I've no doubt that there were abusers among the reformers. One thing is plain. Between the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the Poor Law of 1601, there was little relief offered to the desitu… (View Post)

The Puritans don't fit easily into left or right. They're more like the rulers of Iran. (View Post)

The Puritans were miserable buggers. Going round Glastonbury Abbey recently made he sadly realise just how much was lost, when the monasteries were dissolved. (View Post)

The Chagossians were indeed treated disgracefully and deserve to be allowed to return and/or be fully compensated. That’s an entirely separate issue from whether the islands should be given to Maurit… (View Post)

That’s me, pretty much. (View Post)