen Sizer: "Show me evidence Israel wasn’t behind 9/11"

January 30, 2015
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As the civilised world was choking in the memorial lamentations of Auschwitz 70-years-on, suspended in that space of sorrow somewhere between needing to remember yet yearning to forget, the…

Mehdi Hasan: "No Reformation in Europe without Muslim theologians"

January 19, 2015
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Mehdi Hasan delivered an oratorically brilliant if rather sanctimonious speech at the Oxford Union in May 2013, which now rings in the head like tinnitus in the wake of…

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…

Nick Griffin votes Ukip? So what? 45% of British Satanists vote Conservative

December 1, 2014
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"Is it true? Is Nick Griffin now a Ukipper?" tweeted staunch and loyal Tory Walaa Idris ‏(@WalaaIdris), aghast, disgusted and ever so slightly delighted dismayed by the smeary associational…

Rochester & Strood: the Christian case for supporting Mark Reckless

November 2, 2014
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According to the latest opinion polls on the wacky race for Rochester & Strood, the suave, educated, cultured and erudite Peter Perfect Mark Reckless is blazing ahead for Ukip,…

Ukip racism, bad; Labour racism.. well, I'll get back to you on that

October 23, 2014
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"Are you intentionally out to give @UKIP an easy ride from a Christian perspective?" demanded someone called Peter Adams yesterday, in a terse Twitter response to the question: "Has…

Has Ukip sold its soul for €2million?

October 22, 2014
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There is apparently a battle currently being waged for the soul of the Conservative Party, at least according to the Jerusalem Post: "..the natural home of British Jews, still…

Rev'd Canon Dr (Labour) denounces South Yorkshire police officer (Ukip)

October 17, 2014
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The Rev'd Canon Dr Alan Billings is a retired vicar of some academic standing: not only was he a member of the respected Youth Justice Board, he was director…

Palestinian statehood: the hypocrisy of Labour's three-line whip

October 13, 2014
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We know how the argument goes. If you oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state, you are a bigoted Zionist who perpetuates suffering and injustice through illegal occupation. If…

Bishop of Willesden slams "unChristian" Tories and Ukip

October 11, 2014
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The Clacton fallout has sent a few tremors around Westminster. So has the Heywood & Middleton spin-off. Not only have the people elected their first Ukip MP in a…