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What should governments value?
This is a British question. For the best part of another two years, Britain is stuck with a government that seems not to know what it is supposed to be doing. Lots of people are on strike, mainly people providing … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, Ethics, Society
Tagged avarice, Britain, commerce, economic growth, exploitation, feudalism, government, land, medieval society, property rights, purpose of life, strikes
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Refugees and the hostile environment
The service at All Hallows Leeds yesterday was run by its group supporting refugees. We were told about the Home Office’s regulations and how we can help; but what had us in tears were the first-hand accounts by two people … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Economics, Ethics, God, Politics, Society
Tagged asylum seekers, British Government, British values, demonising minorities, government, moral philosophy, refugees, welfare state
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Moses and the limits to government power
On the relation between government power and the role of law Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Ethics, God, Politics, Theology
Tagged glory, government, Moses, Sinai, Ten Commandments
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More cooperation please, less competition
Response to the Prime Minister’s view on competitiveness Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Ethics, Politics
Tagged competition, competitiveness, government
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The problem isn’t just Boris
Response to George Pitcher’s article Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Politics
Tagged Boris Johnson, Christian values, government, Prime Minister
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British values from Jeremiah to Grenfell Tower
This is my sermon for this coming Sunday, published early in case any other preacher wants to pinch bits. The text is Jeremiah 20:7-13. It compares the recent changes in British values with the tensions in Judean values at the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Ethics, Politics, Society
Tagged British values, government, Jeremiah, values
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State or individual – or anything else?
I first voted in a general election in 1970. Some have been closely fought, others were more predictable. As far as I can remember, every one has been proclaimed as the most important for a generation. This one, though, does … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Ethics, Politics, Society
Tagged Attlee, government, individualism, state, Thatcher
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The economy and the humans
The economy is getting rather too uppity. I have written a number of blog posts on the economy, and I plan more over the next few weeks. This is a lot for someone with only limited training in economics. My … Continue reading