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(This was initially written in 2018, thinking back to a conversation in the Summer of 2017.  The aim was to summarise some key points in four pages.  You can also…

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This article is part of the 'Ground Up' project.

Summary

The unity of the…

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Introduction

Where does power lie in the modern world?  We need to know.  Quite often, we need to know in order to survive, to navigate the ever-changing challenges life throws at us.  And we need to know if we want to change the world, to make it a better place.

We probably need to distinguish at the outset between power and influence.  Power is the…

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Introduction

This is a brief set of notes following a discussion in November 2024.

In recent years, increasingly large areas of our lives depend upon the Internet - either in part, or entirely.  It seems inevitable that this trend will continue.  Governments and businesses are providing services through the Internet, and offline alternatives are hard to find;…

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Introduction

On 16 October 2024, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater presented a Private Members’ Bill to Parliament, the "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25".  The long title states it will “allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own life”.  The text of the bill was…

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Introduction

I talk with a lot of people, and - possibly as a consequence - I am asked this question on a fairly regular basis: why don't people join the church?  On the basis of no formal research whatsoever, but simply looking back at conversations over the past decade or two, it seems to me that there are three main reasons, all relating to massive cultural changes…

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There is a common assumption in many Western countries that if you are religious, then you 'believe in God', and that your choice of religion…

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Introduction

This is just a placeholder: a proper article is required here.

But one quick point about the UK National Health Service (NHS): almost everybody agrees that it is in need of radical reform, so let's start to spell out what that reform might look like.

For a start, we need to change the primary aim.  The NHS currently aims to deliver…