
Sarah Ingham: After the Batley protests and on this Easter Saturday, a case for tolerating religious belief
In Britain, we don’t ‘do God’ too much. Should we go to church, most are not C of E, but C and E – Christmas and Easter.
In Britain, we don’t ‘do God’ too much. Should we go to church, most are not C of E, but C and E – Christmas and Easter.
I tried to get Badenoch on my show, but it was a straight “no” from Number 10 (as usual).
It might allow Sturgeon to focus on the progressive, europhile case for independence whilst Salmond rallies leavers and cultural conservatives.
A traffic light coalition? A Jamaica coalition? Who knows? What’s certain is that the CDU/CSU is struggling amidst a fragmenting landscape.
An alien visitor, judging only from the texture of daily life, would assume that Britain in early 2021 was a far more repressive state than Russia or China.
To make ‘global Britain’ work, ministers will need to do more to defend British companies against politically-motivated attacks.
Overall, I still think that their re-use in the UK after the summer lull is evidence of the failure of the Government to think on the right margins.
The sad truth is that many local Labour councils and local bureaucracies don’t want it: they’re scared of it.
All the same, we have to make this relationship work – because, if we do not, both sides have the capacity to do each other a lot of harm.
Plus: Why did it take the police so long to investigate the endemic corruption within Liverpool City Council?
The constitutional struggle is a long game, and in the ‘war of position’ unionism is in a stronger position than the SNP would have you think.
Due to internal tensions, the Union can lack coherence and focus, often particularly evident in its efforts to implement a collective foreign policy.
It should worry us all that a Conservative government is even on board with the concept of a hate crime.
Plus: There must be a national inquiry led by the Department for Education or Ofsted to establish what has gone on in our schools.
There are very, very few shows where you can see life here on your screens, or hear our accents.