Commentary

Carlson vs Rees-Mogg: What a Heated Debate Teaches Us About Disagreeing Well When two prominent conservatives sat down recently for an hour-long conversation on war, Russia and national defence, plenty of people tuned in expecting fireworks. They got them. The interview between American commentator Tucker Carlson and British conservative Sir …

Will England Become a “Once Christian” Country? What History, the Census and the Church Tell Us A short commentary by James Macpherson, republished on The Daily Declaration, asks a question that would have sounded absurd a generation ago: how long before we stop saying England is a Christian country and …

Grooming Gangs, Institutional Failure and the Christian Duty to Protect Children Few scandals in recent British history have been as painful as the “grooming gangs” crisis. Over decades, groups of men sexually exploited vulnerable girls in towns and cities across England, often girls in care or from troubled homes. In …

Every so often a news story reminds us how thin the line can be between an ordinary day and a catastrophe. The attempted hijacking of flydubai flight FZ1073 is one of those stories. A routine flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, carrying around 174 people, was allegedly turned into a …