Make The French Earn Our Gifts of Money!

Here’s a simple idea – for every single migrant who successfully crosses from France and lands on British shores, France should be fined £1million. Not a token slap on the wrist but a proper, painful financial consequence. JJ Anisiobi.

Birdie.

 

Increasing Church Attendances.

Trying to increase attendance is biggest challenge for church leaders.

Trying to increase attendance is biggest challenge for church leaders Staff writer Other concerns including improving discipleship and engaging younger generations.

https://www.christiantoday.com/news/trying-to-increase-attendance-is-biggest-challenge-for-church-leaders

1,400 Christian Martyrs.

 Over 1,400 Christians killed in Nigeria so far this year.

 (Photo: Getty/iStock)

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has reported that 1,402 Christians were killed by armed groups in Nigeria over a 96-day period this year. 

The incidents are said to have occurred between January 1, 2026, and April 6, 2026, spanning from New Year’s Day to Easter Monday, Nigeria's Daily Post newspaper reports.

1,402 Christians killed in Nigeria between Jan-April 2026 - Intersociety... Emmanuel Ugwueze A rights group, International Society for Civil Rights and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has alleged that there is ...

In its latest update, Intersociety said that 1,800 Christians were abducted in the same period - with 180 of the abductees killed. 

“Out of every 1,000 abducted, 100 will never come back,” said Intersociety chairman, Emeka Umeagbalasi.

Marriage.

 

Religion in The Workplace.

 Religion is often left unspoken in the workplace despite widespread faith identity, research finds.

Religion is often left unspoken in the workplace despite widespread fait... Obianuju Mbah Fifteen per cent of UK employees with a faith say they have experienced religious discrimination in the workplace.

https://www.christiantoday.com/news/religion-is-often-left-unspoken-in-the-workplace-despite-widespread-faith-identity-research-finds

Galatians 2: Only One Way To Be Justified.

 16) We know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

Bible Gateway passage: Galatians 2 - New International Version Paul Accepted by the Apostles - Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas...

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Allison Pearson.

If the fire-bombed synagogues had been mosques, the Government would respond very differently.

As attacks escalate, those in power offer platitudes instead of protection. The failure to confront anti-Semitism is shameful.

Allison Pearson

Award-winning journalist Allison Pearson is a columnist and the chief interviewer of The Telegraph.

Published 22 April 2026 12:31pm GMT+01:00

In the wake of the attempted arson attack at the Finchley Reform Synagogue last week, Britain is undeniably failing to protect its Jewish communities Credit: Lee Thomas

I was at a friend’s birthday party the other evening when a woman around my age came over and introduced herself. Instead of shaking my hand, the stranger, who knew about my support for Jews and British Friends of Israel, hugged me and when she pulled away I saw that her eyes were full of tears. “I was born here,” she said, “and I’ve always thought of myself as British first and then Jewish. But now I know I’m Jewish first.”

This is a painful realisation for so many Jews in our country who have never before had to worry about their ethnicity or religion. Our oldest, flawlessly-integrated minority is suffering amidst a truly shocking epidemic of anti-Semitism. Correction. I am no longer using that word. Call it what it is. This is racism of the most hateful and monstrous kind, raising spectres of the murderous past. In the aftermath of the October 7 massacres, criticism of Israel’s response to the rape, murder and kidnapping of its men, women and children by marauding barbarians has morphed into an escalating campaign against Jews here.

The attempted firebombing of Kenton United Synagogue in north-west London on Saturday was just the latest in a heinous wave of arson attacks. Last month, masked men set fire to four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity in Golders Green. Life-saving vehicles that helped the whole neighbourhood for goodness sake – and there was abundant goodness in that caring community. Four people were subsequently charged by police.

Last week, a synagogue and the former premises of a Jewish charity, both in north London, were attacked. Two people have been arrested in connection with an attempted arson attack at Finchley Reform Synagogue. On the same day, a Persian-language media organisation opposed to the Iranian regime was also attacked. Three people have been charged with “arson with intent to endanger life”. Unsurprisingly, the evil Islamic Republic, with its stated aim of annihilating Israel and the Jews (before coming for the rest of us), has been implicated in the attacks.

All this while British Jews are still reeling from an assault on a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur in which two men were killed as a result of action by a terrorist called Jihad al-Shamie. When he carried out the lethal attack, Jihad (clue: it means Holy War) was out on bail after being arrested on a rape charge. In Two-Tier Keir’s Britain, Islamist rapists are allowed to wander around freely and murder Jews while a Northampton childminder and bereaved mother who posts one furious, swiftly-deleted tweet about illegal migrants is remanded in custody and jailed for 31 months. The introduction by our craven Government of an “anti-Muslim hostility” definition is set to make protesting about this kind of double standard even harder.Jews I speak to are upset, frightened, angry, bewildered. Not here, surely this can’t be happening here, not in the land the late great Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks called “the kind country”? One in five British Jews tells pollsters they are planning on leaving the UK in the next five years. I know a middle-aged couple who left for Israel recently saying that a new government which took a hard line on mass immigration and integration might improve matters, but it was too far away and too risky to wait.Thankfully, many are still defiant and know that this is their home. Michael Wegier, chief executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, says the community is feeling “anxious but resilient”. “I’m hearing people who are nervous about sending their kids to Jewish schools or coming to synagogue, but one also hears exactly the opposite,” he said. “There are people who are saying, ‘We won’t be cowed, we’ve been here since the mid-17th century and we’re not going anywhere.’

I’d like to think that was true. But how can they feel safe when every other day brings some fresh report of Jewish students threatened by pro-Palestinian protesters on campus or disgusting graffiti sprayed on kosher restaurants? A football match involving Israel in the West Midlands was disgracefully called off after police caved in to “community tensions” (ie anti-Jewish bigotry). There have even been sickening examples of NHS staff posting pro-Hamas sentiments.The response of the Government and the authorities in general has been pitiful. After the Kenton synagogue attack, London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, parroted the usual “they will not divide us” platitudes. As writer and comedian David Baddiel posted on X: “Confused as to why politicians say, on another attempted arson attack on a Jewish building, ‘These terrorists are trying to divide us – and will not succeed etc’ Are they? I’d say that divisiveness is not the object. I’d say it’s trying to kill Jews.”Such bluntness is as refreshing as it is rare. There is a reason why anti-Semitism is the hatred the authorities dare not name. It undermines their narrative that “diversity is our strength” when, as Jews are discovering to their cost, too much diversity of the wrong kind can be devastating. After attacks that everyone assumes were carried out by radicalised Muslims, leaders like Khan do everything they can to obfuscate, conveniently placing the blame on free-floating “hate”. As if the British people in general somehow share the blame for a problem posed by Islamist fanatics.The other strategy is to immediately segue from an attack on a synagogue to concerns about repercussions for Muslims, which haven’t happened. “Islamophobia” is their first resort. The broadcaster Mehdi Hasan once said that anti-Semitism in the Muslim community is “our dirty little secret”. Not something you will ever hear from the mouth of Sadiq Khan.

Imagine the furore if the recent spate of attacks on synagogues had been against mosques. Starmer would have called out the Army. Jews are just told to be vigilant and are thrown a lump of money to beef up security. One primary school I saw looked like Alcatraz. Heartbreaking. DT.

Birdie.

 

Do You Remember How You Voted When We Were Asked If We Wanted A Multicultural Experiment? - No! - ME NEITHER!

 

PM paradoxically used patron saint to insist “unity” is key while ranting about Englishmen he feels betray the multicultural project.

Oliver JJ Lane.

Quite So!

 

Whaddya Know?

Green Party candidate's property firm convicted of 'environmental vandalism' after illegally burning building site waste to save money

Mohammed Suleman admitted that Fenham Properties Ltd, a company he directs and co-owns, burnt large amounts of wood in a skip that had been converted into a 'makeshift incinerator'.

Green candidate's firm illegally burned waste to save money Mark Hookham Mohammed Suleman admitted that Fenham Properties Ltd, a company he directs and co-owns, burnt large amounts of w...

Persecution!

 

Street preacher case is a 'shocking' attack on freedom of religion and speech.

 (Photo: The Christian Institute)

As Pastor Clive Johnston’s trial resumes, The Christian Institute has warned that the prosecution of a man for preaching the gospel represents a “shocking” attack on freedom of speech and religion.

Johnston was cautioned and later prosecuted for delivering an open air sermon on a Sunday in 2024.

The sermon took place by the road side and was technically within an abortion clinic buffer zone. However, the sermon made no mention of abortion and was centred on John 3:16, which states, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Johnston is accused of intentionally influencing a protected person, or being reckless as to whether his actions had that effect and could face a fine and a criminal record, if convicted. He is being supported in his case by The Christian Institute.

Simon Calvert, Deputy Director of The Christian Institute, said, “Should a law designed to stop abortion protests be used to criminalise gospel preaching? John 3:16 is a wonderful, famous verse and everyone knows it says nothing about abortion. 

“We have amazing freedom in this country to share the Christian message. That’s why we’ve taken on this case. Prosecuting Pastor Johnston for preaching ‘God so loved the world’ near a hospital on a quiet Sunday is a shocking new attempt to restrict freedom of religion and freedom of speech in a part of the world where open air gospel services are a part of the culture.” 

He added, “Christians are pro-life. But preaching the good news about Christ is not the same thing as protesting against abortion. The police and the Public Prosecution Service are overstepping the mark.” 

The US has expressed an interest in the case, with the state department saying it is “monitoring” the situation along with other similar cases, such as those prosecuted for silently praying within abortion buffer zones.

In a statement the state department said, “The United States is still monitoring many “buffer zone” cases in the UK, as well as other acts of censorship across Europe. The UK’s persecution of silent prayer represents not only an egregious violation of the fundamental right to free speech and religious liberty, but also a concerning departure from the shared values that ought to underpin US-UK relations.” 

Commenting on Pastor Johnston's case, former Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said, "It is extraordinary that in a Christian country the police think it is an offence to preach the word of God outside a hospital."

CT.

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Pupil Phones in Schools.

 I was wrong about the danger of smartphones in schools. It’s far, far worse than I thought | Lola Okolosie.

I was wrong about the danger of smartphones in schools. It’s far, far wo... The new ban in England should be welcomed. But teachers like me know that enforcement is time-consuming – and ev...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/22/school-smartphone-ban-teachers-pupils-addiction-devices

2 Peter 3.

 10) But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.

Colchester Council - SHAME ON YOU!

 Council accused of 'unprecedented' use of powers to silence gospel preaching.

The church's pastor, Stephen Clayden, street preaching. (Photo: Facebook)

Christian Concern has suggested that a local council has made an “unprecedented use of public-order powers” to silence the preaching of the gospel in Colchester city centre.

Local officials are alleged to have asked that church evangelists turn down the volume of their amplification but later made objections surrounding the content of the message being proclaimed by members of Bread of Life Community Church. 

The church, based in Clacton-on-Sea, has engaged in its evangelistic outreach ministry for some time without any formal complaints being registered.

Although the current Public Space Protection Order contains no ban on amplified sound, street wardens allegedly asked church members to stop or reduce their amplification. In November a non-legally binding Community Protection Warning was issued, followed by the threat of fines.

A legally binding Community Protection Notice (CPN) soon followed. Such a move is “unprecedented”, Christian Concern argues, because it covers the whole church and its membership, rather than individual preachers.

The CPN not only takes issue with the volume of the preaching, but with the content of the message being preached. References to hell are said to cause “harassment, alarm and distress".

The preaching is also described as “unreasonable” and as having a “detrimental effect on the community”.

Bread of Life Community Church is challenging the CPN and is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre. Colchester Magistrates’ Court will be hearing the case on 1 May.

Church pastor, Stephen Clayden, said, “We have preached the Bible lawfully and peacefully in Colchester for six years. We have harmed no one.

"We will not be intimidated into abandoning the Great Commission. We respect the law. But we cannot and will not stop preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. No council has the authority to silence the Church.”

Andrea Williams, Chief Executive of the Christian Legal Centre, described the case as “deeply alarming”.

“Public‑order powers designed to address genuine anti‑social behaviour are now being used to clamp down on Christian preaching," she said.

"Today it is amplification; tomorrow it is the content of the message itself. We are seeing a slippery slope from managing noise to policing theology.”

She added, “Preaching and public witness are central to the Christian faith and protected by law. If a church can be criminalised simply for proclaiming the gospel, then freedom of religion and speech in the UK are in serious jeopardy."

A spokesperson for Colchester Council said, "As the matter is subject to ongoing legal proceedings, it would not be appropriate for the council to comment further at this stage."

CT.