Will you be answering Brandon's call ?

[JBR]

I assume they get appointed by the Church Commisioners to be bishops. Some of them get seats in the Lords. Presumably 26 if you looked it up. I expect if there is reform we'll also be getting 26 immams 26 cardinals 26 rabbis etc. etc.

Yes indeed.

The House of Lords, as a governing body in Parliament, stems from the days when the aristocracy, under the King, actually did rule this country.
It is only relatively recently that the ordinary people have been allowed to elect their own representatives to attend Parliament and decide upon the laws of the land.

I believe that the Lords - with much reduced numbers - should be elected by the populace, if they are to take a part in deciding upon how the majority of us live.
This is a democracy, of course... supposedly.

[Diasi]

Anyway, back to the topic of the thread.

West Lindsey District Council has won it's Judicial Review application to challenge the decision to use RAF Scampton for illegal immigrant housing.

[dextrous63]

Fingers crossed that someone wants to show a bit of pride in the UK's history.

[klondike]

Let's hope the next stage gets won too.

[dextrous63]

Any idea of lead time?

[Diasi]

It'll be heard by the High Court initially.

I still get emails from Sir Edward Leigh so I imagine I'll find out.

[dextrous63]

Touch wood!

[Alex]

Yes fingers crossed   

[Diasi]

I hope so.

If it was just a disused RAF base that was becoming derelict then we could, quite rightly, be called NIMBYs but £thousands of council tax payers' money has been spent in plans & consultations to preserve RAF Scampton's heritage & to take it forward as an important economic asset for Lincoln & surrounding area.

To us it's no different, in principle, from closing the Albert Hall for the foreseeable future & housing some immigrants in it.

[JBR]

I hope so.

If it was just a disused RAF base that was becoming derelict then we could, quite rightly, be called NIMBYs but £thousands of council tax payers' money has been spent in plans & consultations to preserve RAF Scampton's heritage & to take it forward as an important economic asset for Lincoln & surrounding area.

To us it's no different, in principle, from closing the Albert Hall for the foreseeable future & some immigrants in it.

Hear hear.

[klondike]

Lots of room in the Albert Hall. BBC use it for their ruined woke EU flagged proms but can't see that's a problem as that crowd love the immigrants.

[dextrous63]

There are loads of shipping containers milling about doing nothing in particular.  These could surely be used as a basic structure and whole new communities built up on wasteland such as Richmond Park

[Cassandra]

That's him. Sorry I didn't read all the posts, had Dunc talking to me at the same time, kind of puts one off.

There's another one at it now, The idiot from York, wants the 'Lord's Prayer' re-drafted. For what purpose, anyway you idiot? At the rate their going they'll be non one in a church anyway soon!

Talk about hand on the pulse!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/07/lords-prayer-our-father-opening-may-be-problematic-archbishop-of-york-stephen-cottrell

[Michael Rolls]

another bloody idiot with no sodding respect for our traditions

[dextrous63]

Our Father
Other genders are available
Who art in heaven,....

Or maybe..

We shall now say the words that Jesus taught us.  Please note that these reflect the attitudes of the time....


Personally, I can see the Hail Mary being even more problematic😬😳