Race to Replace Cameron
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This is funny to read as an American. Here every person who holds our highest office claims to be a Christian of one denomination or another and touts their faith/value system as either the reason or one of the reasons for why they do things. Even if their faith means nothing to them.
It makes me wonder how the British electorate is changing more than anything. Is Britain finding its faith again?
It makes me wonder how the British electorate is changing more than anything. Is Britain finding its faith again?
M
One way to seperate the sheep from the goats: http://indy100.independent.co.uk/ar...ted-against-the-gay-marriage-bill--gygR9u7kWW
Looks like Stephen Crabb is the Christian!
Looks like Stephen Crabb is the Christian!
M
You either have to be a sociopath to run a country, or elected by God.
Think about not many would naturally presume they had what it takes to run
an entire country unless they were narcsistic by nature. Or appointed by God.
Unfortunately most fall into the former.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/narcissism
Narcissists cut a wide, swashbuckling figure through the world. At one
end of the self-loving spectrum is the charismatic leader with an excess
of charm, whose only vice may be his or her inflated amour-propre. At
the far end of the spectrum reside individuals with narcissistic personality disorder,
whose grandiosity soars to such heights that they are manipulative and easily
angered, especially when they don't receive the attention they consider their
birthright. Here's how to figure out whether the big talker in your office really
believes his or her own hype.
Think about not many would naturally presume they had what it takes to run
an entire country unless they were narcsistic by nature. Or appointed by God.
Unfortunately most fall into the former.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/narcissism
Narcissists cut a wide, swashbuckling figure through the world. At one
end of the self-loving spectrum is the charismatic leader with an excess
of charm, whose only vice may be his or her inflated amour-propre. At
the far end of the spectrum reside individuals with narcissistic personality disorder,
whose grandiosity soars to such heights that they are manipulative and easily
angered, especially when they don't receive the attention they consider their
birthright. Here's how to figure out whether the big talker in your office really
believes his or her own hype.
M
There is definately revival breaking out in pockets of the country that I am
aware of. At least a dozen new evangelical churches have sprung up in my city.
A large number of existing churches are also waking up. Church notice boards
which once advertised jumble sales are now displaying bible verses and messages
of salvation.
I hear from others that similar is happening in parts of the West Midlands.
Oh MPW do you remember Jonathon Aitken the MP who was jailed for perjury?
He became a born again Christian in prison, I've met him and his testimony is
amazing and hilarious, he is a fantastic Christian witness and speaker.
I met him while I was helping out at a city wide alpha course which was aimed at the
business community.
See this article regarding his incarceration.
Jonathan Aitken: What Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce can expect from prison - by a man who knows | Commentators | Voices | The Independent
A high-profile inmate carrying the baggage of the parliamentary expenses scandal
should be prepared efor a bumpy ride from some of his fellow prisoners and from the media.
But the bumps should not be too serious, nor last too long – provided he
keeps his head down, avoids being a tall poppy, and goes with
the flow of life on the inside.
I make these predictions from my own difficult yet strangely encouraging
experiences. When I arrived in HMP Belmarsh on 8 June 1999 the initial
impact was disorienting. From the moment I entered "the cage"
(the big communal reception cell) the cacophony of unfamiliar noise, the
high-voltage emotions of anger and despair from just-sentenced men
coming straight from court, and the unexpected rituals of reception all
put me off balance.
Unsettling rituals
One saving grace, which will be shared by David Chaytor, was that I had
pleaded guilty and was unsurprised by my sentence. So I did not join in
the noisy protestations of innocence which seemed to be voiced by about
half the prisoners in the cage along with much cursing of judges and juries.
The rituals of prison induction are unsettling. They include strip searching,
mugshots, finger printing, the issue of ill-fitting uniforms and the confiscation
of personal items (belts, shoe laces, notebooks with ring binders) that could
possibly be used for self-harming.
Another oddity, which provided me with a rare moment of humour, was
my interview with the prison psychiatrist, who had to assess whether I
was a suicide risk. He inquired if anyone other than my immediate family
knew I had been sent to prison. When I replied that I thought between
10 and 15 million people knew, the psychiatrist asked me a supplementary
question in a tone which was kind, if not clinical: "Have you ever
suffered from delusions?"
aware of. At least a dozen new evangelical churches have sprung up in my city.
A large number of existing churches are also waking up. Church notice boards
which once advertised jumble sales are now displaying bible verses and messages
of salvation.
I hear from others that similar is happening in parts of the West Midlands.
Oh MPW do you remember Jonathon Aitken the MP who was jailed for perjury?
He became a born again Christian in prison, I've met him and his testimony is
amazing and hilarious, he is a fantastic Christian witness and speaker.
I met him while I was helping out at a city wide alpha course which was aimed at the
business community.
See this article regarding his incarceration.
Jonathan Aitken: What Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce can expect from prison - by a man who knows | Commentators | Voices | The Independent
A high-profile inmate carrying the baggage of the parliamentary expenses scandal
should be prepared efor a bumpy ride from some of his fellow prisoners and from the media.
But the bumps should not be too serious, nor last too long – provided he
keeps his head down, avoids being a tall poppy, and goes with
the flow of life on the inside.
I make these predictions from my own difficult yet strangely encouraging
experiences. When I arrived in HMP Belmarsh on 8 June 1999 the initial
impact was disorienting. From the moment I entered "the cage"
(the big communal reception cell) the cacophony of unfamiliar noise, the
high-voltage emotions of anger and despair from just-sentenced men
coming straight from court, and the unexpected rituals of reception all
put me off balance.
Unsettling rituals
One saving grace, which will be shared by David Chaytor, was that I had
pleaded guilty and was unsurprised by my sentence. So I did not join in
the noisy protestations of innocence which seemed to be voiced by about
half the prisoners in the cage along with much cursing of judges and juries.
The rituals of prison induction are unsettling. They include strip searching,
mugshots, finger printing, the issue of ill-fitting uniforms and the confiscation
of personal items (belts, shoe laces, notebooks with ring binders) that could
possibly be used for self-harming.
Another oddity, which provided me with a rare moment of humour, was
my interview with the prison psychiatrist, who had to assess whether I
was a suicide risk. He inquired if anyone other than my immediate family
knew I had been sent to prison. When I replied that I thought between
10 and 15 million people knew, the psychiatrist asked me a supplementary
question in a tone which was kind, if not clinical: "Have you ever
suffered from delusions?"
M
I think generally speaking the British are very forgiving, sit down with someone
you don't like and share a cuppa tea and jam/cream scone and all is forgiven.
At least it is in Yorkshire where everyone calls each other love and dear and that's
the men as well as the women!
Its not unusual to be waiting at a bus stop among complete strangers and everyone
starts talking about the weather or the cricket or football etc.
You really see it in American history. After the Treaty of Ghent, Britain got itself on a pretty congenial footing with the US.
We still built fortifications along the Atlantic coast just in case.
We still built fortifications along the Atlantic coast just in case.
I think an out candidate should be PM. My favorite is lliam Fox, who was in the running when Cameron was chosen. He has a tough stance when it comes to the EU. Nigel Farage is said to consider him tougher than he is! Whoever becomes PM I think it will be a just move to give Boris Johnson a senior cabinet position and relegate Michael Gove to the back benches.