DATE : 11 November 2022 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
According to the ancient Greek dramatist and father of tragedy Aeschylus, the first casualty of war is truth. The sentiment was voiced by Agamemnon, in the playwright’s three-part tragedy The Oresteia. Sadly, though the war has changed, the adage is as true today as it was back then – be it warring armies, as seen in the conflict […]
READ MOREDATE : 10 November 2022 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
Under new gender recognition legislation proposed by the Scottish government, a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria will no longer be required for those wishing to change gender. Instead, under the new proposals, those aged 16 and over will be eligible to apply for legal recognition after living for a period of three months in their acquired […]
READ MOREDATE : 10 November 2022 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
“Forget wokery and fight crime”. So ran a headline in The Times last weekend, announcing the new Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s no-nonsense order to the police, telling them to get their act together and switch the focus from virtue signalling and identity politics to tackling neighbourhood crime and burglary. With soaring crime rates and only 5% of burglaries […]
READ MOREDATE : 28 September 2022 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
In a reception at Buckingham Palace last Friday evening, King Charles assured assembled faith leaders from various religions that he would work to protect the space for faith (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11220769/King-Charles-tells-religious-leaders-Buckingham-Palace-protect-space-faith.html). Waxing lyrical, he continued that it was his duty “to protect the diversity of our country, including by protecting the space for faith itself and its practice […]
READ MOREDATE : 11 September 2022 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
None of us knows what the future holds, and the little girl growing up in her family home in Piccadilly can have had no idea what lay ahead, and the challenges she would have to face. But when destiny called, without hesitation – and whatever her qualms – she stepped up to the mark. “I declare before […]
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