It is a sad and all-too-obvious fact that most of the decision makers I meet in my role as Mayor are people who look like me.
The first in our annual series of Christmas carols.
Robin Aitken, who worked for the Corporation for 25 years, accuses it of propagating liberalism and suppressing conservatism behind a pretend impartiality.
The Government should adopt a working definition of anti-Muslim prejudice and hatred. But it must be based on objective criteria, overseen by people we elect.
Hers is a test case for Ministers, for Muslim organisations in Britain, for free speech – for what sort of country we want to be.
Johnson’s critics who accuse him of Islamophobia are either confused or disingenuous. Their tactics harm mainstream Muslims.
The hard paradox is that while older people are electorally powerful – perhaps more than ever – they are also individually vulnerable.
It’s a counter-intuitive take – but it’s what the sum of opinion polling in recent years tends to suggest.
She spoke unashamedly of her religious beliefs, in a way that would sound shocking in today’s impoverished political culture.
“But the pains which he endured, Alleluia! Our salvation have procured; Alleluia!” A very Happy Easter to all our readers.
“For Christians around the world facing persecution, the message of the Cross and the Resurrection helped them to stand firm in their faith.”
“Our Shepherd is departed, the fount of living water,/At whose passing the sun was darkened…Today the gates of death and their bars as well our Saviour has destroyed.”
It would be a mistake for the Conservatives to even try to recruit him. Instead, they should follow his lead of thinking – and saying – the unsayable.