The Value of Whistleblowers

Are whistleblowers good for society? Or are they a menace?

Whistleblowers have been much in the news recently and opinion is divided on whether they do a good job or they are bad for society.

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Judgement in Westminster

Debate on the Situation in Syria

 

No more war! This was the verdict of the House of Commons when they were recalled to consider the situation in Syria in response to the Prime Minister's call for a military response against Syria following a suspected chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus on 21 August, in which hundreds of people are reported to have died.

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It's Not Cricket

Older readers, even those who are not really into sport, will remember the phrase "It's not cricket!" It meant, "It's not right" or "It's not fair". Cricket is not only a game with rules but with a long tradition of sportsmanship whereby you behaved in a way that upheld the rules; your behaviour was always righteous.

When playing the game of cricket if you knew you had nicked the ball (touched it with your bat) and it was caught by the wicket-keeper or another fielder, you immediately walked to the pavilion, even if the umpire had not spotted it. But that's not so with today's cricketers.

 

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Opening the Eyes of the Blind

There are those who are blind and know it, and there are those who claim to see and are blind. This is the situation in Britain today in both the church and the nation. We have had the word of God for centuries - it has been clearly revealed to us, so we cannot say that we have not heard the truth. Yet we have deliberately turned away from the truth, despising our Judeo /Christian heritage, selling our birth-right for a mess of secular/humanist pottage.

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Is Retirement a Blessing or a Curse?

Recycling the Saints

 

I've known so many men and women, looking forward to retirement; they suddenly stop work, and within a year they are dead. Recent research shows that retirement is bad for us. This is especially true of those who have carried a lot of responsibility in their job and have thrown all their energies into their work and then suddenly stop. The shock to their system, both emotionally and physically can be lethal.

 

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The UKIP Earthquake

A Plague on All Your Houses

This was the verdict of the people in the Council Elections of 2nd May 2013. Politicians have said a lot about "Broken Britain" but none of them ever take responsibility for having broken the nation. Despite centuries of Parliamentary democracy the political machinery of government in this country is far removed from 'government of the people by the people'. It is dominated by a professional political elite who listen to no one outside the Westminster bubble.

 

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The Nonconformity of Margaret Thatcher

 

 

Millions of words have been written about Margaret Thatcher since her death but few commentators have recognised the significance of her Nonconformist Christianity. Many have focused on her impact upon the social structure of Britain and her economic and political policies, but there has been little acknowledgment of the true source of her convictions which lay in her Methodist upbringing.

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