EU Remainers are by definition those who voted to ‘Remain’ in the Brexit Referendum to leave the European Union on 23 Jun 2016. Since then, these Remainers have fallen into four categories. RemoanersRemoaners are activists in the Remain camp who demonstrate that they are bad losers by refusing to accept the result of the EU …
Category: Politics
The challenge to Royal authority
The sovereignty of Parliament, the sovereignty of the people or the sovereignty of God?Donald Boyd Her Majesty the Queen gave authority to prorogue the UK Parliament. This was resisted by two unsuccessful legal challenges and it did not stop opposition MPs in the House of Commons objecting to Her Majesty's summons to attend the House …
‘Catch me if you can’ politics
It is hard to hit a moving target. This seems to be current policy in Holyrood and the Brexit process. The SNP Scottish Government Yesterday the SNP Scottish Government supported a Bill to ban smacking of children and to criminalise parents who smack their children. Today the SNP Government published a Bill to begin the …
Polarised politics?
The political pundits tell us that European politics is polarising the country. They did not say so when the Conservative and Labour Party shared government between them over the past 100 years. Was this not polarisation? So, is polarisation good or bad? Would these pundits rather have polarising debate or a one-party state? However, it …
Sport is for all – except active Christians
In Australia, the boss of New South Wales Rugby Union said that "we must ... ensure that our game remains a game for all, no matter people's background or beliefs" – inexplicably while 'explaining' why an overt Christian was sacked for expressing Christian beliefs. It seems that Christian beliefs don't count. The Eurovision Song Contest …
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Fear of the Far Right
BBC The Nine carried a report tonight on the rise of the ‘far right’ in Europe and their entry into the coalition Government of Estonia. It was diagnosed as resentment by those who have been left behind and who wanted someone to speak up for them. If the result of elections is to be feared, …
Bullying report uses subjective definitions
The Report into Cultural Issues related to allegations of Bullying and Harassment in NHS Highland has been published and confirms that the whistleblowers have publicised legitimate concerns about bullying in NHS Highland. The Scottish Secretary for Health Jeane Freeman MSP apologised to those affected and said that the other health boards should learn lessons from …
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Picasso politics
The fragmented Cubism of Pablo Picasso's pictures is a parable of the fragmented politics in the UK and possibly western politics in general. Russia's Putin and China's Xi are watching western politics fall apart. Russia is flexing its muscles militarily and China economically. The west has lost the necessary leadership because of its fragmented morality …
The Christian Party
It will help people to understand our raison d’être and our philosophy if we begin with the basics. We are a political party registered with The Electoral Commission. We are not a church. We are a political party comprised of Christians, just as the Tory Party is a political party comprised of Tories. Not all …
Living in fear in the UK
Many people in the UK are living in fear – workers are afraid of losing their job, politicians are afraid saying the wrong thing, top footballers are in fear of racial abuse, and Jews are in fear of antisemitism. Even children are in fear of being abused on social media. Parents fear social workers removing …
