Protesters – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Tiananmen

By Peter Ould Posted on June 4, 2013 Posted in General No Comments Tagged with 24th Anniversary, Cruel Men, Expression, Freedom Of Conscience, Heart Of Hearts, Hong Kong, James Fenton, Poem, Protesters, Short Of Breath, Spirit, Tianamen, Tiananmen Square Massacre, Truth

I remember reading this poem a year after the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It’s always struck me as an incredibly powerful piece and captures the spirit of the protesters both then and now. Even on this 24th anniversary of the Massacre, …

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The Crumbling of the St Paul’s Chapter

By Peter Ould Posted on October 23, 2011 Posted in Church of England, UK News 5 Comments Tagged with Ancient Rome, Anglicans, Blackmail, Catastrophic Fire, Catastrophic Fires, Closed Doors, Concentration Camps, Confessing Church, Covenanters, Debacle, Encampment, Health And Safety, Imprisonment, Latimer, Luftwaffe, Nazi State, Protesters, Ridley, Safety Inspector, St Pauls

Some interesting thoughts from Campbell Campbell-Jack on the ongoing St Pauls / #occupylsx debacle. Even bampots should feel free to protest. The Occupy London protesters may be self-regarding and sanctimonious, faulty in their analysis and confused in their solutions, nevertheless, …

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Questionable Time

By Peter Ould Posted on October 23, 2009 Posted in Liberal Illiberality, UK Politics 2 Comments Tagged with Blighty, Bnp, Churchill, Euro Elections, European Parliament, Famous Quote, Free Speech, Furore, Impartiality, Liberal Democracy, Meps, Mr Griffin, Peaceful Protest, Protesters, Public Platform, Question Time, Snp, Three Times, Trespass, Voltaire

Let me start this post by pointing out that I’m not a fan of the BNP, not by a long margin. It saddens me that I have to point that at at the beginning, but some people will read this …

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