There's a popular sermon illustration that goes something like this: God in the gospel, we sometimes say, is like a judge who has a guilty party before him at the bar, and he pronounces the sentence—whether it is five years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or whatever. Then the judge steps down from the bench, …
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The waters of Mars
NASA announces that water has been found on Mars, and Twitter is filled with jokes, like this one. It is not news. There is ice on Mars, we know that. The sun shines on Mars, we know that too, so all we need to do is put the two together — there must be water. …
Tory Blair.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has waded into the Labour leadership election by warning against Labour moving to the left. Story here. I believe he is wrong. Wrong because what I am hearing from disenchanted voters, some of whom did not vote, and some that did, is that there is no choice. All the parties …
Scotland the brave?
Happy Together? I have kept away from commenting on Scottish Independence until after the vote because I feel that it is something for the Scots alone to decide. Scotland has decided not to split from the rest of the UK. And in some ways I'm glad. Like most English people I know we actually do …
D Day
Seventy years on Seventy years ago today over 5000 soldiers lost their lives to start a new front against the Germans and helped bring a faster end to the Second World War. What can be said about the bravery of the men that stormed the Normandy beaches could do justice to their self-sacrifice. Nothing I …
UKIP victory – Labour defeat?
In last night's count of the European Elections the vote for UKIP soared, or so it seems. The news that the British National Party last both their MEPs is not insignificant, because it seems that UKIP has absorbed the far right and anti immigration vote. There is always a complication, this time it was a …
People with learning difficulties should not vote.
According to this news story a man was told at a polling station that he should not be voting. What can I say, other than if true I find this really shocking. The idea of disenfranchising people is not what democracy is about. The story says that the returning officer has launched an …
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Killed by one punch…
Two things I have blogged about. Cycling and Asperger's. Well not so much Asperger's, only one previous blog on that. But the two came together in an article in Metro, Wednesday 26th February and on the letters page the following day. The story was bout the light sentence a man had receives for killing another …
Why I don’t mind UKIP
News from the past week: The flood of immigrants expected from Bulgaria and Romania failed to happen, the gush was only a trickle. BNP leader Nick Griffin has been declared bankrupt, despite having an MEP's salary. 300 journalists were at Luton Airport on January 1st to meet the first flight in to Britain after the …
Which England is that?
The EDF Last Saturday, the English Defence League's demonstration in Bradford came and went without the feared violence.Most of it seemed to involve the EDF protesters chanting at themselves. What intrigues me about the EDL is which England is it that they are defending, because it is not the England that I've lived in for …
Making an ass of myself 