I drafted the following points for an organization in Somerset,but perhaps they deserve a wider audience. 1: The co-existence over many generations of English, Welsh, Scots and Irish, with their widely differing cultures, in one state, is a remarkable achievement and potential model. It has been challenged by Irish republicanism and now by Scottish nationalism. …
I give below the text of what I intended to say on Baroness Butler-Sloss’s Amendment 56 to the Immigration Bill. In the event the amendment was carried by 282 votes to 184. “There is an existing system for coping with trafficked children, whether from overseas or coming from the UK. This tries to comply with…
God is love. He is invisible but transcendant; that is, in glorious perfection. He is also immanent , that is , totally present in the universe which He created. God so loved the world, his creation and his human creatures, that he sent His only-beloved Son to live and die as man, for all humanity. …
is “International Day for Street Children”. Street children are defined as those who spend the majority of their time on the streets, sometimes begging, sometimes working, sometimes smoking pot or sniffing glue, sometimes in petty crime. The cause is often loss of one, or both, parents, or just extreme poverty, in countries with no welfare…
I give below a link to the text of a message from my friend, the Rev Shay Cullen. He has been for many years a missionary on the largest of the Philippine islands. He has a splendid reecord of rescuing and rehabilitating children and young people trapped in prostitution, or at risk of abuse. He has…
