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  • Church of England revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the most pressing issues of church and state. This time:
    - British aid workers killed in Gaza. Is the moral case against Israel's war efforts becoming clearer?
    - Attempts to decriminalise abortion resurface. We respond to a debate on the subject featuring pro-choice activist Ann Furedi.
    - The European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland must do more to protect its citizens from climate change.
    - And a listener asks us to discuss our views on the death penalty.
    That and much, much more as ever. Enjoy!
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    Links:
    Aid workers killed in Gaza: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/5-april/news/world/pressure-grows-on-israel-after-the-death-of-aid-workers
    MPs propose decriminalising: https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1777226915113316442
    https://twitter.com/LoisMcLatch/status/1777451318270931234
    Based moves by Pope Francis?: https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1777275248250892316
    Dr Cass report on transgenderism: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/04/09/cass-report-trans-children-have-been-lied-to-by-adults/
    ECRH rules against Switzerland in landmark climate change case: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/09/climate-change-violated-human-rights-echr-switzerland/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/04/09/tory-backlash-european-court-human-rights-climate-echr/
    Scottish police overwhelmed with hate crime reports:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/08/police-scotland-cannot-cope-deluge-hate-crime-reports/
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham, and Daniel French sit down to talk about the most prevalent issues in church and state. This time:
    - The NHS warns us not to eat all our Easter eggs at once. How would we cope without them?
    - It's Transgender Day of Visibility or, as it used to be called, Easter Sunday.
    - Richard Dawkins says that he likes Christianity after all.
    - Matthew Parris says that forcing people to be euthanised would be a healthy development for society.
    That and much, much more as ever. Enjoy!
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    NHS: Don't eat your Easter eggs too quickly - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/27/easter-eggs-nhs-advice-andrew-kelso-bank-holiday/
    Biden Colonises the Calendar - https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1774511985700352189
    Dawkins on Christianity and Islam - https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1774570273561337985
    Madeleine Grant on Dawkins' comments - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/03/christianity-decline-unleashed-terrible-new-gods/
    Matthew Parris on Euthanasia - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/7ac1f4c5-63b2-4df7-b504-74b1e30f0fc2?shareToken=3e8d37fa00d5adca1f67a7d83f70657b
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest news in church and state. This time:
    - "Gesture" eggs replace the traditional kind.
    - Happy "Holi" Week say the Conservatives. Is the Party even trying anymore?
    - Archdeacon calls for "anti-whiteness"
    - A conversation with legendary recent convert Ben
    - And Rev Jamie gives the lowdown on the Climate: the Movie (The Cold Truth)
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    Gesture Eggs: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/26/cadbury-accused-erasing-easter-chocolate-eggs-gesture/
    Twits on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Conservatives/status/1772205963421893112 Archdeacon calls for anti-whiteness: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/24/church-of-england-archdeacon-calls-for-anti-whiteness/
    Farage comments: https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1772537724475687397
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in Church and state. This time:
    - Michael Gove's new definition of extremism.
    - Should we be wishing Muslims "Ramadan Mubarak"?
    - Why are our parishes bleeding volunteers?
    - The Archbishop of Canterbury's "Difference" course.
    - One listener's experience of Mothering Sunday.
    And much much more as ever!
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    Extremism Definition: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68556914
    Archbishops' Response: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/12/archbishops-of-canterbury-justin-welby-and-york-stephen-cottrellwarn-against-new-extremism-definition
    Archbishop: Happy Ramadan! https://twitter.com/JustinWelby/status/1766871427221709070
    Church Wardens and Volunteering:
    https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/15-march/features/features/no-churchwardens-and-vacant-pcc-posts-an-investigation-into-the-church-volunteering-crisis
    The Difference Course: https://difference.rln.global/
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk with journalist and author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution Louise Perry.
    In a wide-ranging conversation, Louise shares about her motivations in writing the book, her increasing openness and sympathy toward the Christian outlook on family, motherhood, and sexual relationships, the challenges to contemporary society posed by pornography, the advent of increasingly sophisticated Artificial Intelligence, and low-birth rates. She also talks about the reliance of the secular culture on Christian ideas and why the Church of England is getting it so badly wrong. That and much, much more as always.
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to discuss the big talking points in church and state. This time: the Church of England is hiring a Deconstructing Whiteness officer. The role can be yours alongside a salary of 36k. In other CofE news, a billion pounds is going to be raised by the Church Commissioners to repay the descendants of African slaves and the report recommending this also suggests an apology for displacing "traditional African religion". We ask if this is all really an appropriate use of the Church of England's assets and what it reveals about its underlying motivations and theology.
    In civic news, Rishi Sunak has given a bizarre speech in which he reveals something of his own personal political theology. Rev Jamie responds.
    That and much much more as ever!
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    Deconstructing Whiteness: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/02/cofe-appoints-deconstructing-whiteness-officer-racial/
    CofE to raise £1billion to address past wrongs of slavery: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/04/church-england-told-raise-1bn-slavery-fund-wealthy-donors/
    Full Racial Justice Report: https://hrjfund.org/
    Madeleine Grant on CofE Leadership: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/05/church-leadership-is-destroying-the-coe-i-love/
    Rishi Sunak’s speech: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TVE5MuBAxsM&pp=ygUMc3VuYWsgc3BlZWNo
    Joe Rogan on the need for religion: https://twitter.com/JoelWBerry/status/1762839261278085438
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  • Church of England vicars with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham, and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most important issues in church and state. This time, we have a special conversation about the Church of England's most recent General Synod in which the Bishop of Dover said that every parish in the CofE should draw up a "race action plan" and that we should be more woke than we already are. In other news, an amendment to a motion concerning the controversial Living in Love and Faith process claiming that there exist people who do not agree to agreeing to disagree is rejected for somewhat obscure reasons. We ask the important questions: Does racism really exist in the Church of England? If it does, what legitimate means should the Church take to address it? Should vicars and, indeed the Church, be political in nature, or spiritual, or both?
    This, and much much more as ever. We hope you enjoy.
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    Church of England should be even more woke: Ruse Hudson Wilkin - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/25/rose-hudson-wilkin-church-of-england-race-action-plan/
    The Church of England should stop distracting itself with ‘racial justice’: Andrew Tettenborn - https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-church-of-england-should-stop-distracting-itself-with-racial-justice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1708970531
    Summary of Living and Love and Faith business at General Synod:
    https://www.anglicanfutures.org/post/what-happened-at-general-synod-living-in-love-and-faith-feb-24?fbclid=IwAR1js4sR2JzkbSYCbDRA5mMNkF3yfLJyVg3r6ep-WcrPYNwVxxU5S6_8sL0
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  • Church of England revs with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about the most significant happenings in church and state. This time:
    - Across the pond, for a look at how American evangelicalism is taking entertainment in church much farther than Canterbury Cathedral.
    - In the UK, Sadiq Khan goes all in for woke rebranding of Overground Line.
    - And in the Church of England, permission denied to St Nicholas's Church to use the pride flag as an altar frontal.
    That, and a bit more as ever. Enjoy!
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    King's School "Rise of Classical Education": https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rise-of-classical-christian-education-in-the-uk-tickets-798310727877?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing
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    Justin Peters video
    Cringing new Overground names
    Khan woke suggestions for fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square
    Leicester Church Denied Faculty for displaying Pride Flag on altar
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham, and Daniel French get together to review this week's biggest talking points. This time:
    - The Canterbury Cathedral rave in the nave causes widespread outrage, plus an interview with the counter-nave, prayer-protest organiser, plus what else is Canterbury Cathedral up to these days?
    - The plot thickens at General Synod as bishops are said to have been less than honest with their deliberations over gay blessings.
    - parkrun becomes the most recent formerly fun thing to be ruined by transgender ideology.
    - And an email from an anonymous source reveals the very disturbing incursion of critical theory into the Church of England's safeguarding training.
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    Gen Z doesn’t want disco cathedrals: https://unherd.com/newsroom/gen-z-doesnt-want-disco-cathedrals/
    BBC Article on cathedral rave:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-68279198
    Petition against raves in naves: https://www.change.org/p/anglican-deans-stop-turning-our-great-cathedrals-into-nightclubs?original_footer_petition_id=37869401&algorithm=promoted&source_location=petition_footer&grid_position=17&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAATtPgIAAAAAZcbI154dpl42MjVhMGQ4MA%3D%3D
    Bishops' Orthodox “Theological Vision": https://www.premierchristianity.com/exclusive-cofe-bishops-offer-theological-vision-on-christian-life-and-discipleship/17188.article
    LLF FUBAR: https://www.psephizo.com/sexuality-2/llf-and-general-synod-all-fouled-up-or-beyond-repair/
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham, Jamie Franklin, and Daniel French unite once again to talk about the big stories happening in church and state. This time:
    - WWIII, conscription, and why is Tucker Carlson interviewing Vladimir Putin?
    - The Popular Conservative Conference as Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lewis Goodall go head-to-head.
    - The cancer diagnosis of King Charles III.
    - Asylum seeker and ostensible Christian convert Abdul Ezidi maims mother and two children in corrosive acid attack, and the church's involvement in facilitating bogus asylum claims.
    - Outrage as interim theological advisor to the Living in Love and Faith process is revealed to be an orthodox Christian who believes in his own Church's formularies.
    That, a quick-fire Question the Rev, and much more as ever.
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    Reese-Mogg on Popular Conservatism Conference: https://twitter.com/TheNewsAgents/status/1754877980642296245
    Church aiding asylum seekers: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/02/03/church-aiding-asylum-claims-mass-scale-ex-ministers/
    Outrage over orthodox theological advisor: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/2-february/news/uk/bishop-of-newcastle-stands-down-from-llf-over-serious-concerns-about-interim-advise
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  • Church of England vicars with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the important issue of church and state. This time:
    - The possibility of Christian communism
    - World War III revisited as we pit Peter Hitchens against a passionate listener.
    - Four year-old "trans boy" secretly admitted to CofE primary school
    - Volunteer policewoman says you can't sing Christian songs outside of church grounds
    - Secular commentator Steve Chalke attacks homeschoolers
    - Nottingham killer given extremely lenient sentence due to mental health plea
    - Christian pastor Alistair Begg under attack for advising Christian to attend trans wedding
    All that and much much more as ever!
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    Peter Hitchens on brainless march to war
    Why we don't fight by Ed West
    One Britain, One Nation song
    https://www.onebritainonenation.com/assets/pdf/song-anthem-words.pdf
    Trans boy joins CofE primary school
    Nottingham murderer given extremely lenient sentence which could have him paroled in three years
    Alistair Begg says Christians should go to gay weddings
    Hymns banned outside of church grounds
    Steve Chalke advocating clamp-down on homeschooling
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  • Church of England vicars with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most pressing matters of church and state. This time:
    - The establishment has apparently decided that war with Russia and various other nuclear superpowers is inevitable and that this may include conscription. Have the ruling elites finally completely lost their minds?
    - The WEF Conference is back with Lord Cameron talking up war and Ursula von Der Layen saying that countering disinformation is the way to rebuild trust with the unwashed massed.
    - Finally, the high-achieving Michaela Community School's headteacher and board of governors have been taken to court because they wouldn't allow Muslim pupils to pray in their secular school.
    All that and much much more as always. Enjoy!
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    “Prepare for War”: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/18/nato-warns-of-war-with-russia-putin-next-20-years-ukraine/
    Grant Shapps Tweet: https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1746931070270865917
    WEF Conference Summary Article: https://dailysceptic.org/2024/01/22/davos-elites-ve-vont-to-protect-you-from-dis-information/
    WEF Creepy Witchcraft: https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1747726039139107033
    Yuval Harari Twits on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1749780190111072446
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  • Church of England vicars with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin survey the smoking rubble of western civilisation. This week talking about the failure of the managerial classes in church and state and taking in these stories:
    - The UK goes to war against the Houthis.
    - Lord Frost predicts total doom for Tories unless different course charted.
    - More on the Post Office scandal and its sordid relationship with the Church of England hierarchy.
    That and much, much more as ever. Enjoy!
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    Rev J talking to Nick Dixon about Depression and Health Anxiety: https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/e/jamie-franklin-christianity-and-mental-health/
    Hitchens on Houthi Attack: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12960047/PETER-HITCHENS-foreign-brawl-Oh-grow-fix-pothole-peppered-roads.html
    Lord Frost Depicts Tory General Election Wipeout based on comprehensive poll: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/01/14/david-frost-election-poll-tories-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer/
    Giles Fraser - Will the Church Follow the Post Office?: https://unherd.com/2024/01/will-the-church-follow-the-post-office/
    Ian Paul - The Crisis of Episcopal Ministry in the Church of England: https://www.psephizo.com/life-ministry/the-crisis-of-episcopal-leadership-in-the-church-of-england/
    Twits on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gracelandqueen/status/1742658603494805987
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  • After a two-week break, Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back. This time with a special New Year's episode. This time talking about the Post Office scandal and the role played by Anglican vicar and Post Office CEO Paula Vennels, the Church of England's recently released statistics for mission which show further significant decline for 2022, and our predictions for the coming year.
    In addition, we respond live to three Christmas and New Year's messages from the King, the Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
    All that, and much much more as always!
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    Links:
    Church of England Statistics for Mission:
    https://covenant.livingchurch.org/2024/01/08/after-covid-the-deepening-decline-of-the-church-of-england/
    King Charles’ Christmas Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJxJro3Qro
    Rishi Sunak’s New Year Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi8c49h1Bu4
    Archbishop of Canterbury New Year Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRox2oE7nPg
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  • Church of England vicars with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down for a special festive edition . This time:
    - Breathing is bad for the environment. What should we do about it? Fewer humans of course!
    - The Doctor Who Goblin song reads more like a Satanic paean to the murder of babies.
    - The diabolical shrine erected in the Iowan state building has been torn down by a zealous Christian military veteran.
    - Louise Perry says woke Christianity will kill the Church stone dead.
    - Lesbian vicars receive blessing in CofE church whilst Pope gives approval for gay couples to receive blessings...Or does he?
    - We ask if it's possible to have a meaningful Christmas as an atheist and we review an article tracking "The New Theists".
    Thank you for your support over the course of 2023. We wish you a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!
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    Where's Welby? Merchandise
    Renewing British Political Theology Conference
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    Scientists say breathing is bad for the environment
    Doctor Who Goblin Song
    Righteous Christian tears down and beheads Satan shrine
    Louise Perry: Woke Christianity will kill the CofE stone dead
    Lesbian vicars receive same-sex blessing in CofE Church
    Pope Benedict Gay Blessing
    Christian atheism at Christmas?
    The New Theists
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
    - The CofE's questionable Christmas campaign Follow the Star.
    - Activist Jayne Ozanne says that repentance is not essential to Christianity.
    - Diocesan Bishop breaks ranks and does not commend the new prayers of Love and Faith because they constitute a departure from the teaching of the CofE.
    - Rev'd Alice Goodman describes presiding over gay blessing as "ultimate joy".
    - UK Covid enquiry not interested in cost-benefit analysis.
    - Elite US universities cannot say whether calling for genocide of Jews is harassment.
    - Satanic idol set up in US state building in Idaho.
    - Irish teacher jailed for not using transgender pronouns and showing up at school after firing.
    - COP 28 on the verge of "embarrassing" failure after (surprise, surprise) oil-rich UAE declines to promise to stop producing fossil fuels by 2050.
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    Buy Where's Welby? Merchandise
    Jayne Ozanne: Repentance is not a salvation issue
    Bishop of Nottingham: Don’t use PLF Prayers
    Rev Alice Goodman: Blessing gay marriage a joy
    Dramatic fall in numbers of ordinands
    Sunak admits costs of lockdown
    Calling for genocide of Jews is not always a violation
    Display erected by Satanic Temple in Iowa Capitol
    Teacher jailed indefinitely over transgender pronouns row
    COP 28 on verge of failure
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most interesting issues in church and state. This time:
    - Church of England's Christmas campaign 'Follow the Star' falls flat due to basic typos and theological errors. But what tone could the CofE strike to truly reach the culture?
    - Climate Change protestors bravely storm the quire of Chichester Cathedral and interrupt Radio 3 evensong. Is this genuine prophecy or self-important pomposity?
    - COP 28 kicks off with 400,000 delegates creating the biggest carbon footprint since the Industrial Revolution began and King Charles making some strange comments about the "indigenous worldview".
    - Canterbury Cathedral hosting rave in the nave with obscene lyrics by Eminem is untenable says Gavin Ashenden. His solution? Give the cathedrals back to the Roman Catholic Church!
    - And Douglas Murray is indirectly threatened with weird prediction of Islamic gangsters coming to get him.
    That and much much more as ever!
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    Links:
    COP 28 and here and here
    Twits on Twitter - Climate Clowns Interrupt Evensong
    My Battle with CofE Over Climate Change
    Islamic “influencer” creepily threatens Douglas Murray with “gangsters"
    Ashenden: On Canterbury Cathedral Rave in the Nave
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most interesting issues in church and state. This time:
    - Dr Who takes a turn for the woke.
    - AI, UFOs, Demonic Powers and the Antichrist.
    - Nigel Farage in I'm a Celeb.
    - The connection between transgenderism and Islam.
    - Pro- and Anti-Israel marches continuing in London.
    - New multi-faith "bus shelter" in Bristol airport.
    - Washington National Cathedral charges for entry to Christmas services.
    That, a discussion on the relevance of apocalyptic literature in the New Testament, and a Question the Rev on the difference between "stewardship of" and "dominion over" the planet.
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    Links:
    Open AI Chief Scientist making strange spiritual claims
    Dreher: AI: Summoning the Demon
    Tik-Tok Influencers convert to Islam
    March Against Antisemitism
    Tommy Robinson arrested
    Release of hostages by Hamas
    Airport multifaith cabin
    https://thecritic.co.uk/the-meaning-of-the-multi-faith-area/
    Washington Cathedral charging for entry to services
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the significant affairs of church and state. This time:
    - "Far right" anarcho-capitalist extremist Javier Milei is elected as Argentina's new President.
    - Ethnic Street Preachers share the message of Jesus's love with Anti-Israel protestors and are condemned for colonialism.
    - The Church of England General Synod approves trial gay blessings in churches for as soon as mid-December.
    That and much much more as always!
    We also acknowledge the death of Sir Frank Sanderson who was friend of the show, a supporter, and a former church warden at one of Tom's parishes. More information on his life can be found at this address: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/11/21/sir-frank-sanderson-baronet-somme-lutyens-thiepval-memorial/ - May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
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    Links:
    Election of Javier Milei: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/11/20/javier-milei-hard-right-argentina-saviour/
    Twits on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rgt71Robert/status/1726042399137321324
    Church of England approves gay blessings:
    https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/24-november/news/uk/varied-stances-taken-in-first-reactions-to-synod-vote-on-same-sex-unions
    https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/living-love-and-faith-statement-archbishop-canterbury
    https://anglicanmainstream.org/nonconformist-thoughts-on-the-general-synod-vote/
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  • Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about all the big issues of church and state. This time:
    - "Football Lads" and anti-Israel protestors clash in Remembrance Day controversy.
    - Astra-Zeneca vaccine branded "defective" in landmark legal case.
    - CofE General Synod continues debate on sex and marriage.
    - And prominent atheist Ayaan Hirst Ali becomes a Christian.
    That and much much more as ever!
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    Remembrance Day Protests: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-blm-and-the-remembrance-day-protests-had-in-common/
    Astra-Zeneca Legal Case:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/08/oxford-astrazeneca-covid-jab-defective-claims-legal-case/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/09/the-real-covid-jab-scandal-is-finally-emerging/
    General Synod:
    https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-church-of-england-must-clarify-its-stance-on-homosexuality/
    https://anglicanmainstream.org/reflections-on-day-1-of-synod/
    https://www.anglicanfutures.org/post/what-do-bishops-actually-have-to-believe
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Why I am now a Christian:
    https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/
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