It is called the Imposition of Ashes, and is practised across denominations, including Methodist. In the CofE it would be less the Evangelical wing, unless they are Evangelicals who have deliberately… (View Post)

There will be an ideological component to it, too. Restore Britain are aligned with the right edge of Reform. Lowe soft-pedals it to an extent, but that is where they stand - and (rereading his launc… (View Post)

Chagos, even as proposed / not proposed / proposed / not proposed / proposed / not proposed / proposed / not proposed / proposed / not proposed / proposed / not proposed / proposed / not proposed is … (View Post)

The alleged offence was in 2001. I am not clear what the law was then. The major revision of laws around sexual offences was 2003. (View Post)

According to my ish calculations the other day, £10bn is the amount freed up by a reduction of 0.33% on the interest payable on 3 trillion of National Debt. Which is roughly where we are over the las… (View Post)