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).
Tag: Politics
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
Why I think the King’s state visit to the US should go ahead
A lot of people want the planned state visit cancelled. This is unsurprising given the manner of President Trump’s recent behaviours and words. Some people have even used this as an argument against the visit. Ironically, I think this is an example that supports rather than goes against the case for the monarchy. It at… Continue reading Why I think the King’s state visit to the US should go ahead
A positive public theology: Is secular nationalism the only alternative to Christian Nationalism?
I’ve written significantly about Christian Nationalism over the past year and part of that has been because I’ve bene concerned about the negative impact that Christian Nationalism has on the church. In that sense I have been arguing due to personal conviction and concern. However, it also fits in with the primary aims of Faithroots. … Continue reading A positive public theology: Is secular nationalism the only alternative to Christian Nationalism?
Does Restore Britain have anything to offer Christians?
Some Christians have been hoping for their political white knight to turn up, a UK answer to Donald Trump, someone who might not be a Christian yet but someone who at least can promote a political brand that aligns with their specific ideology. Last year, it seemed that Tommy Robinson was the man they were… Continue reading Does Restore Britain have anything to offer Christians?
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