Category Archives: Church Teaching

Ignoring the checks and balances now may cost us a great deal later on!


When the Government recently won an election with such a majority of seats (although not so many votes) it was always a risk that they would quickly inhabit a position of arrogance. Unfortunately their decision to ignore the various checks … Continue reading

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Johnson and Welby have both made sensible requests


Becoming friends with people, either for the first time or indeed reconnecting with people after falling out with them makes a great deal of sense at the beginning of the year. The call from Justin Welby yesterday to take up … Continue reading

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Three high profile men whose words seem consistent


Today on Facebook this image of the Pope’s 2019 Crucifix has been circulating where he has replaced the body of Christ with the image of a refugee lifejacket, with this leader of the Roman Catholic Church stating that every refugee … Continue reading

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Has the Office of the Chief Rabbi overstepped the line?


Four months can be described as an enormous time in politics and there are many other examples where it is a long period, on the other hand there are many cases where four months is a very short time. Clearly … Continue reading

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Lets stop Politicians from arranging Peerages and find a new mechanism!


The news that the Tory Party had offered 8 members of the Brexit Party a Peerage in an attempt to stop them putting candidates into Tory constituencies is hardly a shock, although 8 Peers to a Party that has only … Continue reading

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We need to find a way of promoting real Independent candidates


For some people who have recently been thrown out of their party such as Dominic Grieve, the plan to stand as an Independent MP makes a great deal of sense and given how radical he has been as a Tory … Continue reading

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A clear reason for endorsing Jeremy Hunt


The choice about to face 120,000 to 160,000 Tory party members is far from clear, both prospective leaders of their party have very substantial failings in far too many areas to be credible party leaders, let alone to then be … Continue reading

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The various challenging rhythms of life


The pleasure that many people have of a two bank holiday weekend is not matched by people who work in the retail sector. However the majority of them have the opportunity at this time of year to be able to … Continue reading

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An inspiring tweet regarding Palestine!


This tweet is one that I spotted earlier today of how despite all of the frenetic accusations of what some people are saying and doing is anti semitic, that others are focusing on attempting to resolve the matters that lie … Continue reading

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A political party demonstrating prejudice!


The decision by Arlene Foster and the rest of the DUP to refuse to attend any of the events involving the Pope in Southern Ireland over the last few days leaves them isolated when it comes to the rest of … Continue reading

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