In this article, I want to deal with two types of response to the Aston Villa decision to ban away fans for their game against Maccabi Tel Aviv. I’m dealing specifically with those responses here. I believe that the original decision was wrong, gives space to and rewards antisemitism but I’m happy to believe that… Continue reading Anti-Zionism, crowd safety -myths and the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban
Category: Opinion
Please don’t play their game
I live what counts to me as walking distance of the Aston Villa football ground. It’s actually 50 minutes walk away from the ground. Where I currently live is predominantly but not exclusively white working class. However the next few streets along are increasingly Asian and whilst there is a Sikh Gudwara just round the… Continue reading Please don’t play their game
Integration, ethnicity and our responsibility ,- responding to Robert Jenrick
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has got himself into a spot of bother making comments about Handsworth, an area just down the road from us in Birmingham. He was caught in tape observing that he did not see a single white face there and went further by identifying this as an example of failure to… Continue reading Integration, ethnicity and our responsibility ,- responding to Robert Jenrick
Baptism: What about those with a learning disability?
Recently in a conversation about when to baptise (paedobaptism or credobelievers’ baptism), one of the questions that came from a paedobaptist was: “What would you do about an adult with a learning disability?” The presumption seemed to be that this would be a barrier to baptism. It seems to align with a perception that credo-bapfists… Continue reading Baptism: What about those with a learning disability?
Were those demonstrations okay?
On Thursday, a terrorist attacked a synagogue on the Jewish holy day, Yom Kippur. On Thursday evening, Friday and Saturday, demonstrations went ahead against Israel despite the police and politicians appealing for them not to. A big concern regarding the regular demonstrations about Israel has been that legitimate protest about Israel’s actions in Gaza so… Continue reading Were those demonstrations okay?
You aren’t faithfully loving people by staying in a burning building with them
I’ve been desperately trying to think of a way that gets a message across with urgency. I’ve also been desperately trying to find ways to say that without offending friends. So several times I’ve come close to saying that you are not really providing for and protecting a flock by detaining them at a wolf… Continue reading You aren’t faithfully loving people by staying in a burning building with them
Approaching October 7th – some reflections on Israel Hamas and antisemitism
We are approaching the 2nd anniversary of the October 7th attacks by Hamas on Israel. Since then, Israel have been involved in an ongoing military attack into Gaza which started as an effort to free the hostages taken but has become more than that, an existential struggle to try and destroy Hamas completely. Here are… Continue reading Approaching October 7th – some reflections on Israel Hamas and antisemitism
If you don’t like the choice of Archbishop, remember the principles were conceded a long time ago
There are two primary reasons why conservative evangelicals within the Church of England might object to the new Archbishop of Canterbury. They may object due to gender and due to theology Let’s deal with them in turn. The gender issue is the more complex and in fact should be the lesser in importance. It’s important… Continue reading If you don’t like the choice of Archbishop, remember the principles were conceded a long time ago
What the reactions to the new Archbishop do tell us
Readers will be familiar by now with my own take on the change of personnel at the top of the Church of England. I don’t think it was ever going to make much difference because the issues we should have with the CofE go back further and down deeper than individual personalities. If you have… Continue reading What the reactions to the new Archbishop do tell us
Stand with Britain’s Jews because that’s the right thing to do … Not for any other agenda
Yesterday’s terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester was horrific. There have been so many warnings about the increased fear that Jews are experiencing. On Yom Kippur those fears became a reality. This attack didn’t come out of nowhere, as shocking as it was. I’ve written recently about racism and how word, symbols and marches… Continue reading Stand with Britain’s Jews because that’s the right thing to do … Not for any other agenda
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