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Operation Yellowhammer: political advantage trumps right to privacy

September 10, 2019
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The end of prolonged conflicts can be both brutal and swift. The American Civil War ended with Sherman’s brutal 'March to the Sea' and the First World War ended with a near-successful German offensive followed by retreat and defeat. The…

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Imposition or liberation? Abortion and same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland

July 16, 2019
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"If I was a Northern Ireland MLA I’d vote for equal marriage, just as I did in Westminster," tweeted former LibDem leader and committed Christian Tim Farron. "But I support…

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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…

While bishops bicker over Brexit, there is one who shows a better way

November 22, 2018
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Should there be a second referendum (aka a 'People's Vote') on Brexit, the Bishop of Oxford was asked. "My own view is that it would make things worse and it…

Balfour 100: we are not ashamed of (re-)creating the State of Israel

November 2, 2017
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A hundred years ago today, the Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Rothschild, leader of British Jewry, to convey the intention of the UK Government to re-establish the nation…

Our Lady of Brexit? Why not consecrate the UK to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?

August 3, 2017
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It has been announced that Scotland is to be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary "for the first time". It is believed that the act will set Scotland apart…

EU intervention in the General Election: May the force of May ever seize the day

May 4, 2017
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Theresa May has thrown down the gauntlet to confront the latest meddling EU intervention. She also threw down the vambrace, breastplate, pauldrons and helmet, and she had every right to.…

May promises a real, clean, hard Brexit – “a truly Global Britain”

January 17, 2017
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"The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union," Theresa May assures. And today she leaves us in no doubt about the manner of that leaving: We seek a new and…

“At last! We have a Tory government worthy of the name! The Blasted Heath must be spinning in his grave!”

October 7, 2016
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Goodness! After the Opera Buffa of Bologna it is good to be back in this our Sceptred Isle. Our host, Cardinal Montefiasco, made us most welcome, but it was somewhat…

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…

EU Referendum: Welby asks the fairest questions of all

March 13, 2016
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The froth masks the urgency of the substance; the heat deflects from the dominant paradigms of light. The EU Referendum debate is being reduced to a Tory pantomime of…

Competence over chaos: Britain votes for a new moral vision

May 8, 2015
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The choice was between "competence or chaos", as David Cameron kept on saying. All the predictions talked about a knife-edge vote, and all the personalities sank into morass of…

#PastoralLetter (1): The patronising episcopal 'should'

February 20, 2015
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There are only two possible outcomes at the next General Election: either David Cameron will be Prime Minister, or Ed Miliband. Nigel Farage will not be Prime Minister; nor…

"If 100,000 Jews leave, France will no longer be France"

January 13, 2015
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The words of French Prime Minister Manuel Valls echo down the centuries of anti-Semitic Europe, where Jews have been marginalised, persecuted, reviled, expelled and turned to ash in the…

Archbishop of Canterbury: "We must go on looking outwards"

January 1, 2015
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In his New Year Message to the nation, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby paid tribute at the National Memorial Arboretum to those who have "served, suffered or sacrificed…

Justin Welby's call to battle

October 16, 2014
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What exactly is the grand plan that is going to result in the disintegration and destruction of ISIS? On Tuesday military chiefs from 22 of the 60 countries making up…

The Church has a unique role to play in healing Scotland's wounds

September 20, 2014
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It feels right to say a brief 'Hello' to all of His Grace's regulars and those who have successfully made the trip over from God and Politics. This is just…

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…

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…

If Scotland votes "Yes", it will be John Major's fault

September 10, 2014
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"More than 20 years ago, I opposed devolution," writes Sir John Major in today's Times. "I did so not because I thought Scotland could not govern itself. Plainly it can.…