Tag Archives: Politics

French Revolution II ?

Posted on Monday, 3 December, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have in my life seen demonstrations (the 1984 protest against the abolition of private education) and even a little rioting from a safe distance, but nothing compared with these scenes from Paris. Tear gas is horrible, through its effect … Continue reading →

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I fell asleep and had a dream….

Posted on Wednesday, 28 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Actually I read this Independent article – Voting down the Brexit deal could lead to the Queen forming a new government of Remainers – here’s how The idea is that if Mrs May’s deal gets voted down in Parliament, the … Continue reading →

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Revolution?

Posted on Wednesday, 28 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just found this piece on Facebook written by an Orthodox priest: These last few years the country has been is something of turmoil, what with exiting the EU, the Church of England turning itself upside down, the Labour … Continue reading →

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Populism

Posted on Friday, 23 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As events unfold in England, I find my comments columns becoming very symptomatic of the polarisation now occurring all over Europe. Most of us are too parochially-minded to see things clearly, not that I have any pretensions. We are sucked … Continue reading →

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England on the Psychiatrist’s Couch

Posted on Friday, 16 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have come across this intuitive article in the Guardian – The paranoid fantasy behind Brexit. Ironically, as I write this little posting, I am listening to a CD I have just bought of the choir of York Minister in … Continue reading →

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Democracy

Posted on Monday, 5 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Most of us are familiar with the famous quote of Churchill in a speech to the House of Commons in 1947: Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No … Continue reading →

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Scylla and Charybdis

Posted on Monday, 29 October, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

After a very restless night, I have decided that this will be my last posting on the subject of Brexit. I am also taking my distance from groups on Facebook where many arguments depend on demonising or stereotyping the adverse … Continue reading →

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L’enfer, c’est les autres

Posted on Saturday, 27 October, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is the famous quote from Jean-Paul Sartre in his play Huis Clos, which is literally translated Hell is other people. Ideally we would be connected by love to the whole of humanity, but such an ideal is destroyed by … Continue reading →

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Black Humour

Posted on Wednesday, 24 October, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is where cynicism (modern meaning of the word) is taking us. The implication is that British people would be seeking political asylum in France like Syrian people fleeing the war. Kyrie eleison! May God avert such a scourge because … Continue reading →

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Pan European Citizens Solidarity

Posted on Wednesday, 24 October, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is an exciting new development: Pan European Citizens Solidarity (PECS). We the British diaspora are being supported by European lawyers, academics and politicians. It all seems embryonic at present, but it is most promising. The initiative seeks support Europe-wide … Continue reading →

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