Category: News
Why the Cliff Richard privacy judgment is not a threat to the freedom of the press
From ACNS: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ask Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to preach at wedding
This afternoon I wrote an article for the Anglican Communion News Service. It is so popular that it has crashed the server! So I am republishing it here. The Presiding Bishop of the US-based Episcopal Church, Michael Curry, will preach at next weekend’s wedding of…
We need to talk about Geoffrey Robinson’s Organ Donor (Deemed Consent) Bill
Should we really be surprised by the Oxfam sex abuse scandal?
Don’t believe the hype: it isn’t “Blue Monday” next week
Toby Young’s reserved un-reserved apology is to be welcomed
Toby Young’s decision to resign as a non-executive director of the embryonic quango Office for Students is to be welcomed. As is his “unreserved apology” for his past comments that made his appointment untenable. Even though his unreserved apology is somewhat reserved. His statement suggests…
Just how dangerous is “Black Cab Rapist” John Worboys?
The Parole Board have decided that John Worboys can be released from his indeterminate sentence. He was convicted at Croydon Crown Court on 13 March 2009 of one count of rape, five sexual assaults, one attempted assault and 12 drugging charges, committed between July 2007…
Did you hear about the vicar who banned “Onward Christian Soldiers”?
Did you hear about the vicar who banned “Onward Christian Soldiers”? The chances are that you have: the story that the Revd Steve Bailey, team rector-designate of St Peter’s Church in Oadby, Leicestershire, has banned the Victorian hymn from this year’s Remembrance Sunday service has…
If Theresa May really wants to tackle abuse in Westminster, Michael Gove will be sacked today
I don’t like calling for people to be sacked. It isn’t nice when people lose their jobs; and in any normal walk of life due process and fair practice should be followed. But cabinet ministers are not in normal jobs. Their “job” is that of…