In 1848 John Henry Newman published his novel “Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert.” Recently re-published in paperback by the Echo Library, its beautiful prose and moving narrative is well worth reading – especially as we reflect on Newman’s beatification. It was...
Food, Poverty and Population
The Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki Moon, says that if food shortages are not adequately addressed, one consequence could be “social unrest on an unprecedented scale.” His predecessor, Kofi Annan also remarked that the world food crisis threatens to destroy years...
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech
Abraham Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address: March 4th 1865 At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued,...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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Rwanda Act – Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK. Joint Committee on Human Rights 15th May 2024.
In the Joint Committee on Human Rights I pressed Minister Michael Tomlinson MP to accept that the Rwanda Act will not tackle the root causes of the mass displacement of more than 114 million people - and treatment of vulnerable human beings should not be treated like...
Meeting In Parliament To Commemorate The 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre
Meeting In Parliament To Commemorate The 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre Lord Alton will chair a meeting in the UK Parliament to commemorate the 1989, Beijing's Tiananmen Square Massacre. Tiananmen became the focus of large-scale protests - protests which were crushed...
House Magazine – Wake Up Call On CCP Subversion of Democracy: By aligning our response with that of our allies and by implementing robust measures, we should send a clear message to Beijing: that our internal affairs and democratic rights are off-limits to CCP interference.
For all the wrong reasons, China has been in the news again. On the back of a hack and theft of MOD data, accompanied by espionage and cyber-attacks, MI5 briefed Vice Chancellors last week that university research programmes are at risk from malign and hostile...