Law
society promotes sharia law in
new guidance for solicitors.
The Law
Society has issued new guidelines for solicitors on how to draft “sharia
compliant” wills which deny women an equal share of inheritance and exclude
non-Muslims entirely.
The guidelines, which would be recognised by British courts, were quietly published for lawyers in England and Wales this month to “assist solicitors who have been instructed to prepare a valid will, which follows sharia succession rules”. Christian Concern.
Ask yourself this: If Christians were to have an identical rule - would it be made legal or illegal?
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Ever Wonder Why People Have Had Enough of The PC Brigade?
I Have Just Noticed.
St Edmundsbury Borough Council (Haverhill East): UKIP 529, Lab 240, Con 157, LD 54, (UKIP gain from Con). (Published last week on this Blog.)
The UKIP vote beat the LibLabCon COMBINED. Now that really does look like a party 'on the up', doesn't it?
The UKIP vote beat the LibLabCon COMBINED. Now that really does look like a party 'on the up', doesn't it?
Putin the Cunning.
I agree with both parts of the statement - he is cleverer than our dripping wet politicians!
King Athelstan.
Noah The Movie.
Noah, review: 'spectacular and surprising.'
Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah', starring Russell Crowe, is a sharp, ambitious film that's far more than a straightforward re-telling of the biblical tale, says Robbie Collin.
Tanks Owned.
Switzerland - 380.
The UK - 227.
The UK - 227.
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| Challenger 2. Just think about what this means, please. Now, who precisely is to blame? The notion of 'peace dividends' did not work when the Kaiser was no more than a nuisance. It did not work in the 1930s - as Hitler armed - we were disarming! |
Most To Blame For Gains By Hard Right - Hollande or The EU?
Riot police called in as violent clashes break out across France after far-right National Front win dramatic gains in local elections
Police and demonstrators have clashed in the French holiday towns of Frejus and Beziers after exit polls showed victory for the National Front. Mail.
Atheism Analysed.
False axioms (agenda-based or false philosophy-based
):
1. Science can reveal all truth.
2. Reality is totally physical.
3. There is no first cause.
4. Science entertains no beliefs or belief system.
5. Certain scientific “theories” are settled and may not be questioned.
6. The human mind is deterministic.
7. Nothing is absolute [including this “axiom”].
8. Absence of evidence is evidence of absence.
2. Reality is totally physical.
3. There is no first cause.
4. Science entertains no beliefs or belief system.
5. Certain scientific “theories” are settled and may not be questioned.
6. The human mind is deterministic.
7. Nothing is absolute [including this “axiom”].
8. Absence of evidence is evidence of absence.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
A Trivial Sentence!
Drug dealer Scott Turner was jailed for four years at Sheffield Crown CourtA drug dealer who was supplying class A drugs across South Yorkshire has been jailed for four years.
Scott Turner, aged 23, of Bainbridge Road, Balby, Doncaster, was convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of possessing and supplying drugs.
The court hear Turner sold heroin and crack cocaine across Doncaster "and beyond".
South Yorkshire Police said drug dealers had caused "untold misery" to families in the county.
BBC.
Scott Turner, aged 23, of Bainbridge Road, Balby, Doncaster, was convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of possessing and supplying drugs.
The court hear Turner sold heroin and crack cocaine across Doncaster "and beyond".
South Yorkshire Police said drug dealers had caused "untold misery" to families in the county.
BBC.
Divided They Fall.
I shall believe these people when they sign up to 'Better off Out' - and the vast majority have not! Eurosceptics or manipulators of voters - who can know? Stay safe - VOTE UKIP - you know their stance!
Child Poverty?
British children are going to school hungry 'every day' because their families are too poor to feed them, says leading Catholic Bishop.
'Veneer of prosperity' in cities like Liverpool masks the true scale of the problem, says Rt Revd Malcolm McMahon. Mail on Sunday.
Silly, silly man. Two slices of bread and marmalade may not be the healthiest start to the day but, carefully shopped, would cost a maximum of £1-04 per week. (70p longlife loaf, 27p full jar of marmalade (will use less than half), approximately 7p in basic spread. Can be done even cheaper using 50pence basic loaves. Arguably, just £0-84p! Do it the cheaper way and a piece of seasonal fruit could be added on several days and still remain within the top figure.)
So who actually are these families? Can they afford alcohol? Can they afford tobacco? Can they afford illegal drugs? Does child benefit not run to considerably more than £1-04 per week?
The overwhelming majority of this kind of poverty is, in fact, child abuse by dreadful parenting. I have friends who have worked directly amongst such families who have been able to give me chapter and verse.
Russ.
Congratulations are in order.
Baroness Warsi Takes To Insults To Undermine UKIP.
'Fruitcakes, closet racists et al.' Does she not see that absurd insults only make the party stronger? 'Fruitcakes', if you must, but the 'racist' jibe is an unadulterated LIE - and she knows it!
Scientology's Secrets.
The book Scientologists kept you from reading for 27 years: Banned biography of L. Ron Hubbard reveals the bizarre sex-rituals and racist writings of church founder
A book Scientologists have kept off the shelves of American book stores for 27-years that alleges church founder L. Ron Hubbard was a fantasist with a predilection for bizarre sexual rituals is finally to be published. Mail.
Falling Out of Love?
Even Germany's intellectual elite is falling out of love with the EU -
28/03/2014
16:51:30
In 2007, euroscepticism was a British issue. It isn't any more.
http://euobserver.com/opinion/123673
In 2007, euroscepticism was a British issue. It isn't any more.
http://euobserver.com/opinion/123673
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Cameron 'Paying The Price.'
“Yet this [new] poll proves that David Cameron’s continued support for redefining marriage, without any mandate from the British people, is still costing huge numbers of votes, ensuring that the 2014 local and Euro elections could be even worse. Telegraph. "This policy seems to be the ultimate vote loser.” 
More CPS Failings.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2591515/Judge-accuses-prosecutors-miscarriage-justice-meant-jail-vicious-thugs-smashed-tattoo-artists-jaw-longer.html
Cherie - You Make Me Sick.( If He Had Publicly Repented ... Maybe. But ...)
Cherie Blair hugging Martin McGuinness in London this week. I feel ill! Labour voters - THIS is how high-riding members of your party act and think!
Tories Scared.
Just one in 10 Ukip supporters would consider switching their vote to keep Ed Miliband out of Downing Street, a major new poll revealed yesterday.
The study by the former Tory deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft found that most supporters of the anti-EU party do not believe to David Cameron's warning that they risk wrecking hopes of an EU referendum by aiding a Labour victory.
The finding is a major blow to the Tories who fear a strong showing for Ukip in next year's General Election could cost them dozens of seats.
The Tories 'Vote Ukip, get Labour' - or 'Vote Farage, get Miliband' slogan is expected to play a key role in the party's strategy next year.
But the new study of 2,300 Ukip supporters found that that just over half (51 per cent) disagreed with the statement 'a vote for Ukip makes the prospect of Ed Miliband becoming Prime Minister more likely'.
Almost a quarter (23 per cent) agreed they might inadvertently help Labour into power but said they did not care.
Just 10 per cent said they would consider changing their vote to keep Mr Miliband out.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2591965/Blow-Tories-one-10-Ukip-voters-switch-stop-Ed-Miliband.html#ixzz2xKIKZ9zl
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This is soooo dishonest. It is based on trying to con people that 'voting UKIP holds dangers'. UKIP takes a few more Tory votes than Labour but that gap is rapidly narrowing by the week!
Democracy Has Not Had Its Say!
Give
opponents of same-sex 'marriage' a chance to air their views, says BBC
Magazine
An article published in the on-line BBC
Magazine has highlighted that same-sex 'marriage' is not supported by all
homosexual individuals, and that many people feel that they have been denied the
opportunity to express their concerns about the new
legislation.
"Sometimes the debate on gay marriage has been polarised, casting those who supported the measure as the right-thinking and those who opposed it as irrational and guilty of tacit homophobia," it says.
"The law to allow gay marriage passed quickly and there are those who still feel they have not had a proper chance to air their concerns. There are not just religious objections to changing the definition of marriage...Not every gay person is in favour of gay marriage." Christian Concern.Read more >
An article published in the on-line BBC
Magazine has highlighted that same-sex 'marriage' is not supported by all
homosexual individuals, and that many people feel that they have been denied the
opportunity to express their concerns about the new
legislation."Sometimes the debate on gay marriage has been polarised, casting those who supported the measure as the right-thinking and those who opposed it as irrational and guilty of tacit homophobia," it says.
"The law to allow gay marriage passed quickly and there are those who still feel they have not had a proper chance to air their concerns. There are not just religious objections to changing the definition of marriage...Not every gay person is in favour of gay marriage." Christian Concern.Read more >
NOT Born That Way?
“Nobody
is born that way", gay historians say
American
journalist, David Benkof, has published an essay concluding that scholarly
research on homosexuality indicates "gayness" is much more socio-cultural than
biological.
He has interviewed leading scholars of homosexual history and anthropololgy, almost all LGBT themselves, and reports that they have decisively concluded that ‘gayness’ is a product of Western society originating about 150 years ago.
He says the scholars he met were dismayed or appalled by the idea that being homosexual was “hard-wired” or innate. Christian Concern.
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| David Benkof |
He has interviewed leading scholars of homosexual history and anthropololgy, almost all LGBT themselves, and reports that they have decisively concluded that ‘gayness’ is a product of Western society originating about 150 years ago.
He says the scholars he met were dismayed or appalled by the idea that being homosexual was “hard-wired” or innate. Christian Concern.
Easter Week Irregularities On This Blog.
Postings on this Blog between Palm Sunday and Easter Monday will continue but articles will be fewer and times of posting may be erratic. I apologise in advance for any inconvenience that this may cause to regular readers.
No Labour or Tory Involvement In 'That Debate.'
Council By-Elections.
This week's key by-election
results:
St
Edmundsbury Borough Council (Haverhill East): UKIP 529, Lab 240, Con 157, LD 54, (UKIP gain from
Con).
Haverhill Town Council (Haverhill East): UKIP 630, LD 107,
Lab 229, (UKIP gain from Con).
Salford, Swinton
South: Lab 661, Con 298, UKIP 215, Green
196, ED 54, TUSAC 43.
In Sunderland St Annes - UKIP took 2nd with over 28% of the vote.
Christian Concern Gives The Full Picture.
UKIP
reiterates current opposition to same-sex ‘marriage’
UKIP leader
Nigel Farage has re-stated his party’s opposition to same-sex ‘marriage’,
emphasising concerns to protect religious freedom.
Last week, UKIP’s press office released comments attributed to Mr Farage suggesting that the party’s position on the controversial legislation had changed. But in a correction, Mr Farage said that the statement ‘was not made by me and not approved by me’.
In his statement he explained, “we were concerned that because of the role of the European Court of Human Rights in British law that faith communities which had strong objections were at risk of being force to conduct gay marriages.” He reiterated the point when asked during this week’s broadcast debate with Nick Clegg whether he supported same-sex 'marriage', as did Roger Helmer MEP on this week's edition of Question Time.
Mr Farage’s statement also alluded to “ongoing debate” within the party about how to protect “faith communities from ultimately being compelled to conduct same-sex marriages”, noting that “some gay rights activists are already talking about taking legal action in Strasbourg to force this issue.”
Andrea Williams says: “It is reassuring that as the European elections approach, unlike David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage recognises problems with same-sex ‘marriage’ and maintains his opposition. UKIP is right to fear the consequences for the freedom of churches. Like UKIP we are aware that some activists are already talking about using legal action to force churches to conduct same-sex marriage and there is no room for complacency.
“However, our opposition to redefining marriage has been broader than merely protecting Christian conscience. We are concerned for the long-term consequences for children, adults and communities of the dismantling and marginalisation of God’s beautiful blueprint for marriage.
“We shall follow UKIP’s ‘ongoing discussion’ on the issue very closely. Some commentators have suggested that church marriage and state marriage should be decoupled in order to maintain protection. Whatever the motivation, any such move should be strongly resisted. At this point in time, it would only lead to real marriage being further pushed to the margins of society."
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Last week, UKIP’s press office released comments attributed to Mr Farage suggesting that the party’s position on the controversial legislation had changed. But in a correction, Mr Farage said that the statement ‘was not made by me and not approved by me’.
In his statement he explained, “we were concerned that because of the role of the European Court of Human Rights in British law that faith communities which had strong objections were at risk of being force to conduct gay marriages.” He reiterated the point when asked during this week’s broadcast debate with Nick Clegg whether he supported same-sex 'marriage', as did Roger Helmer MEP on this week's edition of Question Time.
Mr Farage’s statement also alluded to “ongoing debate” within the party about how to protect “faith communities from ultimately being compelled to conduct same-sex marriages”, noting that “some gay rights activists are already talking about taking legal action in Strasbourg to force this issue.”
Andrea Williams says: “It is reassuring that as the European elections approach, unlike David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage recognises problems with same-sex ‘marriage’ and maintains his opposition. UKIP is right to fear the consequences for the freedom of churches. Like UKIP we are aware that some activists are already talking about using legal action to force churches to conduct same-sex marriage and there is no room for complacency.
“However, our opposition to redefining marriage has been broader than merely protecting Christian conscience. We are concerned for the long-term consequences for children, adults and communities of the dismantling and marginalisation of God’s beautiful blueprint for marriage.
“We shall follow UKIP’s ‘ongoing discussion’ on the issue very closely. Some commentators have suggested that church marriage and state marriage should be decoupled in order to maintain protection. Whatever the motivation, any such move should be strongly resisted. At this point in time, it would only lead to real marriage being further pushed to the margins of society."
Read more >
World Vision Backtracks.
World Vision, one of the biggest charities in the US, which asks donors to sponsor hungry children, said early this week that it was to broaden its recruitment pool to include gay married Christians as a gesture of unity for a faith that has been riven by the issue of same-sex marriage.
However rather than approval, the charity received immediate censure, with the faithful declaring on social networks and in online message boards that they had cancelled their sponsorships with the organisation.
Less than two days after making the announcement, World Vision, which boasts an annual budget of $1 billion, backpedalled on the decision, calling it “a mistake”.
On reversing the move, World Vision president Richard Stearns told Christianity Today, “We feel pain and a broken heart for the confusion we caused for many friends who saw this policy change as a strong reversal of World Vision's commitment to biblical authority, which it was not intended to be."
On reversing the move, World Vision president Richard Stearns told Christianity Today, “We feel pain and a broken heart for the confusion we caused for many friends who saw this policy change as a strong reversal of World Vision's commitment to biblical authority, which it was not intended to be."
"Rather than creating more unity [among Christians], we created more division, and that was not the intent," he added. Huff Post.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Good News on Prostate Cancer.
British hospitals are testing a game-changing “personalised” type of radiotherapy that erases the disease in double-quick time and boosts survival chances.It is hoped the treatment could be available on the NHS within two years.
Prostate cancer is the most common form of the disease in men accounting for 25 per cent of all cases. It kills 11,000 in Britain every year. But the milestone treatment offers fresh hope to 40,000 men newly diagnosed every year. Express.
Diane Abbott In Trouble Amongst Her Own ...
... tweeting at Tony Benn's funeral. (Not playing nicely by all accounts!)
Secrets of The Vatican. Channel 4 - All The Coverups.
No improvements since the
Borgias? This stains all of Christendom NOT just the RC
Church!
Nigeria - Bad To Worse.
By Stoyan
Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter
March 2014|12:44
pm
Three Christian villages were burned down in an attack in Nigeria's Kaduna state, with reports stating that more than 100 people were "hacked and burned to death," allegedly by Muslim gunmen.
"We are still picking bodies out of the bush, but so
far there are more than 100 killed," said Daniel Anyip, vice chairman of the
Kaura local government authority, according to Reuters.
Chenshyi village chief Nuhu Moses revealed that the entire
village was burned down, with gunmen having killed more than 50
people.
"The unfortunate attack on our communities has led to
killing of more than 100 Christians," the Rev. Yakubu Gandu Nkut, chairman of
the Zankan area chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, told Morning Star News. "The wife of one of our pastors, Mrs. Jummai Likita Riku,
and her three children, from the ECWA (Evangelical Church Winning All) church,
Ugwar Sankwai, were killed in the attack."
Read
more at http://global.christianpost.com/news/three-christian-villages-burned-down-in-nigeria-over-100-people-hacked-and-burned-to-death-116235/#ERck7O3lRayseUjE.99
Mary Riddell Turns Patronising!
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/maryriddell/100265229/the-political-class-should-be-terrified-of-nigel-farage/
A LoonyTunesWatch Coconut Is Hereby Awarded To The North Korean Leader.
North Korean men will be mandated by law to adopt
haircuts matching that of leader Kim Jong-un, in accordance with a new law
initially implemented in the capital, Pyongyang, two weeks ago, and extended to
the rest of the country this week, Radio Free Asia reported.Times of
Israel.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Missionary John Short.
John Short, the 75-year-old Christian missionary who was recently
freed from imprisonment in North Korea, said remembering Bible scriptures helped
him through his "grueling" 13-day investigation by government
authorities.
Christian News.
'The Assassin Reassessed' Well Received.
The Assassin Reassessed is a thrilling and thought-provoking read. Buy new through Lulu for £9-99 or if a gift for yourself - it is just £1-53 on Kindle.
I Visited The Butterfly House At North Anston Yesterday.
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Choccie Scams.
Let us consider a chocolate-covered bar weighing
between 48 and 65 grams. Whether it covers biscuit, nougat, caramel et al -
precisely what % of the bar is actually choccie?
I would suggest that few achieve a lofty 20% which
means an absolute maximum of 13 grams of chocolate. This, naturally, has been
adulterated with milk, fats and other additives
If we suggest that 7 grams is the likely maximum of
actual chocolate in any such bar - we begin to gain a
perspective.
Let us postulate a mighty 20% increase in chocolate
prices internationally - we are talking about the equivalent of a mere 1.4 grams
- give or take.
So how does this minute amount justify chocolate bar
price rises of, say, 25% - or size reductions?
It is a ripoff amongst the very worst of ripoffs. Scam
alert!
Further proof needed? Check the price rises on actual
dark chocolate bars in cheaper supermarkets over the last three years in which
the % of actual chocolate is actually much higher than in caramel-style bars et
al. Price rises are NOT of this order.
Farage v Clegg.
57% Farage.
36% Clegg.
Farage won comfortably enough on the first debate but
missed several open goals.
By his own standards, he was not at his sparkling best - but did he really need to be? Easy ... easy ... easy!
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Block EU Powers?
Most British and German voters
believe that national parliaments should be able to block new EU laws,
according to a survey out Wednesday.
http://euobserver.com/news/123290
ACQUIS COMMAUNITAIRE! (As oft times explained on this Blog) ensures that this is not possible!)
ACQUIS COMMAUNITAIRE! (As oft times explained on this Blog) ensures that this is not possible!)
Not Permitted An Opinion.
Abort67 seek police intervention after Sussex university students block pro-life display
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N.U.T. Strike.
Blame Gove. He will not listen! It does not affect me - and generally I
dislike the NUT - but this time they are
right.
Climate Prof Breaks Ranks!
A climate scientist has accused the United Nations of being too alarmist over global warming – and demanded his name be removed from a crucial new report.
Professor Richard Tol, an economist at the University of Sussex, said fellow UN academics were exaggerating climate change and comparing it to the ‘apocalypse’.
His comments are a blow to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which on Monday will publish its first update in seven years on the impacts of climate change.
Previous IPCC reports on climate impact have been plagued by errors that damaged the body’s credibility.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2589424/UK-professor-refuses-to-apocalyptic-UN-climate-change-survey.html#ixzz2x2CZzB9m
YouGov.
The UK Independence Party is on course to win this May’s elections to the European Parliament. YouGov’s first survey in the run-up to the election puts UKIP on 26%, six points behind Labour and three ahead of the Conservatives. In past euro-elections, UKIP’s support has increased as the election approaches. If this pattern is repeated, UKIP is likely to overtake Labour by polling day.
http://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/01/16/european-elections-ukip-closes-first-place/
http://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/01/16/european-elections-ukip-closes-first-place/
Copenhagen Zoo's Shame!
The Denmark zoo that drew international
condemnation for putting down Marius the healthy giraffe has now killed four
lions. Copenhagen Zoo
euthanised two older animals and two cubs on Monday to
make way for a new male. Huff
post.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Evenhanded? - No Way!
British troops conduct street searches of people entering Londonderry in
1972. (Photo: PA)
Any fair-minded person would have been sickened by the contrast in the treatment of IRA/Sinn Fein terrorist murderers and
soldiers who risked their lives in protecting people against
them.
Bringing to an end an armed insurrection and the making of a lasting
settlement was bound to involve some hard-to-swallow deals. What has bedevilled
that process in Northern Ireland is an extraordinary naivety on the side of
successive ministers, and the scarcely suppressed Foreign Office view that
Northern Ireland, like the Falklands, would be best dealt with by a surrender to
violence – which would also improve our relations with the powerful anti-British
lobby within the Democratic Party, personified by the Kennedy clan.
Had Airey Neave not been murdered within the precincts of the Palace of
Westminster by Irish Republican terrorists, that would not have been so. He was
absolutely clear that the defeat of the armed insurrection was the essential
first step towards a constitutional settlement.
The irony and the tragedy of events was that even the politicians within
the Northern Ireland Office did not understand that despite their defeatism, the
Army and security services had the IRA by the throat and on its knees, and that
was why it sought a ceasefire and negotiation of a settlement.
As we all now know, our security service had informers in the highest
councils of IRA/Sinn Fein. Inevitably that meant that even with the knowledge of
a planned bombing the security services could not always act to prevent it
without giving away the identity of their informers.
What they could do, and I understand did do, was to methodically acquire
the evidence with which one very senior IRA/Sinn Fein killer was to have been
charged with eight killings.
I suspect that it was that which precipitated the IRA/Sinn Fein plea for
talks. All that has now been exposed about the secret letters which in effect
gave immunity from prosecution to a number of the "On The Runs" makes me wonder
about what understandings were give before the senior IRA/Sinn Fein terrorists
took their seats at the table to agree what is commonly known as the Good Friday
Agreement.
Although it sticks in my throat to see among them those who planned,
financed and commissioning of the bombing, which has left my wife in the prison
of her injuries for almost 30 years with no possibility of release except into
the grave, I have to accept that it has saved many other innocent
lives.
What turns my stomach is that our soldiers who risked their lives to save
so many others should, unlike the terrorists they fought, now be at risk of
prosecution.
That I will not accept. Norman
Tebbitt.
Ethnic Cleansing.
Ethnic Cleansing Could Lead to Mass Exodus of Middle East Christians
By
Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison
The
former President of Lebanon, Amine Gemayel, is a Maronite Christian. He recently
warned of "an exodus approaching biblical proportions." Gemayel told a gathering
in Zurich of Christian Solidarity International (CSI) and other human rights
activists that the current wave of church burnings, murders, and riots against
Christians in the Mideast is the work of radical Islamists. The former Lebanese
leaders own brother had been assassinated in Beirut by these same jihadists.
Christian News.
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