Funny old post.
The Church of England emphasising its Roman heritage.
Henry VIII wasn’t all that keen on it.

'My Catholic faith is the anchor that supports everything I do in life. In my daily prayers, I ask for guidance, strength in my vocation as a husband and as a father.'-

Mark Wahlberg

Overheard today: a complaint about poor shop service, in which the aggrieved customer said they were “devastated” when they almost certainly meant “disappointed”. A feature of our times is the loss of control over the language we use. Everyday utterances incline to over-reaction.

We’ve reached on odd pass when, in the wake of an Islamist atrocity, the people we seek to punish are those risking their lives trying to protect us.
Punish the perpetrators, interrogate their ideology - without fear of being labelled ‘Islamophobic’ - and stop displacing blame.

In 1995 I travelled through Iran. In Tehran, I saw huge tower blocks emblazoned with the Star of David; superimposed over a skull, and a mushroom cloud. Tonight I pray for the Middle East’s only democracy, and that Israel may withstand the gathering storm. bbc.com/news/world-mid…

Brilliant and moving piece about Voyager’s journey - by Britain’s best space writer. Well worth a read.

Saw Sheen playing NHS founder Nye Bevan last night. He was brilliant. But the event was like a medieval morality play, a quasi-religious ceremony to give the NHS a foundational myth. Bevan as Moses, leading us from darkness. Deeply biased art from a taxpayer-subsidised theatre.

Britain’s farms are underwater.
It’s me in The Spectator.
spectator.co.uk/article/britai…

The Left likes to depict conservative media outlets as the authors of a nation's misfortunes, without which the perfectibility of human nature would be near.
Rather, they are a response to the leftward drift of institutions, and a reflection of the anger many ordinary folk feel.

My great-great-grandmother fled County Mayo for the sunlit uplands of Bradford. Setting aside the dubious long-term value of exchanging Ireland’s West Coast for the industrial West Riding, does this mean me and mine can make a claim for colonial exploitation?

Oh, for crying out loud, why don’t you just convert?

Still no mention from the BBC that a man sought by police in connection with a stabbing in Bradford, was a student from Bangladesh.
By insisting he is ‘from Oldham’, the BBC tells only half a story and leaves a license-fee paying public wondering why. bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

I watched her funeral from outside St Paul’s. My abiding memory was the sight of protesters singing: “Maggie, Maggie, Maggie…Dead, Dead, Dead.”
A moronic example of what we have come to see as the hard-Left’s determination to see adversaries not just as wrong, but inhuman.

BBC News not telling viewers that the Bradford murder suspect is a Bangladeshi immigrant. Described him as being 'from Oldham'.
Some media outlets reluctant to acknowledge the migrant violent crime wave.

Stella is arguing for people to be able to kill a baby the day before it is due to be born and face no consequences. This is an incredibly extreme and bad proposal.

Imagine trying to explain to the British men who fought to liberate Europe, that only 80 summers on, the impulse to populate it would die? As half of 25-34 year olds insist they don’t want children, why are so many family stories ending in an abrupt and nihilistic full-stop?

No it hasn’t
Mass migration has.
Plus the Far Left having control in our institutions & the UK being a socialist state pretending to be conservative.
Also the birth rate collapsing.
We are seeing the dilution of British culture and huge assault on British values (Enlightenment).

This poll is depressing beyond belief. It points to a future where any facts can be contested if they run counter to the prevailing narrative of victimhood.

How good is it to have the #CountyChamp back?

When abortion was legalised, its advocates said it was a measure of last resort, only applicable in extreme cases. Now, there are about 500 abortions every day in the UK. It’s folly to assume voluntary euthanasia will only ever apply to the terminally sick. The wedge starts thin.