Fr Jonathan Bish
@frjonathanbish.bsky.social
Vicar of the Batley Benefice in West Yorkshire. I like steam trains, Anglo-Catholicism, travel, history, politics, choral music, wine and more.
Whenever folk say, "The current asylum seeker framework was created for another era," I always want to say, "And what era was that, then?"
The whole point of our post war human rights-based order was that it was responding to horrors with what it believed were unchanging moral truths.
The whole point of our post war human rights-based order was that it was responding to horrors with what it believed were unchanging moral truths.
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Whenever folk say, "The current asylum seeker framework was created for another era," I always want to say, "And what era was that, then?"
The whole point of our post war human rights-based order was that it was responding to horrors with what it believed were unchanging moral truths.
The whole point of our post war human rights-based order was that it was responding to horrors with what it believed were unchanging moral truths.
Thanks, I hate it. Looks like the 2012 Olympics threw up on the side of a train.
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Thanks, I hate it. Looks like the 2012 Olympics threw up on the side of a train.
Anyway, here is his memorial in the parish church I used to serve, and the plaque in La Flamengerie where he fell.
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Anyway, here is his memorial in the parish church I used to serve, and the plaque in La Flamengerie where he fell.
One of the more moving things I’ve ever done. John J Wallace, Priest RIP.
(And yes, the mayor and our host put on poppies for the occasion!)
(And yes, the mayor and our host put on poppies for the occasion!)
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
One of the more moving things I’ve ever done. John J Wallace, Priest RIP.
(And yes, the mayor and our host put on poppies for the occasion!)
(And yes, the mayor and our host put on poppies for the occasion!)
This is what winning looks like.
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is what winning looks like.
‘Unpopular policy.’
Tells you far more about how much American tech firms are out of touch with the realities on the ground, away from the Twitter algorithm.
Tells you far more about how much American tech firms are out of touch with the realities on the ground, away from the Twitter algorithm.
October 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
‘Unpopular policy.’
Tells you far more about how much American tech firms are out of touch with the realities on the ground, away from the Twitter algorithm.
Tells you far more about how much American tech firms are out of touch with the realities on the ground, away from the Twitter algorithm.
Pol, most weeks we’re dangerous believers of medieval superstitions who are coming for people’s right to autonomy. Now you want to tell us how we ought to respond to the far right?
September 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Pol, most weeks we’re dangerous believers of medieval superstitions who are coming for people’s right to autonomy. Now you want to tell us how we ought to respond to the far right?
Not to mention this one:
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Not to mention this one:
I’m going to absolutely RUIN your morning then:
September 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I’m going to absolutely RUIN your morning then:
Imagine being one of the blue countries on the Wiki map, and thinking you’re the exception to the rule:
August 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Imagine being one of the blue countries on the Wiki map, and thinking you’re the exception to the rule:
These are the colours that trousers come in:
(And yes, not all the shirt-trouser combinations quite pass muster, but nonetheless)
(And yes, not all the shirt-trouser combinations quite pass muster, but nonetheless)
July 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
These are the colours that trousers come in:
(And yes, not all the shirt-trouser combinations quite pass muster, but nonetheless)
(And yes, not all the shirt-trouser combinations quite pass muster, but nonetheless)
If you haven’t got Crossrail, I feel bad for you, son.
We’ve got 99 transport-related problems, but…
We’ve got 99 transport-related problems, but…
June 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
If you haven’t got Crossrail, I feel bad for you, son.
We’ve got 99 transport-related problems, but…
We’ve got 99 transport-related problems, but…
CW: modern vestments, modern architecture
WE SAW MATISSE’S CHAPELLE DU ROSAIRE!!!
And the vestments that all the trads LOVE to HATE!
WE SAW MATISSE’S CHAPELLE DU ROSAIRE!!!
And the vestments that all the trads LOVE to HATE!
June 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
CW: modern vestments, modern architecture
WE SAW MATISSE’S CHAPELLE DU ROSAIRE!!!
And the vestments that all the trads LOVE to HATE!
WE SAW MATISSE’S CHAPELLE DU ROSAIRE!!!
And the vestments that all the trads LOVE to HATE!
So, this happened.
June 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
So, this happened.
Friends fear he is writing again.
June 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Friends fear he is writing again.
Which means UK average earners’ take home pay is higher than many comparable countries. And if you try to fix the problems, you’re not so much touching the political third rail, so much as jumping up and down on it, saying ‘Kill me now.’
May 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Which means UK average earners’ take home pay is higher than many comparable countries. And if you try to fix the problems, you’re not so much touching the political third rail, so much as jumping up and down on it, saying ‘Kill me now.’
Absolutely: it had a massive impact on how much middle (and actually lower earners) contributed in tax as an overall proportion of earnings:
May 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Absolutely: it had a massive impact on how much middle (and actually lower earners) contributed in tax as an overall proportion of earnings:
You know those Babylonian gods who basically created the world and humanity as an elaborate practical joke?
Massive argument in favour of their existence just dropped:
Massive argument in favour of their existence just dropped:
May 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
You know those Babylonian gods who basically created the world and humanity as an elaborate practical joke?
Massive argument in favour of their existence just dropped:
Massive argument in favour of their existence just dropped:
Did you know you can sing ‘Woke Marxist Pope’ to your choice of…
“Pink Pony Club”
“YMCA”
Or “Shine Jesus Shine”?
“Pink Pony Club”
“YMCA”
Or “Shine Jesus Shine”?
May 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Did you know you can sing ‘Woke Marxist Pope’ to your choice of…
“Pink Pony Club”
“YMCA”
Or “Shine Jesus Shine”?
“Pink Pony Club”
“YMCA”
Or “Shine Jesus Shine”?
Guess we’ve got an answer as to whether Vance interpreted the Ordo Amoris correctly now.
May 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Guess we’ve got an answer as to whether Vance interpreted the Ordo Amoris correctly now.
As so often happens, the Star says it best.
April 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
As so often happens, the Star says it best.
Is this soft power? 🦋
April 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Is this soft power? 🦋
And by Jove, it was worth it to use my last freebie for this one! Make the Tory ‘Government by WhatsApp’ stuff look sensible and careful by comparison.
March 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And by Jove, it was worth it to use my last freebie for this one! Make the Tory ‘Government by WhatsApp’ stuff look sensible and careful by comparison.