Fake news raises the question, which media can we trust? The UK diplomatic response to Russian denials of involvement in the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury includes the claim that Russia is spreading a smoke screen of fake news. Yet repeated claims over the years that the BBC is itself biassed, not least from …
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Unbelief and victim abuse
Victim abuse occurs when a victim's account of their abuse is not believed. It has surfaced in recent times because historically rape victims were not believed. It is slowly being applied to domestic abuse where abused persons have been forced to leave their domestic home because they are not believed to be victims. However, it …
Taking complaints seriously
Too late, Jeremy Corbyn is discovering the effects of not taking seriously the complaints about antisemitism in the Labour Party. He is now on the back foot and trying to salvage the situation with as much damage limitation as he can muster. Russia and Vladimir Putin are discovering the same. After thinking they could ignore …
Secular puritanism
Secular puritanism is on the rise and it is more aggressive than Christian puritanism. In the wake of recent sex scandals, secular commentators are expressing their concern at the suspension of due process in the law. ‘The new puritanism’ was discussed in the 15th-anniversary edition of the BBC’s This Week programme. The new puritanism is …
EU camel’s nose pushing into the UK tent
The European Union thinks it can tell Northern Ireland what to do after Brexit – putting the EU camel's nose into the UK tent. This is more than a hard or soft border. This is over-reaching the border into a sovereign nation-state. The EU is so used to telling its member-states what to do that …
President Trump’s poor theology and use of language
President Donald Trump believes in hell and he thinks it can be found in mentally-ill gunmen who shoot school children. He wants to arm trained school teachers to shoot "the hell out of" gunmen running amock. The world's media has drawn attention to his colourful language, but the media is unlikely to address his wrong …
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The EU is running out of time
Reality has dawned upon the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator – that the EU is running out of time. Michel Barnier visited London this morning for talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Brexit Secretary David Davis. He told the BBC: “We have not a minute to lose because we want to achieve …
The consequences of abandoning Christianity
Having abandoned the Bible, British society now finds itself discussing the muslim koran and what it says about the hijab and muslim impact upon public life. God has His own way of hoisting unbelievers on their own petard. Britain is abandoning Christianity and islam is trying to step into the gap. Secularism is failing to …
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Trump’s State of the Union Vision
Unlike many political speeches, Donald Trump's State of the Union on 31/1/2018 was surprisingly clear about his plans for the future. In his first State of the Union address, he trumpeted the record achievements since his election as President of the United States of America – enacting the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history, …
Underscoring the skill of Nigel Farage
As the public watches the spectacle of an ungovernable UKIP, described by Henry Bolton, its fourth party leader in 18 months, as a swamp to be drained of its factional infighting, it should now be apparent how skilful Nigel Farage was in holding together such a disparate and untutored political party. An ungrateful nation threw …
