But if Quiet Revival report is to be believed, the CofE is growing overall- from 1.5 million in 2018 to 2.0 million in 2024. It's a smaller share of a bigger pie. Trouble is, that doesn't m… (View Post)

Sadly not, however much I might wish it to be so. From last time we discussed this- According to their data, 41% of the English and Welsh Church attendance in 2018 was in Anglican settings. Based on … (View Post)

When Mrs Romford and I first moved to Romford, one of the places we looked at had a jacuzzi. In an attic conversion of a bog standard 1930s suburban terrace. We didn't buy that house. (View Post)

Broad principle holds, though. It's one of those uses of language to create an effect (I came close to saying "trick" there.) tripled the number of staff on more than £100k and you hea… (View Post)

I think the main thing that does is skew the electorate much younger than now. Even in the late 80s, only about a third of school leavers left with 5 passes; now it's over 80% (View Post)