Posts Tagged ‘government’

Big Ideas

19Nov07

OK, I said weeks ago that I was going to blog on the whole environment thing. I haven’t, but then I haven’t seriously blogged about anything in recent weeks… How remiss of me.
So, making some vain hope to stay true to my word, here are a few brief outlines of some ‘big ideas’ on the [...]


As I sat round a dinner table with a bunch of wonderful close friends the other night, and conversation meandered comfortably as it always does in these situations, the question of the environment was raised: Did we think that the issues of global warming and environmental sustainability were important for Christians?
I’m paraphrasing, and it’s a [...]


Now, I of all people know the difficulty that numbers can be, but I was somewhat surprised last night to learn that the Government had apparently mislaid 300,000 foreign nationals working here in the UK.
I don’t want to go into Government-bashing, but the whole issue does raise a few questions in my mind…
Every passport is [...]


 [UPDATE: sign the Downing Street petition to support the bill!]
While waiting for my weekly dose of “Heroes”, I was watching a programme last night called “The Ministry of Truth”. It was a wonderfully provocative documentary about a campaign to institute a new act of parliament to stop our politicians lying to us…
You can read about [...]