Yes I'm a lay preacher and (non serving) Elder of my local United Reformed Church. The Christianity that is being pushed at these rallies is not one I recognise either. It's the kind of Evangelical p… (View Post)

If you watch the rally though, the Christianity they're pushing is not cultural Christianity that anyone in Britain would recognise. It wasn't a rousing rendition of Abide with Me, it was hyper evang… (View Post)

I went to a school full of farmers children who were all taken out of school for the Countryside Alliance march. One of them snidely asked me what I did during the march and I told them I'd been brea… (View Post)

You also need Ministers who are willing to incur the wrath of certain groups. I've seen the following process play out time and again in the Civil Service: 1.) Minister wants improvement in massive f… (View Post)

I feel like I'm being unnecessarily argumentative but the people who run departments are Ministers not Civil Servant. I know there are plenty of duffers among the top grades but who is responsible fo… (View Post)