As the Conservative Party conference rumbled on this week the European Parliament was discussing the future of the Brexit negotiations. The European Parliament voted to urge the EU not to open the next phase of Brexit talks until a ‘major breakthrough’ had been made in the current negotiations. …
Conversation and Conservatives
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. We have already been to the Labour and Lib Dem conferences. This week: the Conservative Party Whilst the media coverage of party conferences …
Universal Credit – David Gauke’s inadequate answer to a huge problem
Paul Morrison explains why the Universal Credit announcements are not what they seem. Families applying for Universal Credit must wait 6 weeks for their first payment. This is causing huge problems. Families are building up rent arrears, debts and needing help from foodbanks as they wait for …
Take Action
Over a thousand people, including Muslims as well as people of other faiths, have died as a result of the Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law, since its inception in 1986. This is a call to action. Please write a letter to Pakistan’s Prime minister asking for a repeal of the law. Attached below is a …
A Labour ‘Party’
A Labour ‘Party’ 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. This blog is about our visit to Labour conference. Click to read about our visits to the Lib …
The Nuclear Ban Treaty gains 50 signatures on its first day
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 …
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 …