I was in the square outside St Peters when he gave his Easter address in about 1983. He gave his sermon in 7 or 8 different languages. I don't think I have ever seen someone with such charisma. … (View Post)

If you create ridiculous systems like this people will game the system. That is a story as old as time. The only way to stop this nonsense is to abolish the "right" to asylum. We can choose… (View Post)

What a hero: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8dll87rrm4o Incredible courage. (View Post)

Yes, the deportation part is just wrong. And the challenge to the ECHR is simply spurious. I worry about her analytical abilities, frankly. (View Post)

In America parents in that situation have been found guilty of manslaughter. We had an interesting case in Dundee recently where there was an abusive relationship which caused severe depression in th… (View Post)