Tag: Answer

A referendum’s not the answer to the Strasbourg question

THE first rule of Fight Club is: you don’t talk about Fight Club. In politics, it’s about not declaring cynical ulterior motives. That rule just got broken. The idea has been floated about turning the next general election into a ‘Super Thursday’ double poll by bolting on a referendum about whether or not to leave […]

Answer to God, not governments

THE Prayer Book Epistle reading for today, the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, is vital for a Christian understanding of the God-given role of secular government. The New Testament passage is from the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Christian Church in 1st Century Rome, chapter 13: ‘Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For […]