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    Hung Parliament as Theresa drops the ball

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    Theresa May: pro-sodomy and pro-abortion.
    Theresa May: pro-sodomy and pro-abortion.
    Theresa May's gamble has resulted in a hung parliament
    Theresa May’s gamble has resulted in a hung parliament

    After all the sound and fury, we have a hung parliament following yesterday’s General Election.  You can check the results on the BBC website here.  It looks very like the Conservatives will govern with the support of Ulster’s Democratic Unionist Party.  The figures add up.

    With one seat to declare, the Tories have 318 seats and Labour 261.  The DUP had a good night, gaining two seats to go up to ten. The two parties, with 328 seats, would have a Commons majority.

    We must pray the DUP will keep the Tories honest and a bit more moral on social issues.  The transgender assault on schools springs to mind as something any government should oppose.  And if Mrs May’s Easter message was not plain hypocrisy, sacking Christians for talking about their faith in the workplace must stop.  We must have security and in foreign policy, the warmongering must stop.  But its the impact on Brexit of a hung parliament which is looming large in the media this morning.

    Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. (KJV)

    What went wrong?

    Prov 16:18  Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

    So what went wrong for the Conservatives?  I said right at the start they should avoid hubris, keep it simple and not offend core voters.  So what did they do?  Thinking they would win handsomely, they got carried away with themselves.

    Firstly, they refused to rule out National Health Insurance increases.  That followed an attempted raid on the self-employed in the March Budget.  So they told the self-employed they were going for them.  That’s four million people and their families.

    Secondly, they alienated the elderly and their families.  They abandoned the so-called ‘Triple-Lock’ on pensions.  They proposed to take away the rule that pensions would rise by a minimum of 2.5%.  It may have been right to do, but it contrasted badly with Labour assurances to keep the Triple Lock.

    Mrs May forsook the counsel of the Cabinet

    The care cost floor, dubbed the ‘Dementia Tax’, was a hasty policy.  It was neither thought out nor trailed beforehand.  There was no Cabinet consensus or even discussion.  The policy was inserted in the Tory manifesto after a battle between advisers in No 10.  The outcry was predictable.  Ditching it after just four days made Theresa May look, not ‘Strong and Stable’, but ‘Weak and Wobbly’.

    Prov 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

    Mrs May’s director of communications until the election was announced, Katie Perrior, told the BBC she “needed to broaden her circle of advisers and have a few grey hairs in there who been around a bit and could say ‘don’t do that'”.

    2Chr 10:8  But he (King Rehoboam) forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. 

    Who can be trusted to keep us secure?

    Thirdly, the two terror attacks, on Manchester and London Bridge, focused attention on the relationship between security and foreign policy.  People were able to see how the British attack on Libya in 2011 has put us all at risk.  Mrs May, as Home Secretary, encouraged known Muslim extremists to go to Libya.  Not only that, she allowed them to return here as trained jihadists.  Mrs May made Jeremy Corbyn look strong on security.

    Fourthly, voters liked the Labour Manifesto.  I am not talking about extending the Abortion Act to Northern Ireland, recognising a state of Palestine and encouraging gay rights and transgenderism.  I mean nationalising the railways and spending more on public services.  These things chimed with voters.  In addition, doing away with student fees brought out the younger vote.

    Fifthly, Jeremy Corbyn came across as affable and genuinely interested in people on the campaign stump.  Theresa May looked wooden and distant.  Voters warmed to Mr Corbyn.  They were somewhat put off by Mrs May and what they saw as a negative personal campaign against Mr Corbyn.

    Proverbs 15:1  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

    Effect on Brexit of hung parliament

    As I write, the mainstream media are pretending the hung parliament result is a rejection by voters of a clean (or ‘hard’) Brexit.  The BBC quoted former Chancellor George Osborne who told ITV: ‘Hard Brexit went into the rubbish bin tonight.’  But Brexit and the form of it was hardly mentioned in the campaign.

    The party most defined by opposition to Brexit was the Liberal Democrats.  Tim Farron’s crew gained a few seats but their popular vote declined. They took two seats off the SNP in Scotland but lost their only one one in Wales to Plaid Cymru.  Their idea of a second referendum was shot down by the voters.  The Scottish Nationalist Party, and their IndyRef coupled with flat opposition to Brexit, went backwards.

    UKIP voters appear to have thought ‘Job Done’.  If so, they thought wrongly.  But in any event, most have returned to the Conservatives and Labour whence they came.

    DUP did not mention the Single Market

    Labour’s position was to accept the referendum result and try to maintain access to the Single Market, not necessarily by being in it. The Conservatives said they want to take the UK right out of the Single Market and the EU Customs Union.

    The DUP stated their position as follows: ‘The DUP will work to get the best deal for Northern Ireland as the UK leaves the European Union.’  The DUP manifesto, which everyone is studying this morning, did not mention the Single Market or the Customs Union.  They obviously want a ‘frictionless border’ with the Republic of Ireland.  (Maybe the Republic will follow us out of the EU.)  The DUP say they want a ‘Comprehensive free trade and customs agreement with the European Union’.  As a party which never wanted to join the EU in the first place, they should support a clean Brexit.

    Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

    Should Mrs May resign?

    The DUP's Chief Whip and Defence spokesman Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will have a big role in negotiations with the Tories and in the new hung parliament
    The DUP’s Chief Whip and Defence spokesman Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will have a big role in negotiations with the Tories and in the new hung parliament

    The Remoaner Anna Soubry MP (Con) and Bilderberg insider and globalist Ken Clarke can safely be ignored.  As long as the UK maintains EU-style protections for working people, there will be enough Labour votes to secure a clean break from the European Union in a hung parliament.

    The media love a story and if there isn’t one they invent one.  So apart from Brexit, their other topic of conversation is whether Theresa May should resign.

    The view here is that although she dropped the ball during the campaign, she still won the election.  No-one else would have any kind of a mandate.  She should stay on and clear up the mess.  She must sack her foolish advisers and listen to her Cabinet.  In addition, Mrs May has some tough questions to answer on her record at the Home Office and her ability under pressure.

    Set up a church meeting about Brexit

    So those of you who were praying for some sort of Con-DUP coalition have your prayers answered.  We now need to be praying for those in authority even more.  And the Brexit debate is back on the agenda.  In that regard, I am more than happy to come to your church or fellowship and share what I learnt about the EU and its revived Roman Empire on my travels last year.  All the Brexit videos are in this link.

    Just ring or email to arrange a time.

    Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 

    Prayer and the LBGT dimension

    Pray for the Lord to extend mercy over this United Kingdom.  In particular, pray for a godly government to be formed.  Pray in particular for the  negotiations between the DUP and Conservatives.  Also pray for righteousness and wisdom from on high to penetrate and wash over the corridors of power.

    Lesbian Ruth Davidson is the Tories’ leader in Scotland.  She is about to get gay-married to her ‘partner’ Jen Wilson. She is very worried about the DUP and their staunch opposition to sodomy.  Miss Davidson told the BBC LBGT rights means more to her than her Party.  Mrs May has told her ‘gay rights’ will not be eroded in Great Britain.  Furthermore, Mrs May will try to advance ‘gay rights’ in Ulster.  We need to pray to the contrary.  In addition, pray that DUP influence will mean the UK will stop promoting sodomy abroad.

    Job 22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23  If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 

    Prayer and Brexit

    Keep praying for Brexit, for security, for an end to political corrrectness, for the rights of Christians in the workplace and especially for Christians in Parliament, of whom not a few are in the DUP, as it happens.  Indeed, the media are now attacking the DUP.  Their opposition to gay rights, mentioned above, and abortion are well known.  But one or two of them are sceptical about climate change and evolution.  They need our prayer as a group.

    1Tim 2:1I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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    Replace Michael Fallon with a man of peace!

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    Christian Voice Press Release: astonished at Boris pull-out

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    Not just Boris Johnson but the House of Commons now faces a Brexit Dilemma.
    Not just Boris Johnson but the House of Commons now faces a Brexit Dilemma.

    Christian Voice Press Release – 16:00 hrs 8th April 2017

    Boris Johnson
    Boris Johnson

    Christian Voice has expressed astonishment at the decision of Boris Johnson to cancel a meeting with his Russian opposite number Sergey Lavrov.

    Stephen Green, National Director of Christian Voice, said today:

    ‘I am saddened and astonished that Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned meeting with his Russian opposite number Sergey Lavrov.

    ‘The heart of God is for peace between nations. “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation” is the millennial vision. Christ said “Blessed are the peacemakers”. For Boris Johnson to pull out of his meeting with Sergey Lavrov in a huff because the Russians call attention to the lack of evidence for the alleged Idlib gas attack is small-minded and lacking statesmanship. It is not the action of a peacemaker.

    Sergey Lavrov
    Sergey Lavrov

    ‘This ministry prays constantly for the Christians of Syria. They and all that country’s religious minorities have historically been protected by President Assad, despite his faults. The Sunni Muslim jihadists whom the UK supports would destroy the Christian community in Syria, together with the Druze, Yazidi and the various Shia Muslim sects, including the Alawites.

    ‘We are disappointed by the speed with which President Trump ordered his missile attack. He did not wait for the UN to investigate where the gas actually came from. He did not heed Syrian Government denials. Trump went against his own advice to President Obama to seek Congressional approval of any military action. He took illegal action against a sovereign state. The UK should never endorse or support illegal aggression.

    ‘St Petersburg just suffered a horrendous attack, reminiscent of the 2005 London Tube Bombings. At such a time, when Islamic terrorism threatens the whole of the civilized world, close communication and even solidarity between Britain and Russia is the way of peace, security and indeed sheer common sense. We shall have to redouble our prayers for peace and safety. Boris Johnson’s unreasonable decision has not made the world a more stable place.’

    Christian Voice Press Release ENDS

    See: Missile strike follows Idlib ‘gas attack’

    And: idlib ‘gas attack’: hang on a minute

    The heart of God is for peace between nations:

    Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

    Jesus Christ said:

    Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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    Missile strike follows Idlib ‘gas attack’

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    US destroyers launch a missile strike
    US destroyers launch a missile strike
    US destroyers launch a missile strike
    US destroyers launch a missile strike

    President Trump has launched a missile strike against Syrian airfields.  The pretext is the alleged release of chemical weapons in the town of Khan Sheikhun the rebel-held Syrian Idlib province on Tuesday.

    According to the BBC, the Pentagon said 59 Tomahawk missiles were fired from Navy destroyers USS Porter and USS Ross.  They say they targeted ‘aircraft, aircraft shelters, storage areas, ammunition supply bunkers, air defence systems, and radars at Shayrat airfield in western Homs province’.  You can follow the BBC’s ‘As it happens’ for the latest reports.

    ‘Big mistake’ not to get approval of Congress

    Mr Trump said he had acted in America’s ‘vital national security interest’ to prevent the use of chemical weapons. That of course is complete nonsense.  Whoever is responsible for the chemical weapons in Idlib, there is no threat to America’s interests at all.

    The missile strike is illegal in international law.  The President needed a UN resolution before such a strike.  The UN Security Council had not even voted on how to send in International inspectors to verify the alleged chemical attack as we went to press.  The missile strike is also illegal in US law.  He needed Congressional approval.  Indeed, in August 2013, Donald Trump tweeted this about President Obama in exactly the same circumstances (the link is Twitter; all our links open in a new tab automatically):

    ‘The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria – big mistake if he does not!’

    ‘Stay out of Syria!’ Trump yelled in a series of tweets.  That was Trump 2013.  Three and a half years later, he is President and despite our prayers, he has been ‘got at’ by the Neo-Cons and the Hawks.  He hasn’t ‘drained the swamp’.  The swamp has drained him.  He has, to use a British expression, ‘gone native’.

    Contrast with Mosul

    It all stinks.  We have the speed of the events and the lack of any clear evidence against the Syrian government.  Then we have the rush to bomb something instead of a measured dispassionate response.  We have all the Western leaders ganging up.  And still the ‘Cui Bono’ question remains.  Who benefits from the gas story on the eve of peace talks and the Syrian reconstruction meeting in Brussels?  Maybe the rebels.  Certainly the war-mongers. Above all the armaments manufacturers.  Definitely the bankers.  Even the oil barons are pleased.  CNN reports the price of crude has leapt in response to uncertainty caused by the missile strike.

    The US were still investigating whether they were responsible for 300 deaths from an airstrike in Mosul ten days later.
    The US were still investigating whether they were responsible for 300 deaths from an airstrike in Mosul ten days later.

    Remember, the only evidence is photographic from the jihadists in Idlib.  We know they lie to advance their aims.  The suggestion that a rebel chemical weapons factory on the ground was bombed remains highly plausible.  Another possibility is an Islamic State operation.

    The Syrians say they warned the UN weeks ago that the rebels and IS were bringing in chemical weapons from Turkey.  And in January 2016, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced all chemical weapons in Syria itself had been destroyed.

    Contrast the speed with which Trump has leapt to blame and bomb Syria with the caution his administration expressed over the attack in Mosul.  There, US warplanes killed 200 – 300 civilians.  Even the New York Times reported that ten days later, US military officials were still ‘investigating whether it (the coalition) was to blame for the dozens of deaths there’.  Note ‘dozens’ not ‘hundreds’.

    Missile strike betrayal of Trump promises

    Tomahawk missile. What the BBC graphic does not say is 'Cost $250,000'. The attack cost the US Defense Department $14,750,000. Shares in Raytheon jumped 1.7% after the missile strike.
    Tomahawk missile. What the BBC graphic does not say is ‘Cost $250,000’. The attack cost the US Defense Department $14,750,000. Shares in Raytheon jumped 1.7% after the missile strike.

    However, the Russian Federation, reported here in Inews, says the attack was pre-planned.  They said: ‘It is obvious that the US cruise missile strike had been pre-prepared. It is clear to any specialist that Washington made the decision to strike before the events in Idlib, which were only used as a pretext for a show of force.’

    That makes sense.  Both the Russians and NATO nations were informed in advance of the strike.  That takes the planning phase back further than yesterday.  In addition, the sheer speed with which European leaders condemned President Assad strongly suggests they knew the original story was coming.

    Some of us prayed for a Trump victory rather than Clinton.  That was precisely because Hillary is a stooge of the Hawks who would start World War Three.  She was actually calling for a missile strike hours before it happened.  Trump promised an end to interventionism and a reset with the Russians.  His action is a return to neo-conservative warmongering in a complete betrayal of the promises he made on the campaign trail:

    Intervention breaks election pledges:

    Here’s the Guardian from December 2017:  ‘Donald Trump has laid out a US military policy that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and instead focus heavily on defeating Islamic State militancy. ‘“We will stop racing to topple foreign regimes that we know nothing about, that we shouldn’t be involved with,” the president-elect said on Tuesday night in Fayetteville, near Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina.
    ‘“Instead our focus must be on defeating terrorism and destroying Isis, and we will.”’

    Here is RT’s take on Trump’s ‘Thank You’ tour: ‘Donald Trump has laid out a military policy which he says is aimed at ending “intervention and chaos” overseas. He promised to build up the “depleted” military, but said it would be done with prevention in mind, rather than aggression.

    ‘Speaking at the latest stop on his “thank you” tour of swing states, President-elect Donald Trump told a crowd in Fayetteville, North Carolina that he wants to “strengthen old friendships and seek out new friendships,” stressing that the US will “stop racing to topple foreign regimes that we know nothing about, that we shouldn’t be involved with.”’

    And here is Reuter’s confirmation: ‘President-elect Donald Trump laid out a U.S. military policy on Tuesday that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and instead focus heavily on defeating the Islamic State militancy.
    ‘”We will stop racing to topple foreign regimes that we know nothing about, that we shouldn’t be involved with,” Trump said. “Instead, our focus must be on defeating terrorism and destroying ISIS, and we will.”
    ‘Trump’s rhetoric was similar to what he said during the election campaign when he railed against the war in Iraq.’

    Trump ‘Showing he is not a Russian puppet’

    Crispin Blunt MP - 'makes no sense'
    Crispin Blunt MP – ‘makes no sense’

    Even Alex Jones of Infowars, one of Trump’s greatest supporters, has said:  ‘If he gives in to this anti-Syria thing in order to show he is not a Russian puppet, they (the Hawks) won’t stop.’  And on the alleged chemical attack: ‘Why would Assad do that when he’s winning?’

    Crispin Blunt MP, chair of the respected Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, agrees.  He told the BBC the strike was a ‘carefully calibrated and appropriate response.’ Then he added a caviat: ‘so long as the information was correct’.
    ‘The reason I would have doubt and express doubt [over the information] is this doesn’t make any sense from the Syrian government.  They would know this use of chemical weapons would get this response.  The overall conflict is moving in their direction,’ he noted.

    Nigel Farage condemned the attack saying Trump voters would be ‘worried’.  UKIP leader Paul Nuttall said it was ‘rash, trigger happy, nonsensical and will achieve nothing.’

    Key UK Trump ally Nigel Farage MEP has condemned the attack.
    Key UK Trump ally Nigel Farage MEP has condemned the attack.

    Even the UK government was calling this week for diplomatic action not military force in response to the chemical attack.  On Wednesday, Downing Street played down the prospect of military action, insisting ‘nobody is talking’ about an armed response to what the BBC called ‘the atrocity’.

    Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn also criticsed the missile strike.

    Mr Corbyn called for an ‘urgent independent UN investigation’ into the chemical attack.

    But he said: ‘Unilateral military action without legal authorisation or independent verification risks intensifying a multi-sided conflict that has already killed hundreds of thousands of people’.

    Islamic State encouraged

    Where does a missile strike knocking out a Syrian airfield leave the fight against Islamic State, said by Trump to be his ‘focus’?  IS reportedly launched an attack on the Syrian army at the same time as the chemical story broke.  On the run from Mosul, they will only be encouraged to step up operations in Syria.  The UK- and US- backed jihadists will also be energised to fight on.  That will set back the current Syrian peace talks in Geneva, which had been reported by Reuters news agency to be making progress.

    However, the rebels’ EU-fueled demand for Bashar Al-Assad to step aside would mean devastation for Syria’s religious minorities.  That’s the President’s own Alawite sect, Shia Muslims in general, Christians and Druze.  All would be murdered and/or driven out of Syria by the Western-backed Sunni Muslim jihadists.

    Perhaps the real ‘Red Line’ for the American Neo-Cons was Assad winning the peace and staying in power.  Ron Paul, who ran for president, says they were ‘terrified peace was about to break out’.   A few days ago US ambassador to the UN and Trump appointee Nikki Haley said there was a new policy.  Under it, the removal of Assad will ‘no longer be a priority.’  Within days, after the chemical incident, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said there is ‘No role’ for Assad to govern Syria.

    Even if the attack reports were genuine, and the Syrian government was responsible, s it any business of the US or the UK?  We are not the world’s policemen.  Last night’s US missile strike takes us right back into ‘Responsibility to Protect’.  That Soros-invented doctrine means any pretext is used to topple world leaders with whom the elite disagree.  If the destabilisation or the hostilities make money for the bankers, so much the better.

    Russia maturity provides glimmer of hope

    The only glimmer of hope in this crisis is the maturity of the Russian Federation.  President Putin did not respond in kind when President Obama tried to sour relations for his successor by expelling 35 Russian Diplomats in December 2016.  At the time President-elect Trump praised ‘very smart’ Putin.  Now Russia’s government newspaper website Rossiiskaya Gazeta has reported that Russia will not hit back at the US strike.  Despite condemning the US action, they say they will not escalate military action in Syria.

    The deputy speaker of the State Duma, Pyotr Tolstoy, told the assembly at a full session: ‘How can we respond? Of course not by escalating military actions, not with Iskanders [type of short-range ballistic missile], though of course that’s an important part of our forces.  Yet that’s not where our strength lies – our strength is in our own understanding of the logic of events.’

    Mr Tillerson is due to visit Moscow later this month.  He already knows Vladimir Putin.  But UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has unaccountably pulled out of a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.  Pray for the Lord to over-rule and when such meetings go ahead, to oversee and direct.

    Nation will not lift up sword against nation

    The heart of God is for peace between nations:

    Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

    Let us pray therefore for peace and all that leads to it.  The Lord is against those who profit from war:

    Psalm 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.  Psalm 140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 

    Let us pray their dealings are exposed.  As to our politicians, a sound mind is from the Lord:

    2Tim 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

    So let us pray sense from the Throne of Grace comes into this overwhelming situation.  Pray for President Trump, that the Holy Spirit will break in, convert him and have him stand against the warmongers.  Scripture also says:

    Galatians 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. 

    So let us pray also for the Christians in Syria, and pray for a political settlement that enables them to rebuild their businesses, homes, churches and families.  Yes, that means praying for President Assad to stay in power.  It also means praying for the defeat of the jihadists.  And pray for our leaders, for honesty and maturity to break out.

     

    Abortion Bill would apply up to birth

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    Diana Johnson's Abortion Bill ignores modern medicine and imaging. This baby at six weeks already has a beating heart.
    Diana Johnson’s Abortion Bill ignores modern medicine and imaging. This baby at six weeks already has a beating heart.

    A bill to decriminalise abortion is being brought before Parliament at 2.30pm on Monday 13th March 2017.

    Diana Johnson’s Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations): Ten Minute Rule Bill calls for abortion to be decriminalised.  It does this by repealing anti-abortion sections of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

    Of course that will make the Abortion Act 1967, with its 24-week age-limit restriction, two doctors to sign that the pregnancy is imperilling a woman’s health, etc, irrelevant.

    EMAIL YOUR MP

    The Johnson Bill will go nowhere, but if MPs pass it, it will place pressure on the Government to introduce equivalent legislation.

    That is why Christians are being urged to email their MPs right away.  As in now.

    This link takes you straight to the Parliament MP webpage where you can find your MP and click on his or her email address.

    We aren’t giving you a long-winded form letter or harvesting your email address for future promos.  Use some of the arguments on this page, but keep it short and simple.  The essential thing is to ask your MP to attend the debate on Monday and vote against the Bill.

    ABORTION BILL IS LAST CHANCE?

    What is behind such a move by the pro-death people?  Basically, abortionists are running out of time themselves. This Bill could  be their last chance.

    Abortion Rights frantically describes the 1861 Act as: ‘legislation this old, … this out-of-step with clinical developments and the moral thinking of the modern world’.  How old do they think the law against murder is?

    Actually, it’s the abortionists out-of-step with today’s clinical developments and moral thinking.  The science of embryology, ultra-sound, modern imaging, advances in what we know of foetal development now leave no possibility of denying the humanity and the sentient nature of a child in the womb.  A heartbeat can be detected at 6 weeks gestation.  Yes, that’s when yours started beating.  Furthermore, it won’t stop till the day you die.  Isn’t God amazing?

    Morality too is shifting, convicted by the realisation that we are dealing with a real human being totally dependent on his mother for survival, but different and separate from her, with his own genetics, blood supply and blood group.  We keep using the gender-inclusive ‘his’ but let’s remember 50% of babies in the womb are girls.  Tell that to the feminists!  Moreover, 100% of babies in the womb, if asked, would say they want to be born!

    So a pre-born child is literally his mother’s dependent.  And morally, we view dependency as that state of being worthy of protection.

    FURTHER ARGUMENTS

    You may wish to tell your MP that this Bill comes from a vested interest, abortion provider British Pregnancy Advisory Service. And their CEO, Anne Furedi, launching their campaign for decriminalisation said: ‘I want to be very, very clear and blunt… there should be no legal upper limit.’  Follow the money, as they say.

    You could also say a YouGov poll showed 88% of UK women either want to keep the current law and time limit or restrict it further. Only 2% want an increase in the abortion time limit beyond 24 weeks, let alone birth.

    Furthermore, the Royal College of Midwives has suffered a backlash supporting the BPAS campaign.  Over 1,000 midwives have protested against the RCM’s position.  If this Bill became law, midwives would leave the profession in droves.

    That’s enough arguments.  Pray against this Bill, for confusion among its proponents and for clarity and courage and turnout of pro-life MPs.  And now, click on this link, go to the Parliament MP webpage, find your MP, click on his or her email address and ask him or her to get there on Monday and vote down this shocking, retrograde, anti-life bill.

    SOME SCRIPTURAL WITNESS

    The Bile is a book of life, but here are just three verses among many speaking to this subject:

    Gen 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

    Psalm 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

    Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.  (KJV)

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    Pray for Northern Ireland

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    Stormont Parliament Building, seat of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly
    Stormont Parliament Building, seat of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly

    Please pray for Northern Ireland and its people. They are going to the polls on Thursday 2nd March less than a year after the last election.

    The Province elected a legislative assembly last May (2016). Sinn Fein pulled out of that in January. Martin McGuiness, Deputy First Minister, resigned, ostensibly over a botched energy scheme. Under the terms of the Agreement, Arlene Foster, the First Minister, could not continue. Elections were called and are taking place today.

    Abortion in Northern Ireland

    Northern Ireland is the only nation of the United Kingdom to which the Abortion Act 1967 does not extend.  Nationalist MLAs (Sinn Fein and the SDLP) have constantly put forward motions to extend it to the Province, joined by the Alliance Party.

    The last vote was in February 2016, where the Assembly defeated a motion to bring in abortion in cases of foetal abnormality by 59 votes to 40. In December 2016, the Alliance Party’s David Ford introduced the bill again.

    Northern Ireland does not have ‘gay marriage’

    The other major issue is same-sex ‘marriage’. In November 2015 the Assembly voted for the first time to legalise ‘gay marriage’. But the measure was blocked by the Democratic Unionist Party tabling a ‘petition of concern’. This effectively exercised a veto over the legislation.

    It is crucial that the largest unionist party retains enough seats to be able to exercise its veto. It needed thirty members to table a petition of concern in the last Assembly, which had 108 seats. However, the Assembly has been slimmed down to 90 seats for the latest poll.  But the petition of concern threshold remains at 30.

    Safeguard the ‘petition of concern’ veto

    The Guardian says the DUP is expecting losses in the wake of the renewable heat incentive. Obviously, with a smaller assembly, every party except the tiniest will expect losses. But it is vital, at the very least, that the DUP retain enough seats to table a petition of concern and exercise the veto.

    So please pray to the Lord as the people of Northern Ireland go the polls during this day. Pray they elect enough righteous men and women to thwart the devices of the enemy. Thank God the Province stands against the Abortion Act and against ‘gay marriage’. Pray that situation continues.

    Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

    Theresa May to meet Donald Trump

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    Theresa May addresses the Republican Party
    Theresa May addresses the Republican Party

    Today the Rt Hon Theresa May MP becomes the first world leader to meet President Donald Trump. The media is obsessed with their probable discussions on trade. The UK exports more to the US than we buy from them, so it could get tricky.

    But trade deals often focus on tariffs or the lifting of them and movement of people. Let us say again, nations do not need ‘trade deals’ to trade. The UK and US are already trading. And there are such things as strategic industries. This Bible article shows they need protecting!

    Yesterday, Theresa May thrilled the Republican Convention with her vision of a trading and military UK-US partnership. Commentators say Mrs May’s speech to the Republicans generally went down well with them.  (We have excepts from it here together with a link to the full text on the Downing Street website.)  But will her views go down well with the new President?

    Putin still the bogey-man

    Despite Mr Trump’s favourable noises towards President Putin, Mrs May cast the Russian Federation leader as a bogey-man, speaking of the anxieties of Baltic states and describing the return of Crimea to Russia as ‘illegal’. Reunification with Russia was backed by 95% of Crimea’s population. But she also talked about engaging and building relationships with Russia, ‘from a position of strength’.

    HMS St Albans (foreground), escorting Russian Warships Petr Velikiy (centre) and the Admiral Kuznetsov (background), as they pass through the English Channel on their way back to Russia

    HMS St Albans (foreground), escorting Russian Warships Petr Velikiy (centre) and the Admiral Kuznetsov (background), as they pass through the English Channel on their way back to Russia

    On Wednesday UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon went out of his way to insult Russia. He described their aircraft carrier as a ‘ship of shame’ as it sailed through the English Channel. The UK does not have an operational aircraft carrier. Mr Fallon said the British navy was keeping a ‘close eye on the Admiral Kuznetsov as it skulks back to Russia.’ He described the vessel a ‘ship of shame whose mission has only extended the suffering of the Syrian people.’

    Actually, the carrier helped liberate eastern Aleppo from jihadists. Russian planes supporting the Syrian army allowed Christians there to celebrate Christmas for the first time in five years. Peace talks have been taking place between the Syrian government and the armed opposition. That has only happened because of Russian involvement.

    The UK is nowhere in Syria any more, thank God.  Mr Fallon could not exude any ‘position of strength’. He came across as weak, petulant, rude and divorced from reality. Can he long survive in Mrs May’s relationship-building world?

    Or were hers just words? For how much longer will the generals and arms manufacturers continue NATO’s sabre-rattling on Russia’s borders? In her speech, Mrs May actually boasted that 800 British soldiers were taking part in that latest exercise.

    Upholding our values?

    Moving on, what did Theresa May mean when she said the US and UK must ‘project our values around the world’?
    ‘Responsibility to Protect’, invented by George Soros, was used in the past by the UK and US to destabilise leaders the globalist elite do not like. Its outcome in Egypt was to sweep Islamist parties into power. Libya has become a lawless staging post for people smuggling into Europe. Syria has been ruined. And in every case, thriving Christian families have been all but driven from their ancient ancestral bases.

    Tam Dalyell, who died yesterday, opposed the war in Iraq
    Tam Dalyell, who died yesterday, opposed the war in Iraq

    In 2003 Theresa May voted for Tony Blair’s stampede into war in Iraq. The result of that is 268,000 violent deaths to date, according to Iraq body count.  It led to a complete breakdown of Saddam’s institutions of civil society, and Islamic State terrorism.

    Thank God President Trump has put ‘America first’. The days of ‘fantasist Americans who want to control the world,’ appear to be over. Those words were spoken by the late ex-MP and ‘Father of the House’ Tam Dalyell, who died yesterday. His obituary is worth reading.

    Christian Voice is calling on the UK Government to help rebuild Syria after the chaos they caused supporting the armed opposition.   Please sign our petition to that effect.

    Mrs May said: ‘The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over’. Let us pray ‘Responsibility to Protect’ is dead.

    How Theresa May changed on gay rights

    Or did Theresa May mean exporting the ‘British values’ of feminism, abortion and sodomy?  Here it gets interesting. Theresa May used to be adamantly opposed to gay rights.

    Orwellian: Dame Louise Casey was appointed by Theresa May
    Orwellian: Dame Louise Casey was appointed by Theresa May

    She voted against homosexual men having access to 16-year-old boys in 1999. In 2002 she voted against gays and lesbians adopting. In 2008 she voted for an IVF baby to have a father and a mother. The next year she voted in the Equality Bill debates for churches to be free to hire and fire who they wanted.

    But in 2010 Mrs May was appointed Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality by Prime Minister David Cameron. From that date it all changed. In 2013 she turned out to vote for gay marriage in the Marriage Same-Sex Couples Bill. She voted for Cameron’s flagship bill at both second and third reading.

    Even today, her Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is a well-known gay rights advocate. She appointed the ‘out’ lesbian Justine Greening to be in charge of Education. Mrs May gave Louise Casey an equalities watch and bestowed on her a Damehood. This month ‘Dame Louise’ invoked an Orwellian vision of using thought police against Christians in public life.

    Can Trump – May project righteousness?

    Donald Trump; can the US ‘project' righteousness?
    Donald Trump; can the US ‘project’ righteousness?

    Donald Trump has already defunded Planned Parenthood and other ‘reproductive rights’ advocates. The LGBT page has disappeared from the White House website.  Read about the feminist reaction to that here.

    But Theresa May will need to drain her own gay-friendly establishment swamp before she can be a true partner to President Trump. Can she change?

    Cameron & Obama exported evil around the world. This video shows how they attempted to brow-beat African nations into legalising sodomy.

    Let us pray that May & Trump will have an opposite agenda and promote or ‘project’ righteousness. But as Mrs May did not mention God, let alone ‘the Lord’, or Jesus, once in her speech, this will need particularly fervent prayer.

    European Union Integration

    On the European Union, there were signs that Mrs May still does not understand that a wind of change, perhaps even a Holy-Spirit-driven wind of change, is blowing across the world.

    She said ‘the most important institution is – and should always be – the nation state’. That’s a God-given. But then she said:

    Europa on the Bull outside the Council of Ministers building in Brussels; the peoples of Europe are being taken for a ride.
    Europa on the Bull outside the Council of Ministers building in Brussels; the peoples of Europe are being taken for a ride.

    ‘Which is why if the countries of the European Union wish to integrate further, my view is that they should be free to do so. Because that is what they choose.’

    What? The EU was from its inception a bureaucrat-inspired super-national monstrosity. It was never ‘putting power in the hands of the people’ as Mrs May said was the example to the world of America. The EU was designed in secret by politicians as a revived Roman Empire.

    It is always elites who want to come together like that. And when they do, people will feel ‘left behind by the forces of globalisation’ as Mrs May rightly said. The ordinary people of Europe will never choose further integration.  Even as it is the European Union is going to fall. that is what happens to ‘earth’s proud empires.’

    Mrs May must grasp that the UK does not need European countries to be in an EU for the UK to trade with them.

    Torture

    President Trump has spoken approvingly of the use of the practice of ‘waterboarding’ to gain intelligence.  It was banned by President Obama.  On its own this shows the folly of putting trust in princes rather than God.

    Christ's crucifixion brought mankind redemption. But it is not a good example for Christian states to follow.
    Christ’s crucifixion brought mankind redemption. But it is not a good example for Christian states to follow.

    There is no example in the Bible of the apparatus of the state using torture or ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ to extract information from prisoners. In 1st Samuel chapter 30 a captive Egyptian is brought before David. The king interrogates him, first having fed him. The captive divulges the information with no threat being used, only a promise of safety. (The UK could learn from that in the matter of interpreters.)

    The most graphic Biblical example of torture is actually that employed by the Romans to execute our Lord. It is not a good example to follow. The Roman Empire was pagan. It acknowledged neither the Almighty nor his authority as King of kings. It was ignorant of his creation ordinance that mankind is made in the image of God.  Other human beings, in Christian theology, are worthy of respect.

    Mrs May said ‘As Churchill put it, we “speak the same language, kneel at the same altars and, to a very large extent, pursue the same ideals”.’ Do we indeed worship the same God? Sadly, Mrs May failed to mention the Most High in her speech, not even asking the Almighty to bless America. But if we do, he requires a higher standard of us than our Islamic enemies.

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    Please click here and sign our petition to Boris Johnson to help rebuild Syria – after the destruction we have caused it’s the least the UK can do.

    Proverbs 25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. 

    Isaiah 2:4 And he (the LORD) shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 

    President Trump – America does a Brexit

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    donaldtrumpSo it’s President Trump heading for the White House as America does a Brexit.

    Our prayers for the best candidate for peace in the world to be elected have been answered.  Just as in the Brexit vote, the polls underestimated ordinary people and their votes.

    Even right now, NATO is sabre-rattling against Russia.  Hillary Clinton would have exacerbated that.  We now call on President Trump to rein in the Pentagon and its assorted gung-ho generals, arms manufacturers and vested interests in war and make the world a safer place.

    Hillary Clinton was solidly in the Neo-Con camp that gave us the War on Terror, incursions into Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of deaths in Iraq, the ruin of Libya, the destabilisation of Syria and the rise of first Al-Qaeda then ISIS.  Her old friend Madeleine Albright urged here to pick a ‘fight’ with President Putin.  She would have continued the George Soros doctrine of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ – or ‘Excuse to Interfere’, as it should properly be called.

    NATO troops on an muscle-flexing exercise in Poland earlier this year.
    NATO troops on an muscle-flexing exercise in Poland earlier this year.

    At this moment, according to the Daily Mail (well, OK, but they have quoted The Times) NATO chiefs are embarking on a 300,000 troop build-up in Europe and saying: ‘Relations between Russia and the West have plunged in the last year, with Moscow’s insistence on backing its Syrian ally, President Bashar al-Assad, at all costs leading to serious tension with the US, Britain and France.’

    Yes, because those like Cameron, Hague, Hammond and Fallon went along with Soros and the US to agitate for regime change in Syria.  By supporting and arming the jihadist rebels they have all but destroyed that country and caused thousands of deaths and displacement, the virtual eradication of Christians in areas where the rebels seized control and brought about the European migrant crisis.

    If President Trump engages, as Sean O’Grady thinks he will, writing in the Independent, in ‘realpolitik’, de-escalation of tension is possible.  Trump understands that Russia offers no threat to the United States (or its allies, for that matter).  So if the Russians want a naval and an air base in the Med, or a presence on the Black Sea, they can have it.

    Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to Tony Blair, says his “biggest fear under Trump is the United States will become more isolationist, it will be less willing to intervene in the world than it has been.”  Yes, exactly!  It’s great news!  Just maybe the world might now become a bit more stable.

    Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK Labour Party, has issued a statement in which he called Trump’s victory a “global wake-up call”.  Does he not understand that the spirit which saw him elected as Labour leader and delivered the Leave vote in the Brexit referendum is the same spirit that elected Donald Trump?  It’s called, ‘rejection of the global elite and the status quo.’  He that sitteth in the heavens is laughing this morning (Psalm 2!).

    Praise God today for answered prayer.  And pray for protection and wisdom for President-elect Trump.

    Psalm 120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. 

     

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    May took money from Honours List men

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    Rt Hon Theresa May MP
    Rt Hon Theresa May MP

    The current Prime Minister took money from men in the previous Prime Minister’s Resignation Honours List, which was leaked to the Sunday Times.

    Theresa May’s Conservative Party election campaign received £15,000 from Ian Taylor, the oil executive at Vitol and funder of the pro-EU campaign who was recommended for a knighthood.

    She was also given £20,000 by IPGL, a company linked to businessman Michael Spencer, whom David Cameron recommended for a peerage before it was blocked by Whitehall.

    CONFIDENCE UNDERMINED

    To his credit, Mr Taylor, a Conservative party donor who also made donations to the EU Remain campaign, has said he does not wish his name to go forward. Mr Spencer’s name was also rubbed out because of his involvement in the ‘Libor’ interest-rate fixing scandal. He had raised around £70m for the Tory Party.

    But their mere presence on the list will embarrass the Prime Minister.

    Mrs May has the power to block David Cameron’s ‘Honours’ list but has refused to do so, saying it would ‘set a bad precedent’. Some would argue it would set a very good precedent indeed. Neither Tony Blair nor Gordon Brown rewarded their cronies in his way when they resigned. The last prime minister to do so was John Major, whose own administration was mired in scandal.

    Rewarding cronies undermines public confidence in the political system, which is why Almighty God, in the mouth of the father-in-law of Moses, so clearly says that appointments should be on the basis of ability, on truth and fearing God, and not on avarice, of whatever sort:

    Exodus 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers …

    GIFT BLINDETH THE WISE

    The Bible says: Exodus 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

    Any ‘gift’ may be monetary or it can come in the form of a favour. Mr Cameron intends to ask the Queen to bestow knighthoods on his Remain ministerial colleagues Philip Hammond, David Lidington, Hugo Swire, Michael Fallon and Patrick McLoughlin while Caroline Spelman would become a Dame, the female version.

    Mr Cameron’s former strategy adviser, Steve Hilton, has said the resignation honours list revealed a “serious type of very British corruption”.

    Still on the list is Andrew Cook, who gave £250,000 to the Remain campaign and has donated £1m to the Tories over the past decade. He is also line for a knighthood. Well does the Bible say: Prov 18:16 A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

    HAND FULL OF BRIBES

    The previous Prime Minister would have done well to heed the words of the Prophet Isaiah:

    Isa 33:15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

    The current Prime Minister should have blocked the list, the full shabby details of which are listed by the Guardian in this article.

    Theresa May might remember this verse of a psalm from her clergyman father’s daily readings: Psalm 26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

    Jeremy Corbyn and Shami Chakrarbati
    Jeremy Corbyn and Shami Chakrarbati

    CRITICISM RUG PULLED BY CORBYN

    For some reason, Jeremy Corbyn chose to undermine criticism of Mr Cameron’s list by himself offering a nomination for it, Shami Chakrarbati for a peerage. Miss Chakrarbati spring cleaned the National Council for Civil Liberties after its spirit-of-the-age flirtation with paedophile groups during Patricia Hewitt and Harriet Harman’s tenure in the 1980s. The organisation was renamed as ‘Liberty’ in 1989.

    Shami Chakrabarti may well be able to hold the Government to account in the House of Lords in this increasingly authoritarian age, but her peerage has arrived hard on the heels of her chairing Labour’s investigation into anti-Semitism, denounced as a ‘whitewash’ by the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

    Marie van der Zyl, the group’s vice-president, said: ‘It is beyond disappointing that Shami Chakrabarti has been offered, and accepted, a peerage from Labour following her so-called “independent” inquiry.

    ‘The report, which was weak in several areas, now seems to have been rewarded with an honour. This “whitewash for peerages” is a scandal that surely raises serious questions about the integrity of Ms Chakrabarti, her inquiry and the Labour leadership.’

    Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said her report’s credibility now “lies in tatters” after she accepted the peerage.

    By offering the peerage Mr Corbyn pulled the rug of legitimate criticism of the Cameron crony-list from under his own feet. It is another error of judgment from a man upon whose shoulders so much depends.

    Now being implicated in the same sin, Mr Corbyn cannot hold the Government to account in this matter:

    John 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

     

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    Prayer for Cabinet appointments

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    Permanent Under-Secretary Simon McDonald welcomes Boris Johnson to the Foreign Office last night.
    Permanent Under-Secretary Simon McDonald welcomed Boris Johnson to the Foreign Office last night.

    Last night, new Prime Minister Theresa May made six senior appointments, covering the three great offices of state (Chancellor, Home Office, Foreign Office), and created two new post-Brexit positions.  Continue to pray for her appointments today.

    BORIS JOHNSON

    The most astonishing appointment last night was that of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary.  Mr Johnson is said to have had wide experience dealing with foreign governments promoting the capital city as Mayor of London.  He is much better disposed to Russia than his predecessor and apparently speaks five languages fluently, including German and Russian.

    The latter will be especially useful as he pursues what we pray will be a more positive engagement with Russia than that taken by his predecessor.  (Although never under-estimate the power of the PUS – see the picture.  Sir Simon Fraser, Mr McDonald’s predecessor, has already said “highly professional people” will surround Mr Johnson as he takes on the role.  Sir Humphrey?

    Mr Johnson, like Theresa May, is pro-Israel.  The BBC reports: ‘In 2015, Mr Johnson had to cancel planned public events in the West Bank because of security fears after he criticised backers of a boycott on Israeli goods, and he has previously described Hilary Clinton – US presidential hopeful – as having “a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital.”‘

    British sanctions against trade with Russia must be ended and Russian efforts to bring stability to Syria supported.  We can pray that Boris, with a great-grand-father from Moscow, will have nothing to do with the posturing of the world elite which needs to see Russia as the big enemy and President Vladimir Putin as an aggressor and a threat.

    A more positive engagement will help as Mr Johnson tries, as we hope he will, to find the reasons behind Russia’s new anti-evangelism law and argue against it from an informed and friendly position.

    Write to your MP.  Ask him/her to congratulate the new Foreign Secretary on your behalf and to ask him to pursue a positive engagement with Russia, lift sanctions and let you know what discussions he has with Russian officials about Russia’s new anti-evangelism law, which, of course, concerns you.

    PHILIP HAMMOND

    I prayed yesterday and I am still praying that Philip Hammond would leave the government completely, because of his stance on Syria and Russia (see below).  Mr Johnson taking his place at the Foreign Office was a spectacular and unexpected part-answer to that prayer.

    Mr Hammond, with his ‘Assad must go’ rhetoric, showed himself both ignorant of reality in Syria, and in thrall to the US-driven elites of this world. I made a video on this topic last October with an emphasis on Syrian Christians: Syria – Sense and Compassion.  Do take a look – it’s less than 4 minutes.

    Mr Hammond was also part of ‘Project Fear’ with his view that it would take longer than World War II to leave the European Union.

    In the event, he has been made Chancellor of the Exchequer, which is a promotion.  Pray for him to have the great wisdom and vision that job needs at any time, but especially at this time.  I still pray that the Lord will intervene and that he will not be there long.

    MICHAEL FALLON

    Mr Fallon retains the post of Secretary of State for Defence.  He was part of the ‘Assad must go’ triumverate (with Mr Cameron and Mr Hammond) and the same arguments apply to him as apply to Mr Hammond.  It was a spectacularly ignorant and stupid line originated by William, Lord, Hague, totally driven by the desire of the US to destablise that country for financial and strategic reasons – Russia has bases in Syria.

    It has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and drove the migration disaster of last summer, in which thousands of Islamic State activists were able to infiltrate European Union nations.

    The United Kingdom needs a Defence Secretary able to stand up to the US in NATO and end the current policy of military build-ups and sabre-rattling at the Russian border.  Make no mistake, such things are planned by the elite for their benefit, not ours.  A top insider, Craig Breedlove, former head of NATO, was at the Bilderberg meeting in Dresden last month.  And a series of leaked emails published in RT show how keen he has been to push the Obama administration into agitating in Ukraine and aggression against Russia.

    I am praying that Mr Fallon has a change of heart and becomes a man of peace, whose strength is in the Lord.  His voting record is good on the issues that matter.  He voted against ‘gay marriage’ and against doctor-assisted dying, for instance.  But he voted for military intervention against President Assad’s forces in Syria.  if the Lord will not change his heart, will the Lord replace Mr Fallon as well.

    Write to your MP (a separate letter with a different date will be best) and ask him/her to ask the Secretary of State for Defence to pull British forces out of NATO’s aggressive current confrontation with Russia.

    AMBER RUDD

    The new Home Secretary was, like Mr Hammond and Mr Fallon, a ‘Remainer’ who voted against having a referendum at all.  She also voted for ‘gay marriage’ and, like Mr Fallon, for military action in Syria.  That vote, mercifully, was lost.  She abstained on doctor-assisted dying.  Her voting record goes back no further than 2010, because that was when she first became MP for Hastings and Rye.

    Amber Rudd stands in need of our prayer as she takes charge of this vital office of state.  We should especially pray against the introduction of intrusive surveillance measures and the use of real or imagined threats to curtail civil liberties.

    DAVID DAVIS

    Thank the Lord that the veteran parliamentarian has become the new Secretary of State for Brexit, or whatever it will be called.  This is an inspired appointment, as apart from a lapse when he voted for Masstrict, Mr Davis has been constantly opposed to the EU, as he has to measures like ‘gay marriage’.

    The ‘kings of the earth’ are even now working out ways to prevent Brexit.  Both US Secretary of State John Kerry and Tony Blair have said it could be ‘reversed’ or walked back’.

    So Mr Davis will need much prayer as he negotiates the UK’s exit with the European Unions’s Commission and/or Council of Ministers (they are currently fighting a turf war over which will handle the talks).  He will need to invoke Article 50 quickly and be unafraid to pull out of the Single Market completely if that requires accepting freedom of movement.

    Freedom of movement was perhaps the biggest factor persuading people to leave the EU, because of the problems it brings.  It is not a matter of hospitality, it is a matter of social cohesion and security, as I showed in this video.

    Mr Davis should remember the four reasons why the Germans will back down: Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagon and BMW.  Other countries trade with the EU without being in the Single Market, the USA and India, to name just two.

    Write to your MP (separate letter!) and ask him/her to congratulate the Secretary of State for Brexit on his appointment and wish him well.  Ask your MP to ask him to invoke Article 50 immediately and to be ready to leave the Single Market completely if freedom of movement is demanded as a condition of remaining in it.

    LIAM FOX

    Liam Fox has been appointed Secretary of State for International Trade, a new and significant office in Theresa May’s new Cabinet.

    Dr Fox will be responding to nations across the world who are now queuing up to do trade deals with the UK.  He reputedly knows the United States very well, but Commonwealth countries are obvious new trading partners.  It was encouraging to see Ghana preparing a trade delegation.  The European Union has caused much hardship across Africa and developing countries in other parts of the world by dumping food aid, knowingly depressing prices and impoverishing local farmers.

    There is an opportunity here for us to do more for fair trade than just buying tea and coffee.  We should also pray that overseas aid becomes much smarter.  I’m anxious to be in touch with those who know best how fair trade principles could form the bedrock of Dr Fox’s approach, and let us pray that he will have great success.  Let us pray that Brexit re-establishes Britain as a newly-free, global, outward-looking trading nation, one built this time on fairness and justice, not on deception and exploitation.

    Write to your MP (yet another separate letter!) and ask him/her to congratulate the Secretary of State for International Trade on his appointment and wish him well in it.  Ask your MP to ask the Secretary of State how fair trade principles will inform his dealings with developing nations.

    LASTLY

    Lastly, look out for chattering classes and the Twitter-sphere expressing ‘alarm’ and ‘concern’ over the elevation of Boris, David Davis and Dr Fox.  Such will mean they are good appointments!  We should never put our trust in princes, but Theresa May (be sure to put an ‘h’ in her name) has shown she was true when she said ‘Brexit means Brexit’.  Those of our readers who supported Remain should also be praying the Lord uses the Brexit vote and this new administration for his glory and to advance his Kingdom on earth.

    Mrs May will be familiar with these two prayers from the Anglican Morning Prayer service in the Book of Common Prayer.  They can apply to an individual or a nation and they spoke to me vividly this morning:

    A Collect for Peace.
    O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

    A Collect for Grace.
    O Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

     

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    Jeremy Corbyn and Labour Rules

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    Jeremy Corbyn - voted against war in Iraq
    Jeremy Corbyn – voted against war in Iraq

    The Labour Party’s National Executive Committee meets today to decide whether Jeremy Corbyn, the incumbent leader, may go forward to a leadership ballot without being nominated by MPs.

    Those Labour MPs who wanted to oust Corbyn were hoping they could keep him off the ballot paper in a leadership contest.

    If he failed to get enough nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party, then he would not be on the ballot paper, party members would not be able to vote for him and normal service could be resumed.

    Yes, party democracy would be sidelined, but, hey, who cares?

    LEGAL ADVICE

    Unfortunately for the plotters, the party’s own advice from barristers at Doughty Street Chambers makes clear that only Mr Corbyn’s challengers need to secure nominations from 20% of fellow MPs, not Mr Corbyn himself.

    They say: ‘In a year where a contested election is triggered by a challenger under B(ii), the incumbent does not require to be nominated to appear on the ballot paper. The incumbent is therefore automatically on the ballot paper unless s/he resigns (or otherwise becomes permanently unavailable)’.

    The advice goes on to point out that ‘In this case’ in clause 4.I.2.B(ii) refers back to the first sentence, ‘where there is no vacancy’, which is the current position. If Mr Corbyn were to resign only to stand again, every candidate including him would be required to secure the nomination of 12.5% of MPs, which is about 29. But if a rebel MP pops up to challenge the leader, they need 20%, or 46 of the party’s 230 MPs. Having said all that, the NEC, meeting today, can vary the rules under rule 1.A, but not to the extent, it would be argued, as to overturn them.

    LABOUR PARTY RULE BOOK

    You won’t read this in the mainstream media, as they prefer to entertain rather than inform, but here is the relevant section of the Labour Party Rule Book:

    ‘Chapter 4
    ‘Elections of national officers of the party and national committees

    ‘Clause I.
    ‘General principles
    ‘1. Internal party elections for officer posts and the membership of national committees shall be conducted in a fair, open and transparent manner, in accordance with the constitutional rules of the party and any appropriate NEC guidelines.

    ‘Clause II.
    ‘Procedural rules for elections for national officers of the party

    ‘1. General
    ‘A. The following procedures provide a rules framework which, unless varied by the consent of the NEC, shall be followed when conducting elections for party officers. The NEC will also issue procedural guidelines on nominations, timetable, codes of conduct for candidates and other matters relating to the conduct of these elections.

    ‘2. Election of leader and deputy leader
    ‘A. The leader and deputy leader shall be elected separately in accordance with rule C below, unless rule E below applies.
    ‘B. Nomination
    ‘i. In the case of a vacancy for leader or deputy leader, each nomination must be supported by 12.5 per cent of the Commons members of the PLP. Nominations not attaining this threshold shall be null and void.
    ‘ii. Where there is no vacancy, nominations may be sought by potential challengers each year prior to the annual session of party conference. In this case any nomination must be supported by 20 per cent of the Commons members of the PLP. Nominations not attaining this threshold shall be null and void.’

    THE CANDIDATES’ VOTING RECORDS

    It is worth remembering that given that we cannot expect a Labour politician to be pro-life, pro-family or anti-sodomy, their are important differences between Jeremy Corbyn’s voting record and that of Angela Eagle..

    Jeremy Corbyn voted against Sunday trading and against Maastrict. Angela Eagle didn’t. He has voted against euthanasia. She is for it. Mr Corbyn is for freedom of speech. Miss Eagle wants to shut people up who disagree with her and her lifestyle. He voted against Tony Blair’s Gambling Bill and Identity Cards . She towed the Blairite line.

    Jeremy Corbyn voted for a referendum on the EU. Angela Eagle voted against one. Mr Corbyn voted against war in Iraq. Miss Eagle was for it and the Blair / Straw axis which lied to get it. The only positive note is that when the proposal to help the Syrian rebels with military action and further destabilise that country came from a Conservative leader (David Cameron) in 2013, Angela Eagle at last managed to join Jeremy Corbyn and vote against it.

    In her press conference yesterday, Miss Eagle said, ‘I’m not a Blairite, I’m not a Brownite, I’m not a Corbynista.’ Then raising her voice in high drama: ‘I am my own woman.’  Applause.  No, you aren’t.  You voted with Tony Blair on everything.  You are the establishment candidate.

    PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS

    2Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

    Pray that the Lord Almighty will place the fear of God in Jeremy Corbyn’s heart.

     

    Andrea Leadsom gives PM job to May

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    Andrea Leadsom
    Andrea Leadsom MP

    The reasons Andrea Leadsom MP has given for pulling out of the Conservative leadership race seem perfectly plausible but do not totally convince.

    Eighty-four colleagues supported her, but she said, “Nevertheless, this is less than 25% of the parliamentary party and after careful consideration I do not believe this is sufficient support to lead a strong and stable government should I win the leadership election.”

    WHAT IS THE LORD SAYING?

    She went on: “There is no greater privilege than to lead the Conservative Party in government and I would have been deeply honoured to do it.

    “I have however concluded that the interests of our country are best served by the immediate appointment of a strong and well-supported prime minister.

    “I am therefore withdrawing from the leadership election, and I wish Mrs May the very greatest success.”

    Those of us who believe it was only of the Lord’s grace and mercy that Leave won in the #Brexit referendum and even that Mrs Leadsom reached the ‘final two’ at the expense of Michael ‘don’t talk about creation’ Gove will need to be seeking the Lord anew.

    We were initially encouraged about her success in the ballot by news that Mrs Leadsom was attending a Christian meeting in Westminster.  A day or so later it emerged that she scoffed at sexual purity and was offended that people might not vote Tory because of David Cameron’s gay marriage law.  This was the talk to which she objected – but then again, three years are a long time on one’s Christian walk.  Mrs Leadsom may have found a deeper faith than was exhibited on that night in 2013 and when in the same year she deliberately abstained by walking through both Aye and No lobbies on both Second and Third Reading of the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill.

    ABUSE TOO GREAT

    The BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg said “the abuse has been too great” for Mrs Leadsom during the contest, especially following ill-judged comments in a weekend newspaper interview.  Mrs Leadsom apologised to Theresa May earlier today after appearing to suggest in that interview that being a mother made her a better candidate for the PM job.

    Even to appear to look askance at Mrs May because she has not born children could be seen as crass and cheap. It did display a lack of street-wise judgment. All the same, The Times journalist Rachel Sylvestor certainly made the most of it.  The Conservative blogger Archbishop Cranmer was sympathetic to Mrs Leadsom.

    All the same, such stuff happens. Any politician should expect it. The story could have been faced down and moved to the sidelines of debate over six weeks of hustings meetings in the Tory shires. A 60-40 reputed May advantage could have been overturned. The party faithful will feel cheated and some will claim Mrs May has a lack of democratic mandate.

    BORIS LOST HIS NERVE

    It has been going through my mind that you simply do not put yourself forward for the position of leader, get yourself short-listed down to the final two, only to pull out when the going gets tough. However badly you think the numbers are stacking up, you just don’t do it. It isn’t respectful, either of colleagues, the party or the nation. It isn’t dignified. It is neither thoughtful nor organised. Something else must have been brought to bear. What if the BBC’s Laura has it wrong? What if Mrs Leadsom was ‘got at’ in some other way. One would not be surprised.

    Boris Johnson was backing Mrs Leadsom’s leadership bid. Had he not lost his nerve when Leave won, he could now be challenging Mrs May. He now says he has “no doubt” Mrs May will be an “excellent” leader and prime minister. He was “encouraged” by Mrs May’s statement that “Brexit means Brexit”, and added: “It is vital that we respect the will of the people and get on with exploiting new opportunities for this country.”

    FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

    But will unfettered immigration, the major issue of the referendum, come to an end as the people have demanded? WIll Brexit mean Brexit-lite?  If continued freedom of movement is demanded as the price of staying in the Single Market, the latter will have to go.  It will be a bluff anyway.  There are four main reasons why the Germans will back down: Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagon and BMW.  Other countries actually manage to trade with the EU without being in the Single Market.  The USA and India, to name just two.  And other nations across the world are now queuing up to do trade deals with the UK.

    UKIP MEP Julia Reid said today: ‘We would like to see the UK leave the EU completely.  We don’t feel that we need to be part of the single market, because countries like New Zealand, Australia, China and the US export goods into the single market, but they are not part of the single market.  There is no freedom of movement of peoples between those countries and the EU. We would like to be in a similar position.’

    But will Mrs May’s negotiating team have the confidence, courage and commitment to call the EU bluff?

    We are where we are. Mr Arron Banks, UKIP’s financial backer, said just this morning that he and UKIP will be holding Mrs May to account. It’s not over until it’s over.  We should keep praying the Lord to remember mercy and keep ministering his prophetic word to our leaders.  One obvious and immediate point of prayer could be a strong Leave and indeed Christian presence in Mrs May’s Cabinet and Ministerial appointments.

     

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    Post-Referendum Leadership Elections – Who Voted What?

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    The UK Parliament
    The UK Parliament
    Andrea Leadsom - the only Conservative leadershop candidate who voted for a Referendum
    Andrea Leadsom – the only Conservative leadership candidate who voted for a Referendum

    It’s 30th June 2016 and the Tory Party leadership nominations have closed, whilst those in the Labour Party have only just begun. We are doing well for wildlife. So far we have a Crabb, a Fox and an Eagle standing. Well, you have to retain a sense of humour amid all this chaos.

    WHO IS STANDING FOR WHAT?

    Boris Johnson is not standing. His plan went awry. He expected to fight for Leave, Remain to win and to be well set up to fight for the leadership in three years’ time. On the morning after the vote before, he was like a rabbit caught in the headlights. The next Monday in the Daily Telegraph he was going all woolly and Remainy (if there is such a word).

    Across the Commons chamber, conviction politician Jeremy Corbyn is fighting for his political life. As predicted in March, he campaigned for Remain, secretly hoping for Leave to win, a bit like Boris in reverse. He has now been challenged by Angela Eagle, la lesbienne célèbre.

    The Conservatives in the ring have today been revealed as Stephen Crabb, Sir Liam Fox, Michael Gove, Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May. So how can we pray into this? What do we know about them apart from what the TV and papers are saying?

    Well, here at Christian Voice we have been analysing the voting patterns of MPs on a variety of issues for thirty years.

    Jeremy Corbyn - voted against war in Iraq
    Jeremy Corbyn – voted against war in Iraq

    SORTING OUT THE LABOUR SHAMBLES

    On the Labour side, don’t expect anyone to be pro-life, pro-family or anti-sodomy. So apart from all that, Jeremy Corbyn voted against Sunday trading and against Maastrict. Angela Eagle didn’t. He has voted against euthanasia. She is for it. Mr Corbyn is for freedom of speech. Miss Eagle wants to shut people up who disagree with her and her lifestyle. He voted against Tony Blair’s Gambling Bill and Identity Cards . She towed the Blairite line.

    Jeremy Corbyn voted for a referendum on the EU. Angela Eagle voted against one. Mr Corbyn voted against war in Iraq. Miss Eagle was for it and the Blair / Straw axis which lied to get it. The only positive note is that when the proposal to help the Syrian rebels with military action and further destabilise that country came from a Conservative leader (David Cameron) in 2013, Angela Eagle at last managed to join Jeremy Corbyn and vote against it.

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    FILLING THE CONSERVATIVE VACUUM

    From votes in the 2005-2010 Parliament, we can say Stephen Crabb and Sir Liam Fox are more pro-life than Theresa May, who is more so than Michael Gove. Mr Gove is the most pro-gay. And the latter is the man who banned anything questioning evolution in schools.

    Andrea Leadsom has been in the House since 2010, so let us look at the votes since then. On the positive side, all five voted against Euthanasia (Doctor Assisted Dying), but then, all five voted for military action in Syria in 2013.

    Now for the differences. Stephen Crabb and Liam Fox voted against Same-Sex marriage on Third Reading, Angela Leadsom did a ‘deliberate abstain’, voting both for and against, while Theresa May and Michael Gove voted for it. Only Andrea Leadsom out of the five voted for a Referendum on the EU. Her vote (and that of Jeremy Corbyn as noted above) helped us be where we are today.

    And then, of course, Sir Liam and Mrs Leadsom have been consistently for Leave, Mr Gove joined that campaign just in time whilst Stephen Crabb and Theresa May were both for Remain.

    Nigel Farage - elephant in the room
    Nigel Farage – keeping them honest

    NEGOTIATIONS

    The Tory candidates (I use ‘Tory’ as a shorthand – Disraeli said ‘We are all “Conservative” now; Tory men and Whig measures’) will be setting out their stalls on the EU negotiations. Unrestricted movement across the EU was a big factor in the Referendum. If that becomes a condition for remaining in the Single Market, the negotiators will need the courage to say, ‘No’. There are four main reasons why the Germans will back down: Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagon and BMW.  Other countries actually manage to trade with the EU without being in the Single Market.  The USA and India, to name just two.

    The Tories will need to hold their nerve because there is a political elephant in the room. UKIP and Nigel Farage are not going to put their feet up now the Referendum is won. They will be watching and campaigning and planning for the next General Election, be it in 2020 or sooner.

    That threat may keep the Conservatives honest and Labour realistic. But if not, if the Tories have not delivered, and if Labour do not move toward the working class, there will be a deluge of UKIP MPs elected next time, on the mandate of actually honouring the Referendum result and sticking up for the aggrieved man in the street. You heard it here first.

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    We trust some of that will help inform your prayers, together with these scriptures:

    2Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
    Psalm 75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
    Isaiah 56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
    Matt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
    1Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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    British Muslims becoming more radical

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    Trevor Phillips
    Trevor Phillips is ready to say ‘I was wrong.’

    Trevor Phillips is presenting a programme on social attitudes among British Muslims on Channel 4 tomorrow.

    It is called ‘What British Muslims Really Think’ and will air at 10pm on Wednesday 13th April 2016.

    Some uncomfortable statistics will be revealed which should send shivers down liberal elite spines.  The pain will be made worse for them by the fact that Trevor Phillips was head of the Commission for Racial Equality.  He promoted many of the views he now dismisses, particularly about the speed with which Muslims would integrate and adopt British customs and attitudes.

    When asked to what extent they agreed or disagreed that homosexuality should be legal in Britain, 18% said they agreed and 52% said they disagreed, compared with 5% among the public at large who disagreed. Almost half (47%) said they did not agree that it was acceptable for a gay person to become a teacher, compared with 14% of the general population.

    Nearly a quarter (23%) supported the introduction of sharia law in some areas of Britain.  As many as 31% said Muslim men could have more than one wife – with many Muslim women agreeing – while 39% agreed that “wives should always obey their husbands”.  The mainstream culture would probably find a majority saying husbands should obey their wives, so the chasm between Muslims and secular Britain could hardly be more stark.

    The Guardian found at least one Muslim leader of a women’s group who took issue with the findings.

    Huffington Post quoted moans about the survey methods from the Muslim Council of Britain and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).  Apparently, ICM went to areas with at least 20% Muslims to conduct their interviews, simply because it costs less to find people willing to take part in a survey where there are many of the target group.

    Elshad Iskandarov of the OIC, told HuffPost UK: “If a particular study focusses on areas with at least 20% muslim populations these areas are likely to be more deprived than most, making extremism more attractive.”  That is a telling comment.  Actually, there is no evidence that Muslims in more middle-class areas, particularly young Muslims, are any more liberal that their peers in Oldham, for example.

    In an article in the Sunday Times, Trevor Phillips says, inter alia:

    ‘The problem with Britain’s liberal white elite is twofold. First, they find it hard to grasp that people of colour may not want to reveal their true selves to people who do not share their backgrounds. The fact is that most people of colour are raised to expect that white folks will let them down. And to be frank, most black and Asian Britons will tell you that their expectations are seldom confounded.

    ‘Second, Britain’s increasingly deracinated opinion-forming classes are puzzled by the fierce attachment to religion among ethnic minorities. The number of places of worship attended mostly by Muslims and black evangelicals is rising. The fact that Britain’s ethnic minorities are intensely committed to their religious beliefs and practices seems baffling to secular liberals — indeed, somewhat threatening. Some of my journalist friends imagine that, with time, the Muslims will grow out of it. They won’t.

    ‘It should come as no surprise that Muslim liberals are in despair. They knew all of this long ago. And unlike the political elite and the liberal media, they recognise that British Muslim opinion is hardening against them. The journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, who has had to seek police protection because of her liberal views, argues that the optimistic belief that time and social contact will naturally lead to the integration of Muslims is mistaken: “You know, we [liberal Muslims] are a dying breed — in 10 years there will be very few of us left unless something really important is done.”

    ‘Britain’s Muslims are a diverse group; but, rich or poor, British-born or not, most have a deep commitment to their faith. Many are distressed by what they see as white Britain’s increasing secularism, low morals and loss of confidence in many of its own values. Those who told ICM’s researchers that they would prefer to live a more separate life in Britain are sending a clear signal: they really don’t want to adopt much of our decadent way of life.

    ‘Oddly, the biggest obstacles we now face in addressing the growth of this nation-within-a-nation are not created by British Muslims themselves. Many of our (distinctly un-diverse) elite political and media classes simply refuse to acknowledge the truth. Any undesirable behaviours are attributed to poverty and alienation. Backing for violent extremism must be the fault of the Americans. Oppression of women is a cultural trait that will fade with time, nothing to do with the true face of Islam.

    ‘Even when confronted with the growing pile of evidence to the contrary, and the angst of the liberal minority of British Muslims, clever, important people still cling to the patronising certainty that British Muslims will, over time, come to see that “our” ways are better. And since there are so few Muslims in the corridors of power, they seldom run into anyone who can show them the reality. Those who do want to make a difference are often consumed by fear that they will be seen as prejudiced. So while our liberal elite wrings its hands in anguish and makes school children celebrate Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah — and Easter — hundreds of young people are being seduced to join Islamist fanatics abroad, thousands of young girls are shipped off to have their genitals mutilated, and many more are pressured into marriages they do not want.’

    If you cannot access the Sunday Times article, Bill Muehlenberg carries a lot of what Trevor Phillips wrote here.

     

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    Sadiq Khan and the Muslim Card

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    Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting and Labour's candidate for Mayor of London
    Rt Hon Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting and Labour’s candidate for Mayor of London

    A report in the Spectator magazine claims Sadiq Khan, Labour’s London Mayoral candidate, is playing the ‘Muslim Card’ in May’s election.

    Recognising that Khan’s Islamic faith is disadvantageous in the wake of 9/11, the London 7th July attacks, Islamic State atrocities, Muslim migrants, sex attacks in Cologne and a rash of cases of Muslims grooming and trafficking young women, his advisors are trying to turn it to his advantage.

    The Spectator’s Brendan O’Neill says Khan and his team are claiming it would send a ‘phenomenal’ message about London’s tolerance if voters were to elect Khan.

    ‘I thought politics was about voting for someone who had the same outlook as you?’ asks O’Neill.  ‘Now it seems to be about voting for someone who isdifferent to you, to show you aren’t bigoted.’

    He complains of the 45-year-old ‘Islamifying what ought to be a straight political contest.’  And O’Neill has a message for Khan: ‘You must prove yourself to London, not the other way round.’

    ‘Kuffar are cattle’

    Muslim writer Mehdi Hassan (aged 37) has chipped in for Khan, saying his election would show Muslims can succeed and, disturbingly, that not to elect him would drive young Muslims (like Hassan presumably) into the arms of extremists.  Vote Khan or you’ll be blown up.

    Mehdi Hassan telling the Oxford Union debating society that Islam is a peaceful religion
    Mehdi Hassan telling the Oxford Union debating society that Islam is a peaceful religion

    Hassan works as a presenter on the Qatari Al-Jazeera channel and is astonisingly also political editor of the Huffington Post.  Another Spectator article, this time by Douglas Murray, reports the fanatical Muslim describing ‘kuffar’ (unbelievers) as ‘people of no intelligence’ and ‘cattle’.

    Women are prostitutes

    It gets worse.

    Last week, an advisor and aide to Sadiq Khan was suspended after comments emerged on his twitter account which were less than complimentary to homosexuals and women.  Most of them are too disgusting or crass to reprint.  Among the less offensive, in May 2012 Shueb Salar posted a tweet saying “currently hating on all you faggots who have finished uni”, and the next month he tweeted “f*** all you hoes”.  ‘Hoe’, meaning ‘whore’ is a derogatory term for women popular in some subcultures.  Salar also called women ‘bitches’.

    Only when footage surfaced of Salar on a shooting weekend was he actually sacked, ostensibly for tweeting he could be a htiman.  According to the Evening Standard, he posted a video online showing him firing a rifle and bragged about spending a weekend “shooting stuff with real guns, knives, crossbows and bow and arrows”.  He thought it was funny to add the comments #I’mASecretHitman, #ShoutMeIfYouWantMeToTakeCareOfSomeone and #I’llMakeItLookLikeAnAccident.

    Shueb Salar - suspended by Sadiq Khan over 'hoes' comments, sacked for posing with guns.
    Shueb Salar – suspended by Sadiq Khan over ‘hoes’ comments, sacked for posing with guns.

    Muslim attitudes

    Salar’s views about women, let alone homosexuals, are routine among young Muslim men.  Too many trials of Muslims involved in sexual crimes have revealed a deep contempt for women, particularly white women, who are seen as fair game, or as ‘hoes’.  The mass sexual assaults in Cologne this New Year illustrate the point exactly.

    Salar’s LinkedIn profile – at this time of writing – still says: ‘I assist Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP in his Parliamentary duties, researching and assisting in the drafting of speeches, reports, press releases, briefings, Parliamentary questions, letters and email correspondence as and when required. I respond to enquiries from constituents, other politicians, the media, lobbyists and pressure groups. Topics include human rights, foreign affairs and all other current policy issues. Where necessary, I represent him at events/meetings and occasionally deal with some constituency casework.’

    Muslim for Mayor?

    Disturbingly, Sadiq Khan thought Shueb Salar was a fit and proper person to carry out those extensive duties. Either he checked on Salar and found his views acceptable or he didn’t and is incompetent.  How many other Muslim aides does he employ?  What are their views?

    Khan voted for ‘gay marriage’ and abortion.  He does not like Christians speaking out against Islam, voting for Tony Blair’s infamous Racial and Religious Hatred Bill.  But outside Westminster, how far does his Islamic faith inform his view of the world, for example, of Israel, of the place of women?

    The Salar story has sent out a ‘phenomenal message’ about Muslim misogyny, boorishness and intolerance.  Will it influence the election result in May? Sadiq Khan’s decision to play the ‘Muslim Card’ may yet come back to haunt him.

     

    Deut 13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. (KJV – whenever you see ‘the LORD’ in the King James Version it stands for the actual name of the Almighty in the Hebrew text: ‘YHWH’, [ie NOT Allah!])

    1Kings 12:8  But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him…

     

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    Jeremy and the Privy Council

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    Jeremy Corbyn

    Every leader of the opposition becomes a Privy Councillor and Jeremy Corbyn will be no exception, even if he is a life-long republican and joining involves kneeling before the Queen.

    The Privy Council’s role is to advise the Queen in carrying out her duties, such as the exercise of prerogative powers and other functions assigned to them by Acts of Parliament, we understand.

    But the Council is also privy to highly-classified security information and matters that frankly us ordinary folk never get to know about.

    It’s quite an exclusive club.

    Today it was reported that Mr Corbyn had another appointment which meant he could not attend today’s meeting.  It’s been big news, but no-one should interpret his absence as a snub.  Out of six hundred members, fewer than a dozen normally attend, although, as leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, Mr Corbyn should be there in future.

    Each person asked to be a privy councilllor takes this oath (or an affirmation version of it, is they object to Almighty God.  The candidate is asked, in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen:

    You do swear by Almighty God to be a true and faithful Servant unto the Queen’s Majesty, as one of Her Majesty’s Privy Council. You will not know or understand of any manner of thing to be attempted, done, or spoken against Her Majesty’s Person, Honour, Crown, or Dignity Royal, but you will lett and withstand the same to the uttermost of your Power, and either cause it to be revealed to Her Majesty Herself, or to such of Her Privy Council as shall advertise Her Majesty of the same. You will, in all things to be moved, treated, and debated in Council, faithfully and truly declare your Mind and Opinion, according to your Heart and Conscience; and will keep secret all Matters committed and revealed unto you, or that shall be treated of secretly in Council. And if any of the said Treaties or Counsels shall touch any of the Counsellors, you will not reveal it unto him, but will keep the same until such time as, by the Consent of Her Majesty, or of the Council, Publication shall be made thereof. You will to your uttermost bear Faith and Allegiance unto the Queen’s Majesty; and will assist and defend all Jurisdictions, Pre-eminences, and Authorities, granted to Her Majesty, and annexed to the Crown by Acts of Parliament, or otherwise, against all Foreign Princes, Persons, Prelates, States, or Potentates. And generally in all things you will do as a faithful and true Servant ought to do to Her Majesty. So help you God.

     

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    Syria – Sense and Compassion

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    The Russian air strikes in Syria have set fur flying in Westminster.  But despite the strutting ministers, some people are speaking with sense and compassion, among them former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey and Crispin Blunt, a little-known MP who chairs one of the most influential select committees in the House of Commons.

    Firstly, on Sunday 4th of October 2015, former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey was reported saying that the United Kingdom has a responsibility to Syrian Christians.

    Lord Carey said: “Time is running out for Christians in the region. Successive UK governments have failed to do enough to support minority communities in the Middle East and now sadly, many Christians have concluded they have no future in a region where they have lived for nearly two thousand years.”

    He did not condemn Russia’s air strikes, but our Defence Secretary did.  Michael Fallon MP said Mr Putin was targeting the ‘Free Syrian Army’ and claimed: “He’s shoring up Assad and perpetuating the suffering.”

    But also over the weekend, the Chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee said that Britain and the US were getting “in the way” of solving the Syrian civil war by calling for Assad to step down.

    Mr Crispin Blunt MP said it was not “helpful” for David Cameron to compare Assad’s regime with the actions of ISIS terrorists. And he said the West was “in no position to complain” about Russian airstrikes in Syria.

    We reported last month that Mr Blunt’s committee heard from experts on Syria, among them learned professors and journalists who agreed that Mr Fallon’s ‘Free Syrian Army’ is a busted flush and that the the Syrian Opposition is now totally dominated by Islamic State and Al Qaeda offshoots like the Al Nusra Front.

    Much as one might dislike Bashar Al-Assad, said one expert, if he goes Syria implodes. There is no other guarantor of stability. It’s Assad or the Deluge, said another.

    So when Mr Fallon complains that the Russians are shoring up Assad, I respond on the video, ‘You mean, they are preventing Syria from becoming a failed state like Libya is after our intervention? How inconsiderate of them.’

    Our Government, including the previous gung-ho foreign secretary William, now Lord, Hague, bear much of the responsibility for the mass displacement of people by encouraging, supplying, training, even arming, Syrian rebel groups. It is we who have perpetuated the suffering, not Assad.

    The sadness is, we can’t trust either our government or that of the US to tell us the truth.

    The word of God tells us to support Christian brothers and sisters and to pray for our leaders. So I’m praying to hear from Mr Cameron that he is prepared to prioritise asylum to Syrian Christians, and that he will work humbly with Syria and its allies to defeat Islamic State and bring stability to Syria – and Iraq – so that the Christians, and the other minorities, can return to areas they and their ancestors have lived in, as Dr Carey reminded us, for two thousand years.

    Please take a look at the video above and see if it is the prophetic voice I am praying it will be:

     

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    Labour: who’s best – and worst – for Israel?

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    A fortnight ago, in a video, we looked at the House of Commons voting record of the four contenders for the UK Labour Party leadership.  We saw that Andy Burnham and Jeremy Corbyn had small things going for them.

    But what are the candidates’ positions on Israel?  In particular, and as he now seems certain to be elected, what is Jeremy Corbyn’s stance?

    And what should be a Christian response?

    In this new video, we ask – and answer – those questions. You can comment about it there or here.

    Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.  (KJV)

    Green Party could legalise ‘three-way marriages’

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    Natalie Bennett launching the GreenParty's 'LGBTIQ' manifesto in Soho with Peter Tatchell (l)
    Natalie Bennett launching the GreenParty’s ‘LGBTIQ’ manifesto in Soho with Peter Tatchell (l)

    The leader of the Green Party has said she would be open to discussing the possibility of legalising three-way ‘marriages’.

    Natalie Bennett made her comments at the launch of her Party’s ‘LGBTIQ’ manifesto (That’s ‘lesbian, gay, bisexual, transggender, intersex and queer’ apparently) in Soho, London.

    Ms Bennett said she was “open to further discussion and consultation” on the issue after being asked whether the Greens would support group civil partnerships and marriages by a Pink News reader who said he was living with two boyfriends in a stable long-term relationship.

    She said: “At present, we do not have a policy on civil partnerships involving more than two people.”  But since Green Party policy is made up by its members, all that could change overnight.

    The Green Party is easily at the libertarian end of the spectrum on social issues, but fanatically authoritarian on anything the affects climate change, the environment, or animals.  One of its policies is to ban rabbit hutches.

    Ms Bennett was accompanied in Soho by fellow Australian and homosexual activist Peter Tatchell, a Green Party supporter.

     

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    Tories boast about ‘gay marriage’

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    GayWeddingConservative Manifesto page 46:

    “We will champion equal rights and correct past wrongs.  Our historic introduction of gay marriage has helped drive forward equality and strengthened the institution of marriage. But there is still more to do, and we will continue to champion equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people. We will build on the posthumous pardon of Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide following his conviction for gross indecency, with a broader measure to lift the blight of outdated convictions of this nature. Thousands of British men still suffer from similar historic charges, even though they would be completely innocent of any crime today. Many others are dead and cannot correct this injustice themselves through the legal process we have introduced while in government. So we will introduce a new law that will pardon those people, and right these wrongs.”

    The Tories are actually proud of wrecking the institution of marriage!  And they want to do more.

    David Cameron counting the ways 'gay-marriage' has destroyed real marriage.
    David Cameron counting the ways ‘gay-marriage’ has destroyed real marriage.

    They want in particular to tear up the convictions for men convicted of sodomy and gross indecency.  No doubt that will benefit some of the older political class.

    On page 63 of their manifesto they say:

    “We will outlaw groups that foment hate with the introduction of new Banning Orders for extremist organisations.”

    Don’t let’s be fooled that this just means Islamic groups.  It means any group the Government doesn’t like.  If you are Christian Voice or Abort 67 (cannot think of any other groups really upsetting the apple-cart just now – your suggestions please?) then stand by for dawn raids and all your equipment being confiscated.

    At her coronation on 2nd June 1953, Her Majesty the Queen took an oath to “Maintain the laws of God and the True Profession of the Gospel”.  That oath is binding on her ministers, who, according to Romans 13, are also ‘ministers of God’ to us ‘for good’.

    Ask your Conservative candidate if he/she agrees with the manifesto on these points.  Do they support ‘gay marriage’?  If any do, what Christian can possibly vote for them?

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