I surprised myself, seeing I blogged four times about the election on Thursday (July 4^th 2024) – see here, here, here and here (and in that order) for the story so far – at least from my perspective. In order to keep this blog short, I suggest check out my blogs for my thoughts on what is needed and, importantly, the key issues at stake, many of which have been barely touched on by point scoring politicians and an unawakened public. Sadly, the election system is such that bad players will almost certainly come to power and it will all be part of God’s judgment on a nation that has largely turned their backs on God (despite my seeing many positives).

It has been a while since we have eaten at the Tandoori Restaurant (see here) although we have eaten there on a number of occasions over thirty years. I have even blogged about our experience six years ago (see here), and today we decided to return. Today, my wife and I, along with my sister and her husband, decided to eat there, combining celebrating my birthday, my sister’s wedding anniversary and Father’s Day with the opportunity to eat out.

I might had said so until Nigel Farage stuck his oar in by waving the flag for Reform UK, and thus ensuring that if indeed immigration was the elephant hidden in the room that is no longer the case.

I hadn’t expected with 3 weeks still to go to the July 4^th 2024 General Election that I would writing this third blog giving my thoughts on the subject – but I am lol!

I have recently learned of the passing of an old friend – Andrew Polson (check out here for the report on his death).

When the 2024 UK General Election was announced, I blogged my thoughts (see here). I deemed these to be pertinent and this was my politically neutral contribution concerning the debates and deliberations that would inevitably follow. Two weeks on, while there have been developments, until recently there was not much to report on that is interesting, with the Sunak-Starmer debate two days back being predictably lack lustre (see here).

A few weeks back I invited a friend for a catch-up meeting in my local community café in Cluny Square, very near to where I live. To our disappointment we found the café was closed.

We knew it was coming but now we know, even if surprised by the timing – the UK will be holding a General Election on 04 July 2024. The announcement comes soon after the recent local elections where the Tories (in power) did predictably badly (see here).

“Priests of the Bible” by John R.Barber (ISBN 978-0-9537306-5-0) was uploaded on to Ingram today! It has taken over two years to produce and after meticulous research and careful proof reading and type setting, it is about to become available to potentially anyone, anywhere who wants to have a copy. It is likely my last hurrah writing project and is my chance to share what the Lord has laid on my heart over 70 years concerning subjects of immense importance and those which I feel serious seekers after God will find helpful.

I can’t recall all the different happenings that got me thinking on these lines, but I was “in church” recently, seated in my “pew” 15 minutes before the service begun, doing what good Christians are supposed to do to get/be in the right mind frame/spirit, such as meditating on some portion of the Bible.