Can you imagine if the Church of England gave out a well publicised award for Atheist Bigot of the Year or if the Catholic Church had one for Pro-abortion Bigot of the Year? I suspect there might be one or… Read More ›
Month: October 2012
The folly of Brighton and Hove Council’s proposal to abolish Mr and Mrs
One thing I’ve learnt about Brighton and Hove Council is that it’s not exactly the same as other councils around the country. It’s the only one to be run by the Green party and it’s the only one I know… Read More ›
Being a Christian doesn’t make me stupid
Not so long ago being in a position of public leadership and also a professing Christian was seen as a virtue and nothing to be ashamed of. Margaret Thatcher may not have been everyone’s favourite politician (to put it mildly),… Read More ›
A tale of two Tories
I doubt I’m the only one who breathed a sigh of relief when Andrew Mitchell finally resigned on Friday. Yet again we have had to endure a drawn out and painful saga where the end was pretty much inevitable and… Read More ›
Almost a winner
Just a quick note to say that I was honoured to be invited to the Premier Christian New Media Awards on Friday. This blog was nominated for Best Christian Blog and Best Newcomer Blog. In the end I came away… Read More ›
Christians lead the way in the fight against human trafficking and slavery
Today is Anti Slavery Day. What you might not know is that it came about in 2010 as a Private Members Bill by Anthony Steen MP. The bill defines modern-day slavery as child trafficking, forced labour, domestic servitude and trafficking for sexual… Read More ›
Why we should all be glad a global blasphemy law is no longer on the cards
Sometimes following a shocking incident hitting the headlines there can be a knee jerk reaction from the authorities trying to provide some sort of restitution to right a wrong. This happened after the truly awful Innocence of Muslims film went global. In their… Read More ›
It’s World Food Day – Find out how ships can feed the hungry
Today is World Food Day. World Food Day is a global initiative started by the UN in 1945 and has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries, raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger. To… Read More ›
The Church of England takes on the bankers with the Bishop of Durham at the helm
Following on from yesterday’s post on the Christianity Uncut/Occupy Faith protests at St Paul’s, I thought it might be worthwhile looking at what the Church of England has been doing recently in response to the state of our financial institutions,… Read More ›
Was yesterday’s demonstration at St Paul’s a valid protest or just a stunt?
I’m still trying to get my head around exactly what happened at St Paul’s yesterday. Firstly there was a protest by anti-capitalist group, Christianity Uncut which took the form of unfurling a large banner on the steps of the cathedral declaring… Read More ›
“Family comes first” – so what are you going to do about it Mr Cameron?
“Family comes first.” That was a key message of yesterday’s speech by the Prime Minister at the Conservative Party conference. He expanded on this statement further: “These are difficult times. We’re being tested. How will we come through it? Again,… Read More ›
This week’s news and links: George Carey and that Nazi comment
In case anyone is concerned after yesterday’s post that I’ve gone all political with my knives out for Labour, I haven’t but sometimes you just can’t ignore party politics. It’s the same with these links today which mainly relate to… Read More ›
Only Labour stand in the way of the abortion limit being reduced
A week is a long time in politics as the saying goes and certainly this has been the case with all the political discussion on abortion limits since I last wrote about it of Friday. I had no idea when… Read More ›
There’s much more to the abortion limit argument than 24, 20 or 12 weeks
Since Maria Miller the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, as well as also being the minister for women, revealed in a Telegraph interview that she would vote for the legal limit for abortions to be reduced from 24 weeks… Read More ›
Rowan Williams: A wise man who makes my brain ache
Last night I was in London attending the Annual Theos Think Tank lecture, which this year was being given by Archbishop Rowan Williams. I don’t think I’ve seen so many dog collars in one room before, but I digress. This… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 