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Courses on horses?

So the objective of secondary education, according to Michael Gove, is a good job or university. (We'll skip over the illogicality that if university is an end in itself, why can't secondary education be an end in itself? Not everyone's gifts take them down the university route.)Mr Gove described Professor...

Alan White   Posted: 31 January 2012   No comments

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More religion and politics

Having been criticised for failing to offer any answers for the country's economic problems, Church leaders have in recent days come to the fore. On Monday a group of bishops tabled an amendment in the House of Lords that called for child benefit to be excluded from the proposed £26,000 cap on benefits,...

Guy Brandon   Posted: 25 January 2012   4 comments

Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,

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Cameron’s Religion and the Archbishop’s Politics

David Cameron has argued that the UK is a Christian country and that a revival of traditional Christian values is required to halt Britain's 'slow-motion moral collapse'. The context of this remark was partly the summer riots, but also the expenses scandal; the banking collapse, inequality and the bonus...

Guy Brandon   Posted: 19 December 2011   3 comments

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The media’s false prophets

The link between the Old Testament prophets and our modern media might not seem immediately obvious. The distance between the two grows larger still with the revelations of the Leveson inquiry, which take more shocking forms every day. Last week Tony Blair's former Director of Communications and Strategy,...

Guy Brandon   Posted: 5 December 2011   1 comment

Keywords: Worldviews & Culture,

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Affordable housing

The government has unveiled plans to address the lack of affordable homes and increase the number of first-time buyers. A £400 million fund will be used to restart stalled building schemes, and buyers will be able to borrow 95 percent of the new home's value, with the government underwriting part of...

Guy Brandon   Posted: 21 November 2011   3 comments

Keywords: Finance & the Economy,

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Our response to 'Border Control'

The head of the UK border force, Brodie Clark, has resigned and is claiming constructive dismissal, suggesting that he had been unfairly blamed for relaxing immigration controls.Back in July the Home Office said that checks on EU nationals could be reduced in certain circumstances. However, checks were...

Guy Brandon   Posted: 9 November 2011   1 comment

Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,

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Faithfulness Matters

Last week I had a phone call from Jon Kuhrt, director of Livability in London. Jon and I met back in February at the National Prayer Breakfast, when we did a joint seminar (along with Theos's Nick Spencer) on Big Society. Jon has recently been involved in campaigning against some of the practices of...

Guy Brandon   Posted: 24 October 2011   No comments

Keywords: Sex & Families,

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Wales rugby coach: moral high ground or unworthy servant?

Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland this morning admitted that he considered asking one of the team's forwards to fake an injury during the World Cup semi-final against France. The question arose after one prop went off injured and a flanker was controversially sent off. Another injury would have led to...

Guy Brandon   Posted: 18 October 2011   No comments

Keywords: Worldviews & Culture,

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Where was the Big Society?

There are some in our building (in sister organisations) who relished the start of the party conference season. (Personally, I agree with the Economist that, instead of annual conferences, perhaps quadrennial events before the similarly timed General Election might give them more focus and meaning.)However,...

Alan White   Posted: 13 October 2011   No comments

Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,

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Jubilee Lifestyle discipleship course at Newfrontiers' Conference

The launch of the Jubilee Lifestyle discipleship course got off to a good start by featuring prominently at two Christian conferences over the weekend - one in Milton Keynes, the other in Sheffield. I was very happy I attended the Newfrontiers' conference 'Jubilee +' on church social action, led by Martin...

Alan White   Posted: 4 October 2011   No comments

Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Lifestyle Issues,

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