False beliefs among scientists, politicians and opinion-makers is having detrimental effects on public health and education. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry into the 2020-2021 coronavirus pandemic highlighted a culture of secrecy in the UK Cabinet Office at the beginning of the pandemic. The evidence to the Inquiry demonstrated false beliefs among those at the highest level …
Category: Politics
Prepare to meet thy God
Today the Scottish Parliament will debate an Assisted Dying Bill promoted by Liam McArthur, a Lib Dem MSP. It is the first of several parliamentary stages, which can be viewed here. The debate can be viewed live and retrospectively. The death culture – from birthdays to manmade deathdays. Why are people so ready to rush …
VE Day
I have posted this at 3 pm. Exactly 80 years ago today, on 8 May 1945, at 15:00 British Summer Time, the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill announced Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender, ending the Second World War in Europe. This date is known as VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day. Some veterans are …
Politics teaching about false religion
Many people want nothing to do with religion, but politics will introduce them to religion whether they want it or not. Do they recognize this, and can they recognize the difference between false and true religion? Today's cataclysmic results in the English Council elections showed not only that Reform UK is breaking the two-party dominance …
The spirit of the Labour Party
I have previously made a blogpost on the spirit of the Tory Party. Little has changed in this Party since then. Today, I am constrained to draw attention to the spirit of the UK Labour Party, lest anyone should think that I consider it to be any better. Its spirit is different from the Tory …
What is a Christian Voice?
I have often said that we need a Christian Voice in public life. However, my experience is that very few people know what this means, including Christians. I am 70 years old today and I have been involved latterly in Christian politics for almost 20 years. Many Christians in the UK do not know what Christian …
Clan Chiefs and CEOs
There are a number of documentaries on the Clan Chiefs who used to run Scotland in days of yore. They still exist as nominal chiefs of the Scottish clans. However, the self-aggrandisement that is natural to the human heart ensures that Scotland and other nations continue to have their clan chiefs, for better or for …
What does secularism have to offer?
Secularism is a worldview that wishes and aims to abolish religion from public life and, if it can succeed, from private life also. Richard Dawkins wants to stop religious people having the "privilege of access to the levers of power and to the megaphones of influence". He has also called teaching Christianity to one's own …
Men of violence
Today is the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, the complex of German Nazi concentration and extermination camps during World War II. Each anniversary since 2005 is now commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Bible has much to say about violence. Many people do not read the Bible, so they do not know …
US Presidential priorities
With the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America today, in the 60th US Presidential Inauguration ceremony, people have noticed his influence through his mere election to the most powerful civil office in the world. Trump's first days as the President-elect has had significant effects. Before Donald Trump …
Donald's Thoughts 