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Posted in Religion / secularism on Apr 24th, 2007
Interesting debate on the place of non-believers in modern society in the House of Lords (hat tip and interesting review). John Sentamu comes out with the new religious tactic of trying to define atheism as a religion, but this is my favourite bit:
Twenty-seven years ago I was chaplain to a young offenders remand centre, Latchmere [...]
Posted in National politics on Oct 22nd, 2006
Jack Straw’s ideas about House of Lords reform (leaked document) are a good first step towards changing the chamber away from a council of elders into something actually reflecting the electorate at large. In short, the plan is to:
Reduce the number of members by a third.
Half 50% appointed and 50% elected.
Pay elected members a salary [...]
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