I couldn’t help noticing as I was dropping leaflets off in my neighbourhood the other day, the number of signs on the doors I delivered to, which I swear has increased in recent months, which included words like “no leaflets” and variants on the theme of “no junk mail”. Continue reading
British Elections 2015 (5)
In this installment of my British Election 2015 series I want to do a question and answer session. All the questions are among what has been asked of me these past few weeks and my responses to them: Continue reading
British Elections 2015 (4)
In this post, I return to the local elections taking place in my own ward of St. Lukes, Southend. Continue reading
Vote UKIP!?
Now I have your attention, let me first to point out that I have chosen my punctuation carefully and the “Vote UKIP” title is not a statement on how I think we should vote, but rather it is a question asking whether or not we should vote in this way when we do vote on May 7th. Continue reading
British Elections 2015 (3)
When the bulb lights up and you just want to get it off your chest, there is a time to just come out with it. Continue reading
A Christian approach to voting
Today, I had some lively exchanges on Facebook with thoughtful Christian folk about voting in elections, after I shared two posts. Continue reading
Council Webcasts (3)
One of my more interesting and quite revealing discoveries in recent months, when it comes to the Southend local political scene, are the Council webcasts, made available by Southend Borough Council. Continue reading
General Election Hustings (3)
This is my third and final post on the subject of hustings for the 2015 General Election (my first two can be found by clicking here and here). Continue reading
Protecting religious liberty
I came across the other day a Guardian editorial which had the title “The Guardian view on religious liberty: Christians in the west have nothing to fear” Continue reading
Dear Mr. Duddridge
Dear Mr. Duddridge,
I am in receipt of your leaflet intriguingly titled: “A contract between James Duddridge and the people of Rochford and Southend East”. Continue reading