There all at it now!

Fury as bishops back Iran

The Roman Catholic bishop who oversees the armed forces has provoked fury by praising the Iranian leadership for its "forgiveness" and "act of mercy" in freeing the 15 British sailors and marines last week.

The Bishop of the Forces, the Rt Rev Tom Burns, said that the religious beliefs of the Iranians had played a large part in their decision to release the hostages after holding them for more than two weeks.

Bishop Burns said he had issued an appeal to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, "in the name of his nation and in the name of Islam", to free the sailors and marines, but he could not be sure whether his appeal had reached the authorities in Iran.
He added that the Iranian's Islamic faith shared many religious values with Christianity. "Over the past two weeks, there has been a unity of purpose between Britain and Iran, whereby everyone has sought justice and forgiveness where that is appropriate," he said.

A unity of purpose between Britain and Iran? Does that extend then to Britain wishing to blow Israel off the face of the earth? Is this one of the many values that Christianity share with sections of the Islamic faith? The illegal seizure and contravention of the Geneva convention, the tying up, blindfolding and threatening of personnel is justice?

His words were echoed by a leading Anglican figure, the Right Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, who said Iran had acted within the "moral and spiritual tradition of their country" and contrasted this with Britain's "free-floating attitudes".

Do these people not pay attention to what is going on around the world? Are they not aware of the extermination of Christians that is taking place in so many countries and regions that are under militant and extremist control? What about the Pope's Easter message:

".........terrorism and kidnapping of people, of the thousand faces of violence which some people attempt to justify in the name of religion, of contempt for life, of the violation of human rights and the exploitation of persons."

The Government, the media, the BBC, the Senior Officers in the Armed Services, the MOD and the Church; isn't there anyone who has the patriotism and courage of their convictions to stand up for Britain and Christianity anymore?

Fury as bishops back Iran

The Rt Rev Tom Butler, the Bishop of Southwark apologises for terrorist activities of Islamic extremists.

Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq contributed to the London bombings of July 7 2005, according to a leading Church of England bishop.
The Rt Rev Tom Butler, the Bishop of Southwark, said that mistakes in the Government's foreign policy had damaged society and radicalised Muslims, leaving them alienated and resentful.

The frightening thing about 7/7 is that they seemed to be ordinary young men from Leeds who didn't look to be fanaticals, but they'd become sufficiently alienated to take this action.

Hmm, no money so driven to petty larceny maybe. Late for work so decided to break the speed limit perhaps. Unhappy with Government foreign policy so take explosives and place them in buses and trains to blow up and decapitate fellow citizens to make a point? NO!

Thank God the rest of the population that absolutely detests this NU Labour dictatorship are more able to control ourselves!

When is the Leadership of the Church of England going to wise up? Is this what passes for moral guidance in their opinion?

The number of people attending Church of England services in this country is in decline, it isn't hard to see why.

Iraq invasion fuelled 7/7 anger, says bishop

Curious incident in the night leaves Bishop of Southwark with black eye and sore head

Navy 15 to sell story.

Fortunately some in this country still know what patriotism is.

The 15 Navy personnel captured by the Iranians were thankfully released unharmed. People have expressed differing views of their conduct ranging from their actions being seen as heroic through to cowardly.

Whatever their actions were, a professional armed service described by Senior Officers as the "best in the world" should not have serving Officers and enlisted men behaving as cheap celebrities from a reality TV show.

I understand that not all of the sailors and marines intend to receive payment for their story and I commend this position.

To any who do and keep the money, shame on you. Shame on your Senior Officers, shame on the MOD and most importantly shame on Blair and this bankrupt administration for bringing disgrace to this nation.

The end of the world?

I just caught a bit on the news regarding global warming. Well, it's been a couple of weeks since we were treated to it so I guess we were due.

Anyway, it turns out that the intergovernmental panel on climate change have found out that the public has already put to much CO2 into the atmosphere to stop global warming.

It appears that Governments must take control of the situation in order to protect the public.

Apparently the way forward is for the Government to introduce additional controls on the public.

In addition, the Government needs to introduce a lot of new taxes, paid for by the public.

Hmmm!

Released sailors tell of ordeal

Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran were blindfolded, bound and held in isolation during their 13 days in captivity, the crew have said.

We are glad to have them back. To all those people on various blogs and comment pages who have congratulated the Iranians for the way they behaved during this incident and the way in which they treated the captives, I hope you pay close attention.

The same sort of rhetoric that came from Iran allowing you to feel so secure in your cosy world where there are no bad people just "misunderstood ones" has been shown for what it is.

Everyday the threat from these groups grows stronger and stronger and yet you act as apologists and sympathisers for their cause.

Throughout the Middle East barbaric acts are being carried out; men, women and children are being murdered on a daily basis and you apologise and say it is because the perpetrators have themselves been treated badly, are misunderstood, it is not their fault .......... and so on.

Perhaps this incident and the glaring differences between the Iranian account and the account of the victims will finally open your eyes to what is going on.

Reading the comments on the MODERATED BBC page it is clear that a lot of people have the view that the treatment of the Navy personnel is quite justified compared to the treatment by the Americans to those held in Guantanamo Bay.

You are no longer just misguided, you are no longer just an embarrassment to the rest of us, in the war against terrorism, you are traitors.

Iranian Ordeal

Democracy my arse!

From Wales:

Politicians from all parties have put their differences aside in a bid to oppose the far-right British National Party.

All parties except the BNP presumably?

At a meeting in the Glamorgan Muslim Community Centre, Aberkenfig, near Bridgend, on Saturday, politicians including Environment Minister and Bridgend AM Carwyn Jones and Plaid Cymru candidate Bethan Jenkins pledged their commitment to tackling discrimination against ethnic minorities.

What about discrimination against ethnic majorities?

The Bridgend Unite Against Fascism Group, which organised the gathering, believes the BNP is a racist party which poses a threat to democracy and freedom.

Aha, that clears it all up then. What poses a threat to democracy and freedom? Is it a legally constituted party that behaves at all times in a democratic way by campaigning on the issues and seeking election with a mandate from the people? Or is the threat to democracy from groups who have already severely restricted freedom of speech, groups who subvert the election process by attempting to intimidate law abiding members of the public who are going about their lawful right to campaign for any legal party they wish to?

Who are these people to force their undemocratic views on the people in the name of democracy? Anyone who attempts to take away people's right to participate in free and fair elections has no right whatsoever to claim they stand against facism, let alone for freedom and democracy.

If the BNP is a racist party which poses a threat to democracy and freedom then I am sure that no one will vote for them.

That is democracy, that is freedom.

Unite against freedom

Greens want to axe Catholic schools.

THE Greens have called for the abolition of Catholic schools in Scotland.

The party, who hope to win at least 10 seats at Holyrood, have included moves for Catholic schools to be integrated into a secular state system in their manifesto.

Green leader Robin Harper claimed that having separate schools "tends to divide communities".

He said: "Catholic children, for most of their time in primary and secondary, do not mix with other children.

"And children who are non-Catholics do not, because the Catholics are educated separately, tend to mix so much with them.

A spokesman for the Catholic Church said: "It is unfortunate that the Greens want to trample on the rights of Catholic parents and the thousands of other parents who aren't Catholics but choose a Catholic education for their kids.
"This is an outrageous proposal."

Mr Harper is of course entitled to his views as are his party. However, I am always intrigued when people of this nature choose to be selective regarding who they criticise. Why single out Catholic schools? Why not call for the abolition of certain other religious schools? After all, to my knowledge there is only one faith that is in the process of opening more faith schools. Where are the Greens calls for their abolition?

Apart from attacking an established church in Britain, what else does the Green party have in mind?

Apart from the scrapping of improvements to transport infrastructure in Scotland in the name of "global warming", the Greens oppose the way young people have been "demonised" using anti-social behaviour powers and are robustly on the side of civil liberties and asylum seekers.

Shiona Baird, the Greens' co-convener, said: "If you have voted Green in the past, there could be no more important time to do so again. If you are voting for the first time, or considering voting Green for the first time, I urge you to back our vision for a socially just and internationally responsible Scotland."

"Socially just"; provided you fit in with their vision and are not from the wrong religious group is that?

Typical day in London.

3000 shoppers forced their way into the new Primark store on Oxford Street.

Queues were so bad that customers at the back of the queue wait almost 2 hours to enter the store. This was despite the fact that there were no bargains to be had and any customer who wanted to could have taken a short bus ride to the Hammersmith store and bought exactly the same stuff at the same price!

Is this the future for Britain?

The battle of Primark

Navy personnel to be released from captivity.

It truly is excellent news that the 15 members of the British Navy who were illegally seized by the Iranians in an act of war on the United Kingdom are to be released.

I have already read on several comments pages on the MSM and on several blogs that this act vindicates Blair's Governments cowardly stance on the whole affair.

Maybe we will truly continue to see peace in our time through appeasement and the rewarding of terrorists and rogue states. Who knows what is in the wind, 25 years since the Falklands and new calls for a return of the Malvinas to Argentina along with the "renegotiation" of ownership of oil rights in the region.

Britain under Blair and Nu Labour has become like a wounded animal, let's hope that are friends in the EU can keep the wolves at bay!

After all, with 80 odd percent of our laws coming from them and such a large net contribution from our economy, I am sure they will be only too pleased to speak up and act on our behalf, just like they did during this latest crisis. Didn't they?

Police priorities!

Interesting article regarding the priorities of the North Wales police service. It always suprises me how the police magically finds officers to spare when it comes to arresting anyone who doesn't fall into line with Nu Labour's dream.


The North Wales Police State?