When did anyone get the idea that Church and Politics should be kept separate? They were always the hammer and anvil of state authority, beating the commonfolk into shape. Retaining one without the o… (View Post)

It certainly deserves to be contracted. (View Post)

Was there not an earlier movement, long since overtaken by the passage of time, called antedisestablishmentarianism? (View Post)

Perhaps the nineteenth century Disclosure and Barring Service wasn't very efficient? Or maybe convictions were considered spent after release from custody? Nowadays a relatively short prison sen… (View Post)

We'd give him the Cranmer treatment. There's still a cross in the tarmac outside Balliol marking the ideal spot. (View Post)