As Sir Keir Starmer prepares to leave office, potentially as soon as next month, much is being made about the fact that we are about to move onto the 7th prime minister since Brexit. I think that this particular number may overstate things, Cameron left pretty much straight after the referendum having served a credible… Continue reading Uncertain days: How do we as Christians respond to Starmer’s fall from power?
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All Change: The Makerfield By-election and Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation
I was planning to share some thoughts following on from the Makerfield by-election today. However, I’ve been overtaken by events. This morning it was no surprise to hear that Keir Starmer is resigning as prime minister. So, I’ll move on to some thoughts about the future shortly but first I am going to still share… Continue reading All Change: The Makerfield By-election and Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation
Honouring or dishonouring Henry Nowak’s memory
My reflection on the political reaction to Vikrum Digwa’s conviction for the murder of Henry Nowak can be summed up as : There have now been four wrongs in relation to the horrific murder of Henry Nowak. 1. The murder itself 2. The deceit by the murderer aided by family to attempt to cover up.… Continue reading Honouring or dishonouring Henry Nowak’s memory
Ungovernable? (Part 2).
I recently responded to Rhys Laverty’s article in Evangelicals Now which suggested that perhaps the UK was becoming ungovernable. This kind of narrative is becoming more common place. Indeed the more excitable among our Christian Nationalist friends have been talking up the prospect of civil war. I have two main concerns with the narrative. First,… Continue reading Ungovernable? (Part 2).
Are we ungovernable?
Is Britain ungovernable? It’s a suggestion that I’ve heard increasingly in response to Keir Starmer’s current troubles. Those making the argument will also point to the quick succession of Conservative Prime Ministers in the past 10 years. This last decade has seen 4 Conservative Prime Ministers and 1 Labour. Is the problem that the people… Continue reading Are we ungovernable?
What went wrong for Sir Keir Starmer?
I promised recently that having written about the challenges that the centre-right face, I would turn my attention to the centre-left. My aim in these articles is not to promote a specific political position but rather to try and help us be clued up as to what is happening in the political world. As I’m… Continue reading What went wrong for Sir Keir Starmer?
Zac Polanski, The Green Party and antisemitism
Go back just under ten years and people were gradually beginning to raise concerns about the emergence of antisemitism in the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn. A number of Jewish MPs began to talk about their negative experience of what they considered to be racist and bullying behaviour. A number of defences were mounted at… Continue reading Zac Polanski, The Green Party and antisemitism
Discrimination and Christians in politics
I don’t know if you picked up on this news story, it doesn’t seem to have received much attention from Christian commentators. It involves David Campanale, a former Liberal Democrat candidate who has won a case against the party for discrimination. It seems that Campanale was specifically discriminated against because of his position on issues… Continue reading Discrimination and Christians in politics
Can Christians be interested in geopolitics as well as the Gospel? Responding to Paul Blackham’s Evangelicals Now article
Paul Blackham writes in May’s Evangelicals Now: “What do we fear enough to talk to strangers about? Our spiritual mandate is to Seek FIRST God’s Kingdom. We must be obsessed with the business of heaven – because only then will the business of earth fall into the right perspective.”[1] I agree whole heartedly with this… Continue reading Can Christians be interested in geopolitics as well as the Gospel? Responding to Paul Blackham’s Evangelicals Now article
Peter Mandelson: What else we know – an update
The Cabinet Secretary Cat Little has now given evidence to the Foreign Affairs committee. It’s worth updating on what else we now know First of all, Little has acknowledged that Olly Robbins was correct in terms of due process. The expected process was that security vetting paperwork would not be shared outside of the vetting… Continue reading Peter Mandelson: What else we know – an update
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