What do Jeremy Corbyn, George Galloway, David Icke and Stephen Sizer all have in common? This is relevant to what I want to say next, and I will come to my answer later.
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Where I stand on Israel (1)
This is a two-part series on “Where I Stand on Israel”. In this first part I want to lay it on the line what my understanding is and for that I offer, following this preamble, an extract from my forthcoming book: “It’s Not What We Were Told”.
Continue readingWhose Justice? Whose Wisdom? and the cases of George Floyd and Henry Nowak
I have been chomping at the bit for a while to write another political blog and one with a twist. While as a “gospel preaching, community activist, watchman on the wall” I have tried to steer clear of politics, especially party politics, it cannot be avoided and neither should it be because of the division we are now seeing in my beloved country as it edges ever closer to civil war with those in my own Christian constituency who are deeply divided on the matter.
Continue readingMoney, money, money
Most of my blogging is to do with two, in polite circles, taboo subjects – religion and politics. Sometimes the two overlap, and sometimes they overlap a lot, as in this one concerning money.
Continue readingA Southender take on national politics
I have lived in the city of Southend-on-Sea, England, for most of my life. It has two parliamentary constituencies and while there have been boundary changes during the time I lived there, one covering the East side of the City and the other the West side, most of that time I lived on the East side, although now I am living in the West.
Continue readingNigel Farage and the future of Reform UK
On February 12th 2014, I began posting blogs on my website jrbpublications.com and have been blogging away, along with my forays into Facebook, ever since. This is post no. 2432!
Continue readingIslamic Britain; Islamophobic Britain?
The matter of Britain losing its way in all sorts of ways is a matter of great concern for me and others, many viewed as deplorable and far right, bigots by their detractors. This, along with what are commonly understood British values (such as those set out in meme below), do they still exist, which ones are desirable, are themes that underlie some of the rants contained in my blogs in recent years. Linked to these deliberations is the question of the desirability and influence of Islam, whether or not this is welcomed or significant?
Continue readingX and Free Speech
I recently joined X, wrote about X’s owner, Elon Musk (see here) and attacks on free speech (see here). Today, I want to bring all three together with the minimal going over of old ground.
Continue readingLiz Truss, the depressing, dire state of British politics today, and are there reasons for hope?
I am a political neutral as well as a political nerd!
Continue readingTrumpwatch 70 – Back to Ukraine
Another Trump related blog so soon after the last one, and why not!? The Donald sending Ukraine’s Volodymyr home with a flea in the ear, soon after getting on so well with France’s Emmanuel and Britain’s Keir, has provided us with some great entertainment and has triggered many, including those who don’t usually say much, with all points of view on the Trump good bad spectrum, to weigh in with their unsurprising views, and some not knowing what to say.
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