Ah, the great British blitz spirit. Long gone, apparently, in certain sections of our population. The TV-drivel-fed, media-influenced hordes nowadays seem to have no will to engage their brains before acting like lemmings in supermarkets and pharmacies. Who knew that the go-to items to buy in the face of the Black Death would be …
Welby and Sentamu: a masterclass in moral relativism
Photo by banphote kamolsanei from Pexels Well, folks - especially we Anglicans - isn’t it great to know that in a time of national crisis, we can rely on the leaders of our Church to speak out the truth? To point people in the direction of faith in Jesus? To tell people how to get …
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Same-sex marriage survey: another comedy of interpretive errors
Dear God, here we go again. I suppose we ought to be grateful that the Ozanne Foundation (OF) has at least had the sense to commission some work from YouGov this time, rather than repeat the car crash that was its attempt at research in late 2018 (the Faith and Sexuality Survey). The new Same …
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The new fundamentalism: Lux Politica Rectitudo
I suppose most thinking people would tend to agree that we now live in a largely secular world, in which folks who actively follow a religion are becoming a minority - certainly in the developed world. The religion that is practised in ‘the West’ is largely of a benign variety – very different from the …
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Clare Dimyon and breast screening: whatever happened to ‘patient choice’?
Ask any woman about going for a mammogram and she is likely to wince. These screening procedures are not pleasant, no matter what the situation. Try having your boobs painlessly squeezed and flattened into the scanner as you are manhandled by the operative. This can take several attempts and is often the most time-consuming section …
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BBC ‘impartiality’: the latest instalment
Well folks, here we go again. Just days after the BBC management caved in to the complaints of some well-known BAME shouters who did not like the fact that a ‘person of colour’ had been censured for breaching impartiality in her presenting role – Naga Munchetty – we get further evidence of the BBC’s version …
Resisting Whiteness or Resisting Racism?
Would you believe that here in our country – and it’s 2019, remember – an event is being held today where a group of people are being told they cannot ask questions from the floor of the meeting and are being prevented from entering a particular safe space room at the event due to the …
UK democracy: a law of unintended consequences?
What we now apparently have in the UK is government by the courts. The ruling of the Supreme Court this week (24/9/19) has, in effect, ruled that we no longer have a constitutional monarchy and that courts can overturn the decisions of the government. According to the judgment handed down yesterday, the Queen’s Order in …
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Greta at the UN: right as rain, or snowed under?
Anyone watching Greta Thunberg’s latest exhortation dressing-down to the world at the UN (23 September 2019) in New York would be entirely right to be worried about her mental and emotional wellbeing. I’m sure I am not the only observer to have raised concerns about her vulnerability in recent months. What we saw on our …
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Greta Thunberg – eco-prodigy or vulnerable child?
It’s amazing, isn’t it, how so many of today’s children seem to be convinced that they are somehow superior to all generations who have come before them? There is a sub-section of kids out there who are being manipulated by the media's obsession with human-made climate change, plus their parents and some teachers, into protesting …
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