Apathy wins. UKIP won the Euro elections, with an 11% increase in their share of the vote. Well done. But let's get this right. The vote was down from 34.7% of the population in 2009 to 33.8% in 2014. Only 9% of the electorate voted for UKIP to contribute to their earthquake in British politics. …
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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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Glad to be gay
This weekend there was a big change in British law, same sex marriages are now legal. Let me get this straight (pun intended) I have no horse in this race. I am married with three grown kids. But I am glad for those in the LGBT community, glad that churches can opt in to this, …
Jesus is political
Jesus is Lord. We sing that and proclaim that on Sundays and other days. But I sometimes think that we don't realise how political that statement is. Back in the day when the Bible was being written and the early Christians began saying Jesus is Lord, the politicians were telling people to proclaim that Caesar …
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 …
Syria – Between Iraq and a hard place.
Something must be done. "Something must be done about Syria," is the repeated cry from politicians of various political persuasions. what divides them is what can be done, what it is ethical to do and what to do. On a national level there are big differences. Of the five permanent members of the United Nations …
Making an ass of myself 