Voting with your feet

// Beyond the ballot box... There's more to political engagement than voting.

Written by Danny Webster

Why it’s OK to vote for the best of a bad bunch

// Politics is messy.

Written by Anonymous

3 things I learned at my first hustings

// At this stage, it isn’t news that there’s a general election in a few weeks.

Written by Thomas McConaghie

Politics is dead …

// ... long live politics?

Written by Andy Flannagan

I don’t know who to vote for

// ... but that doesn't mean I'm not voting.

Written by Amelia Abplanalp

Show up or shut up

// New victims are being created every day, but as the Church we will be stuck treating victims for the next...

Written by Andy Flannagan

Charities: keep calm and carry yarn

// Yesterday a politician said something stupid. I know, shocker.

Written by Danny Webster

10 things I hate about UKIP

// I hate the fact they triumphed in the European polls;

Written by Tomi Ajayi

Tolerance – the lowest common denominator

// "Tolerance - it’s a catchall term that frequently comes to the aid of politicians, automatically distinguishing its user from those...

Written by Lucinda Borkett-Jones

When social action is not enough

// "We often prefer charity to justice because challenging systems involves inevitable conflict with powerful vested interests for whom the system...

Written by Andy Flannagan

God and politics?

// "The age old maxim that faith and politics don't mix is perhaps the only way to keep your hands clean...

Written by Nicola Hulks

Why MPs deserve more money

// Are our elected representatives worth the pay increase?

Written by Richard Woodall

I’m so sorry, I voted Lib Dem

// People see the double-barrelled surname, the blonde hair and a fondness for navy, and assume they know how I voted...

Written by Lucinda Borkett-Jones

Am I right?

// On being a Christian and a Conservative

Written by Johnny Monro

Why you shouldn’t engage in politics

// Politics is messy. It's downright dirty.

Written by Danny Webster

From seedy to celebrated: the acceptance of porn into mainstream culture (and parliament)

// In less than a generation we’ve gone from disgust and derision to virtual dependence.

Written by Annie Carter

Standing by and watching as Syrian children burn…

// Peace in our time? Not for the people of Syria.

Written by Danny Webster

Syria: Is this love?

// I am lost in lament for all this death and brokenness. I feel so powerless. Surely there is some alternative...

Written by Paul Rose

A better way: to do politics

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Written by threads

Maggie and me: on Thatcher, sin and grace

// As soon as I start to take it upon myself to decide who's in and who's out, I can't help...

Written by Chine McDonald