Huw Yardley

This is exactly it. My youngest stepchild would finish with “In the name of Christ. Amen biscuits.”

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The Tone. Yes. I know. Miss it, though!

Absolutely. That’s what it’s for.

I echo your hope, but please note the Commons Women and Qualities Committee is not a “government” account, but a parliamentary one. Important distinction.

The hill I will die on: Washing-up bowls are horrible and should be banned | Jason Hazeley These unhygienic, offensive lumps of plastic do everything the sink does, and less. It’s time to get rid, says comedy writer Jason Hazeley

At last: someone with the courage to tell the truth.

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I know of at least one former Clerk of the House who would disagree with that rating.

“warring humankind”?

absolute banger, this. thank you

A glass of whisky

#clergymaltclub

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

#stirupmonday

It would be funny to say “glad I got out when I did!” if I weren’t actually genuinely and increasingly concerned for the safety of my former colleagues

The politics of drawing a moral line The politics of drawing a moral line.

The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out racism for what it is open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

It just seems to be a fixed feature of media culture that newsdesks + subs can do "protests anticipated" & "protests continue/swell" but will never put "protests shrink" even when they do

So there is a chasm between the framing/headlines & the live reporting of smaller protests than before

Adele, “Chasing Pavements”.

Try @paulagooder.bsky.social.

(on a personal note it's quite striking how quickly I've gone from "generally a bit of a pinko on defence issues" to "and could I just do a monthly direct debit to BAE Systems, would that help")

One lad who'll risk their life going across the English Channel in a dinghy in the hope of some shit minimum wage job instead of living at the absolute bottom rung of the capitalist exploitation ladder is worth a 1000 commentators who keep trying to tell you to give in to fascism just a little bit

Ha! Not carefully enough…

An election poster displaying the slogan “Make Crime Illegal”.

Canadian things you can watch next Sunday that are just as good as the Super Bowl, if not better:
1) Meetings of Parliament's Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations
2) #1 but watch it with the audio feed of the other official language

YOU'RE WELCOME.

Because the Lord is not interested in, has never been interested in, was born, died, and was crucified without any interest in "basic common sense." "Basic common sense" is our fetish, not His. He came to heal the sick and wake up the dead.

On Crucifying the Desires of the Flesh Notes on Christianity, post-Christianity, and desire

On Crucifying the Desires of the Flesh
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Please believe me when I say that at a local level we are all trying our best to make churches safe places for people to flourish. Your average parish priest is doing everything they can.

I regret that you have not taken account of the important context provided by v14, brother.

Book review: Unity: Anglicanism’s impossible dream? by Charlie Bell Paul Avis is in accord with a scathing verdict on the Welby years

“…there is no justification — short of denial of the incarnation — in scripture or in the teaching of any great theologian in Christian history for breaking communion, even if we believe that our Church has taken a seriously wrong step.”

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Happy St Stephen's Day to all deacons!