by Archive | Nov 21, 2013
The Church of England’s decision to move a step closer towards allowing women to be bishops is a welcome move. By 378 votes to eight, General Synod backed a package of proposals to take forward legislation which may be approved in 2014. The Church of England’s...
by Archive | Nov 19, 2013
Commenting on claims made by the Rt Rev John Pritchard on behlaf of the Church of England’s Board of Education on 19 November 2013, Simon Barrow, co-director of the Christian think-tank Ekklesia, which is a member of the Fair Admissions Campaign and a founder of...
by Archive | Nov 19, 2013
In addition to challenging the misuse of statistics in recent claims about Church of England Schools, the The Fair Admissions Campaign, of which Ekklesia is part, has recently highlighted a number of Church schools that are highly selective in their admissions. In...
by Archive | Nov 19, 2013
As chairman of the Co-operative Bank, Paul Flowers shared responsibility for the decisions that led to a situation in which most of the bank is to be bought up by hedge funds. Last week, Paul Flowers was filmed buying cocaine. Bafflingly, many people seem to regard...
by Archive | Nov 19, 2013
The Philippines government may have been slow in its response to typhoon Haiyan, but it has been extraordinarily quick in trying to put the blame on others. The Philippines government may have been slow in its response to typhoon Haiyan, but it has been...
