A clergyman in the Church of England in the Diocese of London. Musings in Church and State and late Roman History (and, in fact, any history).
Joined August 2011
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At the moment the question is whether the state can do anything at all.
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Held #OnThisDay 15 June 1815, The Duchess of Richmond's Ball, in Brussels.
Napoleon had crossed the boarder, but no firm confirmation had filtered its way through Wellington's HQ.
With most senior officers attending, so did W.
It is now one of the most famous romantic moments
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A totally side issue but note the absolutely vomit-inducing new robes of the court.
The judges ruled that Huda Ammori CANNOT cross appeal. She could try her hand with the Supreme Court but I doubt they would give her the time of day. It’s heartening that the proper reading of the law is back in the picture.
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Is there any reason why council housing isn’t reassessed every five years?
The council house swapping Facebook groups and websites are very eye-opening. There are 6- and 7-bedroom properties on offer in Zone 2 at ~£750 a month. Private rents for similar properties would be £6,000 . Enormous subsidies are being distributed in the worst possible way.
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What a boast. IMO "a law’s ineffectiveness should not prevent its introduction" could be Starmer's total legacy. He could add to" ineffective", with unintended (?), counterproductive consequences.
STARMER says kids will get around his social media ban (as the vast majority do in Australia) but argues a law’s ineffectiveness should not prevent its introduction.
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RT @BritArmySingh: 124 years apart the two photographs reflect both continuity and change. They remind us that whilst institutions evolve,…
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Saturday's headline in @thetimes by @domhauschild.>> A reminder that @nmite_ac in Hereford offers the only UK undergraduate drones technologies/autonomous robotics degree -- for both defence and industrial uses -- starting in September. BEng in 2 years, MEng in 3. Plus a foundation year if needed.
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Russia pulled of an insane coup trying to convince people that it's really based and trad and conservative. It's anything but. If you look at anything — church attendance, drug consumption, abortion rates etc.
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The council house swapping Facebook groups and websites are very eye-opening. There are 6- and 7-bedroom properties on offer in Zone 2 at ~£750 a month. Private rents for similar properties would be £6,000 . Enormous subsidies are being distributed in the worst possible way.
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Why is he making this announcement dressed as a teenager?
We are banning social media access for under 16s.
These days kids must find their feet in a world where technology intrudes into every area of their life.
I just can’t let that go on anymore. So we’re giving children their childhoods back.
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To attack and burn the Kyiv Lavra, a monastery founded in 1051 and a jewel in the crown of Orthodox Christianity, is an act of sheer barbarism. Putin doubtless justifies it under the restoration of the ‘Russkii mir’, a holy war blessed by Patriarch Kirill. It is the Devil's work.
The Lavra in Kyiv 🇺🇦 is a jewel of Christianity of profound cultural and historical significance. There is simply no way Putin 🇷🇺 can justify tonight’s strike against it.
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Unspeakable.
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I just watched priests trying to save crucifixes from a burning monastery.
This is what russia is destroying.
The Kyiv Lavra is one of the holiest Orthodox sites on earth. A UNESCO World Heritage site.
Moscow calls itself “Christian civilisation.”
It’s literally barbarism.
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The cathedral the Russians just bombed survived the Mongols.
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One MP says of the potential ban on social media for under 18s past 8.30pm:
"Are we giving votes to 16 year olds but banning them from watching the election results on YouTube?"
NEW - Keir Starmer will ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus."
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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RT @antoniabance: Absolutely infuriating that one of my colleagues has decided that what Parliament should focus on in the coming months -…
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It is literally insane simultaneously to think that 16 and 17 year olds are mature enough to vote but not mature enough to look at Instagram at 8:30pm. This is comically absurd.
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🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will introduce nightly social media curfews for 16 and 17-year-olds as part of the Government's social media ban
[@thetimes]
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
It’s so blatant.
🚨NEW: Bluesky will not be included in the under-16s social media ban
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You wouldn't use this pejorative language to describe any other sector than those people risking their lives to defend us and the companies equiping them. They are no more a "complex" asking for a "blank cheque" than NHS staff and companies supplying it are a "complex" lobbying for a "blank cheque for health.
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Excellent summary of the mainstream Labour critique of the blank cheque the military political complex are demanding. As I told the BBC and Sky - a country has to be worth fighting for.
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So much that is sick about contemporary culture is summed up in this distain for painting tulips.
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There's nothing American about calling Association Football "Soccer". It's from Assoc-er & is just like calling Rugby Football "Rugger". The term arose in C19th England not the US, and was common in public schools & at Oxford.
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