Writer and speaker; priest and canon emeritus, spouse, father and grandfather. Interested in sport, culture, religion and how organisations function.
Vaughan Edward Roberts is a Church of England clergyman. Since 1998, he has been the rector of St Ebbe's, Oxford. In 2009, he became Director of the Proclamation Trust.
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
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As a Russian dissident who spent 10 years in his prisons, I can tell you it's not sanctions or missiles. It's the rising legitimacy of the Russian opposition.
🧵 And that legitimacy just got a major boost.
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As a Russian dissident who spent 10 years in his prisons, I can tell you it's not sanctions or missiles. It's the rising legitimacy of the Russian opposition.
🧵 And that legitimacy just got a major boost.
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No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
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Follow Jesus. Not Trump.
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Follow Jesus. Not Trump.
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Wrongly-released migrant 'tried to return to prison 4 or 5 times', witness says.
“Kebatu was outside the prison for “about an hour and a half" before finally leaving. ‘They [the officers] sent him away, saying, 'Go, you've been released, you go.'’ news.sky.com/story/witnes...
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Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
No other word for it.
It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.
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Fossil fuel interests are colluding with billionaire-owned media companies to block the UK’s transition towards a cheaper and greener future, argues @donnachadhmc.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/t...
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Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain www.bbc.com/news/article...
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History shows that what is declared irreversible is often temporary.
The monarchy was abolished under Charles I, restored under Charles II. Perhaps 🇬🇧 return to EU will come under Charles III
thecatholicherald.com/article/brex...
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@naoisedolan.bsky.social on the imprisonment of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
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mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/popu...
We would expect populist governments to damage the economy, and the evidence suggests that they do so in a big way. But we know from Brexit that the media typically nullifies the impact of this evidence on voters.