Pentecost and a Golden Jubilee The eve of Pentecost was the perfect time to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Liverpool’s Cathedral of Christ the King. The Cathedral choirs began the wonderful evening of celebration...
Defence of Western Values and Civilization in 2017
Western civilization has entered a dangerous period of disarray. It is weakened internally by overindulgence and self-doubt, and besieged by forces hostile to its bedrock values of liberty and tolerance. The West can reverse the decline, though, by resolutely...
Successful Conclusion of Campaign To Provide BBC World Service Transmissions to The Korean Peninsula. Also reports on human rights violations in North Korea
Lord Alton of Liverpool, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea: As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, I welcome today’s announcement by the BBC of a Korean-language World Service. The announcement follows many years...
Tolkien: Faith and Fiction – Liverpool Hope University Lecture marking the fiftieth anniversary of J.R.R.Tolkien’s involvement in the translation of the Jerusalem Bible and the link between his faith and his fiction. Accompanying presentation slides and full text may be viewed here.
Tolkien: Faith and Fiction click here to view the power point presentation which accompanies the following lecture: faith-in-the-work-of-tolkien - view full powerpoint presentation accompanying the lecture tolkien-faith-and-fiction-liverpool-2016 Text Liverpool Hope...
Archive – indexed miscellaneous articles and columns
Miscellaneous archived columns on the following subjects: Abortion and the right to know Paying a price for courage Politicians and how they vote on ethical issues 30 years of abortion in the UK Abortion and the possible link with breast cancer Joanna Jepson’s fight...
Roscoe Lectures – Forthcoming Lectures June 2014
The 120th Roscoe Lecture will take place in Liverpool on Monday June 9th. It will be delivered by the Mexican Ambassador. As part of series of encounters with Ambassadors accredited to the Court of St.James we will be staging some “Meet the Ambassadors” Roscoe...
Queens Speech Debate at Westminster – the fate of Meriam Ibrahim the Sudanese pregnant woman sentenced to death and 100 lashes is raised along with the violence which continues in Darfur and South Kordofan
Meriam Ibrahim Question 25 Jun 2014 : Column WA164 Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will answer the question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 10 June (HL Deb, col 236), and on 11 June (HL Deb, col 418), about whether asylum...
Bishop of Liverpool and David Alton Speak On The Hillsborough Disaster, the 2014 Anniversary and the story of Mossley Hill Hillsborough Survivor, Andrew Devine.
Also see: https://www.davidalton.net/2014/09/10/the-hillsborough-independent-panels-investigation-and-correspondence-from-1989-with-the-police-complaints-authority/ 2014 - the Hillsborough Anniversary: Church and civic bells will ring 96 times across Merseyside later...
Syria's Suffering Continues Unabated While Minorities are Targeted – Christians forced to special pay taxes to militant Islamist group: "Today in Raqqa and tomorrow in Rome" – 75 year-old-Jesuit murdered in Homs
Syria's Suffering Continues Unabated while Minorities are Targeted ACN News: Friday, 11th April 2014 – UK/INTERNATIONAL With pictures of Lord Alton of Liverpool at the Aid to the Church in Need Lenten vigil service for the Suffering Church in Syria, at the Immaculate...
Syria’s Suffering Continues Unabated While Minorities are Targeted – Christians forced to special pay taxes to militant Islamist group: “Today in Raqqa and tomorrow in Rome” – 75 year-old-Jesuit murdered in Homs
Syria's Suffering Continues Unabated while Minorities are Targeted ACN News: Friday, 11th April 2014 – UK/INTERNATIONAL With pictures of Lord Alton of Liverpool at the Aid to the Church in Need Lenten vigil service for the Suffering Church in Syria, at the Immaculate...
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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For the Uyghurs, Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name. For the sake of women like Rahima Mahmut, Gulzira Auelkhan, Sayragul Sauytbay, and Ruqiye Perhat – whose heart-breaking, shocking, stories are recorded here – it’s time that the crime of genocide was given definition in the UK. On January 19th Parliament can use its voice and speak that name – insisting on justice for victims of Genocide and refusing to make tawdry trade deals with those responsible for the crime above all crimes.
For the Uyghurs Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name ================================================= Extract: What word comes into your mind when you hear evidence of a State complicit in the destruction of a people’s identity; complicit in...
Stop Organ Harvesting In China
As the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Bill comes to be discussed in Parliament, at its Report Stage in the House of Lords these speeches on forced organ harvesting were made by members from all sides of the House. Second Reading: ...
Christmas 2020 – Listen to T.S.Eliot and Hugh Laurie reading “Journey of the Magi”, Read J.R.R.Tolkien’s, Noel, and G.K.Chesterton’s “The House of Christmas” and Liverpool poet, Stewart Henderson’s ,new 2020 Christmas poem, What did you get for Christmas?
Christmas 2020 - Listen to T.S.Eliot and Hugh Laurie reading "Journey of the Magi", Read J.R.R.Tolkien's, Noel, and G.K.Chesterton's "The House of Christmas" and Liverpool poet, Stewart Henderson's ,new 2020 Christmas poem, What did you get for Christmas? The...
The Place In Which We Work
The Houses of Parliament We all see the place where we work very differently. At the end of another very long day, at 8.30 pm tonight, I was alone in the House of Lords cafeteria - where the wonderful (mainly Polish) staff were living out Napoleon‘s maxim that armies...
Historic House of Lords Vote on All-Party Amendment on Genocide Determination passes by a Majority of 126. Now Members of the Commons have the chance to say no to trade deals with States credibly accused of Genocide.
Historic House of Lords Vote on All-Party Amendment on Genocide Determination passes by a Majority of 126. Now Members of the Commons have the chance to say no to trade deals with States credibly accused of Genocide. To read the full debate on the Human Rights and...
In Vino Veritas – with a glass of Australian wine show solidarity and drink a toast to Australia’s courageous truth telling.
In vino veritas - Australia tells the truth about Uighur persecution and the Chinese Communist Party bans its wine....
The World Must Not Forget Andy Li And The Hong Kong 12
With Andy Li During The Hong Kong Elections In the U.K. Parliament I have again asked the U.K. Government what information they have on the wellbeing of the 12 young prodemocracy activists from Hong Kong, arrested by China. I asked whether the U.K. has asked China to...
Parliament Hears Reports of 2,200 Nigerian Christians hacked to death in 2020 and 34,400 since 2009. U.K. Minister says Nigerian Government should “protect those at risk of violence” and “bring perpetrators to justice”
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11716): Lord Alton of Liverpool Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report...
After IS targeted and killed 11 Hazara Shia miners in Baluchistan, U.K. Minister says “We remain deeply concerned by reports of discrimination and violence against religious minorities in Pakistan”
Hazaras Suffer Terrible Persecution in Baluchistan Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11854): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment...
All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of Girls and Young Women in Pakistan: Call for Evidence. Deadline February 15th 2021
https://youtu.be/26Bu7nmi5JE David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) explains the Background to the Inquiry, its Objectives, and the Timetable The Times January 20th 2021All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of...