Bookworm at Bookworm Room on May 28 2008 | Filed under: England, Europe, Feature Article, The War on Terror
It’s been a long time since I’ve read anything this sad. It comes from the Church of England’s own newspaper:
If recent reports of trends in religious observance prove to be correct, then in some 30 years the mosque will be able to claim that, religiously speaking, the UK is an Islamic nation, and therefore [...]
RightGirl at Girl on the Right on May 05 2008 | Filed under: England, Europe, London
Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone’s eight-year reign at City Hall.
The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes, compared with Mr Livingstone’s 1,028,966.
Mr Johnson thanked his family, party activists for their help in a “marathon election”.
Are Britons finally wearying of pandering [...]
RightGirl at Girl on the Right on Apr 30 2008 | Filed under: England, Europe, Islam
This time from the UK.
First,
London’s Kingsway International Christian Church, the largest church in Europe, no longer has a permanent home. Nor is there much prospect of it finding one in London.
This congregation of as many as 10,000 was forced off its property to make room for the 2012 London Olympics. And now it must hold [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Apr 16 2008 | Filed under: England
Some months ago, the British papers were filled with the story of Shannon Matthews, a little girl who vanished from her home in West Yorkshire, sparking a huge manhunt. She was eventually found, 24 days later, at the home of her stepfather’s uncle. The big shocker, though, was the fact that both her stepfather and [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Mar 25 2008 | Filed under: Education Watch, England, Europe, Feature Article
This morning we read about the Minneapolis high school that turned away the Vets for Freedom bus. It turns out that this attitude, in its most extreme form, is epidemic in England:
Teachers today vowed to oppose military recruitment campaigns in schools that are based on Ministry of Defence “propaganda”.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) [...]
Jodi at Webloggin on Feb 29 2008 | Filed under: Afghanistan, England, Feature Article, Heroes
It was reported by Matt Drudge that England’s Prince Harry, son of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, was deployed to the front line of the war in Afghanistan.
First, I love Prince Harry. I find him to be incredibly brave and I think that Princess Di would be proud of her youngest son. However, [...]
