by Savitri Hensman | Aug 30, 2021 | Commentary
UK PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON plans to go ahead with slashing Universal Credit, on the grounds that people should rely on hard work, not welfare, though many of them are already working. An uplift of £20 is due to end, intensifying poverty. At the same time, the...
by Savitri Hensman | Aug 9, 2021 | Commentary
ACCORDING TO STEPHEN COTTRELL, the Archbishop of York, an “expansive vision of what it means to be English as part of the UK” is needed, which will “help us rediscover a national unity,” He addresses some important issues and I agree with him that it is fine to feel...
by Savitri Hensman | Jul 14, 2021 | Commentary
THE METHODIST CHURCH IN BRITAIN will allow ministers and congregations to celebrate marriage for same-sex couples, if they wish. The Methodist Conference also called for a ban on conversion therapy which attempts to change people’s sexual orientation or gender...
by Savitri Hensman | Apr 1, 2021 | Commentary
TWO DISTURBING REPORTS have recently been published on serious failings in dealing with abuse in Christian circles. These describe how worldly imbalances of power and privilege were embraced within sections of the church and wielded, sometimes brutally. Despite...
by Savitri Hensman | Mar 23, 2021 | Commentary
THE UK GOVERNMENT has proposed “tougher legal measures to strengthen free speech and academic freedom in English higher education”. Yet the case is poorly argued, with confusing proposals more likely to undermine than uphold these important freedoms. Other new...
