I’ve been away from St Mary’s for the last week or so travelling, so no time to write much. However, I did take a lot of photographs and thought I would post one or two things here which made me think. As usual, comments welcome. 
2 responses to “I’d like a Featherlight Brexit and no-one is offering it”
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I’d help if I could, but I’m a Yank with worse problems than yours (I think–maybe not?)
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It all depends on whether you think the referendum result was binding. Are we governed by referendum or by Parliament? Why was the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday not made in the first instance to Parliament? Why does David Davis appear to think (as reported in the press) that brexit will go ahead whatever Parliament decides? These questions are particularly relevant in the light of Teresa May’s entirely correct assertion that we are a country with firmly-grounded democratic institutions.
Previous Posts
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Half Marathon this weekend
I believe that there is a half marathon being run in Glasgow tomorrow, the route of which is mostly around a place that is called “The South Side”. If you do come from that place and are planning to come to St Mary’s tomorrow, you might like to allow a little extra time to get…
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Marriage Equality Video from Ireland
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ULdaSrYGLQ&feature=player_profilepage]
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Sermon on Song of Songs – Preached 30 August 2009
I want to begin this morning with a little story from a previous phase of my ministry. People sometimes ask me what I did before becoming a priest – I long to be able to say something exotic or exciting or even slightly noble. Something where it sounds as though you gave up a lot…
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Ordination in Edinburgh
Off to Edinburgh today for the ordination to the priesthood of Fr Simon Tibbs in Old St Paul’s. It was suitably glorious. People who come from Glasgow as always greeted with amazement at events in Edinburgh. (Most people from Edinburgh have never learnt that the trains do actually run in both directions and that crossing…
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