Sabbath

Boris, feet, table… Do not judge by appearances

August 23, 2019
Archbishop Cranmer
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A photograph of Boris Johnson putting his feet on a table in the Elysée Palace has circled the world. How crass, boorish, discourteous and bullish, they all cried. Thing is... ...he was invited to. President Macron told the Prime Minister…

Blake God Blessing Seventh Day four-day week

Four-day week: mandatory indolence or an interfaith ‘sacred weekend’?

October 23, 2018
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When Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell mooted imposing a four-day week on the British economy (that is, a four-day working week; Labour has no plans to re-calibrate or 'modernise' the solar…

Church condemns Sunday trading measures smuggled in under Enterprise Act

February 7, 2016
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Last November the Government halted all attempts to relax Sunday trading restrictions in the face of an "unholy alliance" of Conservative backbenchers, Labour and the SNP, all ranged against…

Secular Europe forces Orthodox Greece to roll out Sunday trading

July 14, 2015
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When it comes to Sunday trading, at least HM Government is intent on deploying the statutory instrument in the democratic process. The Greek government, on the other hand, has…

Osborne's Sunday trading proposals put markets above family and community

July 8, 2015
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Back in 2012 when it was announced that Sunday trading laws would be relaxed during the London Olympics, voices from the Church of England along with various others raised…