Sebastian Tarwater

A word of caution about voting UKIP at the next EU elections
A word of caution about voting UKIP at the next EU elections

A protest vote for UKIP would not be in the interest of the common good both for the UK and for our international aid pledge

Church of England should lead the way on Living Wage
Church of England should lead the way on Living Wage

The concept of the living wage should not be politically controversial and is certainly deeply Christian

The US elections: Size matters

We often get sidetracked by comparing the generic left/right divide in almost equivalent terms in the US to here

Government drops consultation on abortion counselling

Health Minister Anna Soubry MP announced that the Government planned consultation on a review of how counselling is provided to women seeking an abortion would not go forward

How to regulate online gambling

We need to make it easy for problem gamblers to self exclude

The Liverpool Care Pathway and its discontents

An evaluation of the LCP and its implementation is crucial to maintain trust in this methodology of end of life care

Sunday trading and the Olympics

If Cameron is serious about encouraging the family and wanting to uplift the UK as Christian, he should honour the heritage of having a common day of rest

The sad Christian and gay bus ad campaigns

Christians need to know their audience

Assisted Suicide: The law should not be changed

By placing the DPP’s guidance on a statutory footing, the law would be eroded

Equal Civil Marriage: The consultation has been published

Even if more respondents say they oppose the proposals, the Government can still decide to go ahead with their plan

International Women’s Day is about more than women

Let us celebrate the humanity of women and seek to help re-humanise how women are treated globally together

The interesting politics of marriage

An argument from history does not hold Anglicans in good stead, but the argument that it is God who defines marriage is something we must continue to uphold.

Good end-of-life care is better than legalising assisted suicide

this is a debate about aesthetics, or what it might mean to live with an embarrassing and often not very beautiful disease

Christopher Hitchens’s common grace

On real tyranny, the sort that sucks away the lifeblood of free societies, Hitchens was right

The politics of Christmas

Christmas will remain domesticated and apolitical. Just like most of our church life.