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Migrants – Who Are the Real Criminals?
The idnetification of the smuggler who provided the boat in which a little girl suffocate to death as her family attempted to cross the Channel was a journalistic coup. But smugglers merely exploit a situation created by the absence of credible, humane and just immigration policies.
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Interesting Times
The agitation by the UK political right to break away from the ECHR is a symptom of a drift away from the ethical and moral anchors of the post-World War II consensus of the last 80 years. This is leading us to a more unstable, “interesting” world!
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Reform the House of Commons
Many think that the House of Lords needs to be reformed but the House that really needs to be reformed is the House of Commons. MPs are completely subject to the patronage of their parties. This is every bit as corrupt as the Rotten Boroughs of the 18th century. Our MPs need to be released…
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Why Is Tax Bad?
This week’s claim by the Tories about the implications of Labour’s spending proposals has created furore in the election campaign. It illustrates how our attitude to tax is corrupt disabling us from open and transparent debate.
Diary of a (Maybe) Retired Pastor 