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The Keys To Happiness
News of a poll conducted on behalf of CAFOD, Tearfund and Theos claims that 'Most Brits say key to happiness is helping others.' In actual fact, people ranked 'helping other people in Britain' and 'helping people in other parts of the world' just sixth and eighth out of the nine possible aspects of life...
John Hayward Posted: 12 October 2010 1 comment
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues,
Big Society and the Church
Following the Prime Minister's 'call to arms' for Britain's Big Society, Luke Bretherton writes in the Guardian's Comment is Free, 'Churches must ask what a contemporary Christian socio-political vision is and whether the big society is an appropriate response.' This first question is precisely what...
John Hayward Posted: 7 October 2010 No comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,
Should Child Benefit Remain Universal?
'Children are not simply a private luxury. They are an asset to the community, and the community can no longer afford to leave the provision for their welfare solely to the accident of individual income.' (Eleanor Rathbone, MP for the Combined English Universities 1929-46) The Chancellor George Osborne...
John Hayward Posted: 4 October 2010 5 comments
Keywords: Finance & the Economy,
Politicians, Priorities and Private Lives
‘Are high-flyers any good at the “ultimate start-up” – bringing up children? Or is the conflict between relentless ambition and sound parenting simply too great?’ So asked the Financial Times earlier this week in Your kids are your paramount investment. The same might be...
John Hayward Posted: 30 September 2010 2 comments
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues, Sex & Families,
Going Gaga over Halal
In the same fortnight that glam pop artist Lady Gaga controversially raised awareness for animal rights (perhaps even intentionally) by wearing a raw beef bikini on the cover of Japanese Vogue and a full meat ensemble – including hat, purse and boots – to the MTV Video Music Awards, another...
Guy Brandon Posted: 27 September 2010 No comments
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues, The Environment,
Ed Miliband's Vision for Britain
With the announcement by the Labour Party that Ed Miliband is their new leader, many will want to know what his vision is for the party and, if he were to become Prime Minister at any point in the future, the country. Of course, the same question could be asked of each of us: what is our vision for society?...
John Hayward Posted: 25 September 2010 No comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,
The Best Christian Blogs Search
Two months ago we launched a search for the best Christian blogs that engage in social and political issues of interest to the world outside the Church. In all, we received sixteen nominations, although one of these was the Jubilee Centre's own blog, which we obviously cannot allow to proceed to the...
John Hayward Posted: 22 September 2010 15 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Worldviews & Culture,
The Government's Alternative to Capitalism
The Business Secretary Vince Cable has come under attack for reports that he will call at the Liberal Democrat conference for an alternative to Capitalism. Apparently what he actually plans on is 'shining a harsh light into the murky world of corporate behaviour,' a reference that he is to undertake...
John Hayward Posted: 22 September 2010 No comments
Keywords: Finance & the Economy,
British Workers Lack Skills Employers Need
Following Ofsted’s claims that ‘Schools should stop identifying pupils as having special educational needs when they simply need better teaching and pastoral support,’ last week we considered the response of a headteacher on the Today programme, who claimed that a measure of how her...
Guy Brandon Posted: 20 September 2010 No comments
Keywords: Education,
Papal Visit to 'Third World' Britain
If we accept the Vatican's explanation that Cardinal Walter Kasper's comments comparing Britain to a Third World country referred to the UK's multicultural society (and not to the excessive bureaucracy or even corruption that seems increasingly pervasive), then one wonders what the alternative would...
John Hayward Posted: 16 September 2010 No comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Worldviews & Culture,
Jamie on 21 May 2013
This is heartbreaking. Families should not be torn apart like this. Thank you for sharing this important...
Mike Causey on 17 May 2013
Wow - thanks Ruth, for writing about this. I did not know about the high numbers emigrating, and it really...
Richard Gunton on 5 May 2013
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