Sovereignty

Sovereignty is inviolable: it belongs to the people, not to Parliament

February 22, 2016
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Sovereignty ultimately belongs to God, but in a liberal democracy it is the people – or ought to be the people – who, as members of civil society, work toward the temporal good of the whole by applying human…

Cameron's EU deal: we were lied to in 1975; we won't be deceived again

February 3, 2016
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David Cameron's EU deal is no deal at all. It amounts to minor tinkering, presentational puff, and achieves little in terms of the subsidiarity-sovereignty objectives which the Conservative Party…

Vatican says UK is "better in than out" of the EU

January 24, 2016
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"The Vatican wants Britain to stay in the European Union, the Pope's foreign secretary has declared." So writes the Telegraph, noting that Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with…

Cameron's EU via media: a British Model of Associate Membership

November 11, 2015
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We want neither to be absorbed by the infallible magisterium of catholicity ('ever-closer union'), nor isolated by the nationalism of puritanical reformation ('out'): we want, instead, a particular 'British…

Would the Dean and Chapter of Manchester Cathedral host and pray for Ukip?

October 29, 2015
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When the Dean of Manchester Cathedral agreed to facilitate the march of the people against austerity during this year's Conservative Party conference, a simple matter of Christian hospitality to…

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…

Assisted Dying: Canon Rosie Harper condemns "extreme and emotive claims" of "a certain section of believers"

September 11, 2015
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The Archbishop of Canterbury couldn't be any clearer: 'MPs must not take risks with the lives of vulnerable people', he writes in the Evening Standard. He is unequivocal, too,…

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…

"God told me to.."

August 5, 2015
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Have you ever had a Christian say to you: "God told me to..", followed by a directive or (more usually) a subtly coercive exhortation to do something (usually) for…

Jeremy Corbyn's path to power is more plausible than people think

July 24, 2015
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Usually somewhere between three and 30 people avail themselves of the #Amen prayer facility at the bottom of this blog's Home Page. Since it was installed, the most believers…

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…

Greek debt: the immorality of perpetual bailouts and broken promises

June 22, 2015
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Here we go again: Greek debt and a nation "on the brink" / "at the edge" / "judgment day" / "endgame" / "apocalypse".. Another round of "crisis" / "emergency"…

Conservatives for Britain – but not if you're on Government payroll

June 8, 2015
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"Conservatives for Britain has been formed among Tory parliamentarians to discuss the criteria by which to judge the Government's EU renegotiation. We are willing to consider how to prepare…

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…

The Christian deception about Conservatives and Human Rights

May 26, 2015
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There is a lie permeating the Christian social-media detachment that the Conservative quest to repeal New Labour's Human Rights Act amounts to an assault upon fundamental human rights; that…

Voting is a moral obligation, but praying for those in authority is a divine command

May 7, 2015
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On Saturday in The Times, Graham Tomlin, the widely respected principal of St Mellitus Theological College, wrote a profound article on the relationship between the authority of our political…

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…

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…

#PastoralLetter (3): a plea for religious liberty in an era of secularity

March 9, 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″;…