Alan Appleby

England has had local bye-laws in various places protecting women attending abortion clinics from harassment by religious fanatics, but there are now proposals for national legislation to apply the exclusion […]

Vicki says:  
. . . . but what has happened to Liberals?

 
In England, the modern Liberal Democrat party, has been the party of the protest voter, criticising Labour policies in strong Labour areas and To […]

Strato says: 
I’ll be voting Green. They make sense.

 
One of my sons stood as the Green Party candidate in the local English council elections.
He lost by a small margin, to the sitting Labour cou […]

There are some things in the modern secular world of communication technologies, which those self-awarded badges of “goodness” and “religious morality”,  can’t cover up!

The Church of England has found hundreds […]

Strato says: 
The ‘gospel of Jesus’ is a narrative. “Unless ye become as little children, ye shall not see the kingdom of heaven.”   

 
That is indeed the essence of the indoctrinati […]

 
Strato says:
I have thought candidates for political office should be tested for IQ and for serious psychopathology,

 
 
The problem is the perversion and corruption of the systems.
At present, th […]

I wonder where you would find a supply of idiots, who would make donations of their money  to a known liar and fraudster, to help him pay lawyers to defend him from prosecutors?  

As Donald Trump’s legal woes m […]

There seems to be a prime example of tactless religious bigotry and church politics which has some interesting connotations for international Anglicanism!

The late Desmond Tutu’s daughter has been barred by the […]

Strato says:
No, ethics is not a given under ‘scientism.’

 
The problem with the word “scientism”, is that it has two contradictory meanings, which makes it the ideal tool for disingenuous use by poli […]

Marco says:
Oh, and I nearly forgot: parliament isn’t sitting during the mourning period either, obviously. So first they had their long summer recess, then we had weeks and weeks of limbo while the C […]

Strato says: 
Brexit was a major fail. 

 
Brexit is still a major fail, and still has the same strategy for little Englanders with airs of empire,  to  try to have their  cake and eat it, – and when that […]

Michael 100 says: 
No wonder no one else heard of the ground shaking discovery (and here I use the word “discovery” loosely).

 
The clue is in the name “Discovery Institute” – with a mission state […]

Michael 100 says:
The same question occurred to George Orwell while he was fighting fascism during the Spanish Civil war. Orwell opined that as people abandoned religion, there was nothing to take it’s place a […]

Marco says:
I’ve signed up as a supporter at £5 per month, but anyone can read any Guardian article free of charge.

 
It keeps asking me when I look up quotes, but there does not seem to be anyway of tel […]

I see another Trumpie has been found guilty in court!

The long-time financial chief of Donald Trump’s company has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges at a New York court.

Allen Weisselberg, […]

Alex Hudson says: 
If you’re looking for truth, just look at the obvious fact that we have everything wrong because science is useful for some, to others frivolous. Science comes from man. Wisdom comes from Go […]

Strato says:
The UK should set about formally undoing Brexit.

Unfortunately the moron vote has sabotaged any prospects of fixing the  damage, and with BoJo’s bad-faith and reneging on agreements, it is […]

Meanwhile I see there are problems with the infestation of parts of Africa by delusional missionaries!
 

Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in […]

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We are aware of an ongoing issue with some comments going missing,

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Aroundtown says: 
I’m going to offer my opinion which affirms those already circulating out there after the roe v wade debacle. 
It’s pretty clear to most people that the United States Supreme Court has lost […]