Good news! The Nuclear Ban Treaty opened for signatures yesterday, and already 50 countries have signed up including Ireland and Austria and at least two states that formerly had nuclear weapons programmes, Libya and South Africa. The UK government has lobbied against this groundbreaking …
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Party Conference Season: LibDems
This month we have a delegation of church leaders attending each of the four biggest party conferences, alongside The Salvation Army and Quakers in Britain. Watch this pace to hear about what we get up to. In this blog Paul Morrison tells us about the LibDem party conference. You can also click …
Good for us: the UK Arms Industry
Is UK foreign policy up for sale? The huge Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, held every two years, will meet at the ExCeL Centre in London from 12 September. Our government is keen for the UK to be established as the world’s second largest arms exporter, an accolade …
Good for Us: The UK Arms Industry
The following are extracts from an article publish by Steve Hucklesby on the ethics and foreign policy implications of the UK Arms Industry. FULL ARTICLE – Good for Us: The UK Arms Industry No Faith in War vigil on 5th September 2017 Prayers and Actions The Defence & Security …
“UK Foreign policy available to the highest bidder” Peter Oborne
Peter Oborne, Correspondent for the Daily Mail, speaking at Greenbelt Festival, 28 August 2017 In a seminar titled ‘The Middle East: Descent into Chaos?’ Peter Oborne gave his account of the UK Government’s partisan support for Sunni-backed Governments in the Middle East. To illustrate his view …
Having the goodwill of the people: JPIT at Methodist Conference
Lucy Zwolinska spoke at this year's Methodist Conference as part of the President and Vice-President's resourcing session. The theme was on having the 'goodwill of the people' (Acts 2:47), in relation to the work of the Joint Public Issues Team. Watch it here. …
A Prayer for Yemen
The historic Nuclear Ban Treaty has arrived !
... the majority of the world’s nations agree that any use of a nuclear weapon is illegal under international law We have done it! The text of the most significant multi-lateral nuclear weapons treaty of the past 20 years was agreed in New York today. Over 130 states and many civil society …
Benefit Cap cuts to single parents with young children is unlawful says High Court
The Benefit Cap causes real misery to no good purpose. While I agree with this sentiment it is not mine. It comes from the closing sentence of a High Court judgement which declares unlawful the Government’s policy of capping the benefits of single parents with children under 2 years old. The full …
The Art of the Possible
Does politics have a role in the Church or is it a distraction from our mission? Is politics about compromise – what is possible – when our Christian faith is about truth? At a time when a lot of people say they are turned off by politics, many in our churches are still concerned about what is …