One response I saw from a senior Christian leader to the Krish Kandiah, Thought For the Day episode was that this wasn’t really a “massive Christian liberty or free speech issue.” Now over the years, prominent Christians and Christian organisations have been quick to announce that this or that issue was not only a matter… Continue reading The point about free speech is that you don’t get to pick and choose what the issues are
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Robert Jenrick, Krish Kandiah, Thought for the Day, Immigration and Xenophobia: Further Reflections
The other day I mentioned the Thought for the Day piece by Krish Kandiah that was pulled and then edited to exclude a reference to Xenophobia in criticism of remarks made by the shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick. To date, apart from my own piece, I’m only aware of an article on Facebook by John… Continue reading Robert Jenrick, Krish Kandiah, Thought for the Day, Immigration and Xenophobia: Further Reflections
Thought for the Day: Free Speech, Politicians and Xenophobia
Conservative/Reform politicians and the right wing media are in uproar. The BBC has engaged in a bit of censorship. They made a mistake, instead of putting up the usual liberal theologian for Thought for the Day and instead of that person testing listeners to a few harmless platitudes, they only went and got in an… Continue reading Thought for the Day: Free Speech, Politicians and Xenophobia
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