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I'm pleased to be quoted in this excellent @bylinetimes.bsky.social article by Max Colbert, highlighting the rising threat of #ChristianNationalism in the UK. For Christians to champion the inclusive love of the Gospel, we must speak out firmly against the far-right.

In practice, this will mean telling the children of bricklayers and shopworkers that it's okay for *them* to be bricklayers and shopworkers, while the children of surgeons and company directors will carry on going to university. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham saysThe government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs.www.bbc.co.uk

Predictably, we now have the sickening hypocrisy of the far-right using the horrific #BerlinPride attack to demonise Muslims. They are suddenly claiming to be pro-LGBTQ. Many of them would happily ban #Pride parades themselves if they had the chance.

#ReformUK politicians are trying to whip up outrage by complaining about the Southport killer going to Broadmoor. A secure psychiatric hospital is not a soft option. It's another form of imprisonment. Giving the killer more publicity by complaining is not helping victims.

The fourth leading story on the #BBC News website appears to be "Man who sells weapons says government should buy more weapons". This is not news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK complacent about war threat, warns BAE Systems' bossThe threat of attack has never been higher, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor has warned. Dr Charles Woodburnwww.bbc.co.uk

People sometimes reject belief in God because they don't believe in a powerful tyrant looking down on us and controlling everything. As a Christian, I don't believe in that god either. symonhill.org/2026/07/23/g...

God is not a tyrant in the skyWhen people tell me that they don’t believe in God, I sometimes ask them if they would mind telling me why. It often turns out that what they don’t believe in is a sort of powerful, controlling bei…symonhill.org

Arms dealers will be toasting #AndyBurnham's cabinet appointments: gung-ho militarist #WesStreeting at "Defence" and enthusiastic military spender #JohnHealey as Chancellor, while #ShabanaMahmood can continue to suppress peace protesters as #HomeSecretary.

#WesStreeting is just about the worst possible choice for #DefenceSecretary. He's an enthusiast for the arms industry, high military spending and subservience to the USA. He will merrily continue to sell weapons to #SaudiArabia and #Israel. #StopArmingIsrael #StopArmingSaudi

#Burnham's appointment of #JohnHealey as #Chancellor is bad news. We can expect large increases in military spending that will do nothing to make Britain or the world any safer. The only thing that military spending protects is the profits of arms companies. #NursesNotNukes

I am no supporter of #AndyBurnham but I'm impressed despite myself by his emphasis on ending #roughsleeping at the beginning of his first day of #PrimeMinister. Now we'll wait and see what actually happens!

God doesn't cause suffering. God suffers with us: symonhill.org/2026/07/18/t... #Christian #Jesus

The God of Jesus is a God who suffers with usTwo weeks ago (Sunday 5th July 2026) I led worship at New Road Baptist Church in Oxford. I was honoured to do so; this is the church that I attended for years while living in Oxford and where I ser…symonhill.org

One of the weirdest things about the next few weeks will be seeing the international media trying to explain the British concept of #CountBinface to a bemused world.

If the #MonsterRavingLoonyParty stand in #Clacton, they could split the joke vote. It will be divided between them and #Farage, leaving #CountBinface as the only serious candidate.

So people in #Clacton will have to choose between one candidate who is basically a joke - and another one who is dressed as a bin.