Iacob locutus est, sed causa nondum finita est.

 

Jacob’s bubolic comments are always of interest. Notwithstanding, his remarks are somewhat surprisingly, to some degree, reminiscent of floccinaucinihilipilification. Under the present electoral system, (even) a (tactical) vote for Reform could mean letting Labour in through the backdoor! After all, Jacob himself lost his seat at the last election because of Reform, yet he seems willing, indeed eager, to embrace a coalition government with N. Farage which implies a high degree of personal doubt about an achievable Conservative majority. He attacks, by name, R. Sunak, T. May and D. Cameron only, ignoring B. Johnson and L. Truss altogether who also inflicted a lot of pain both on country and their own party, not to mention 'yours truly!' His center-right tribal loyalty seems to be gravitating to Reform! Jacob agrees with R. J.’s defection speech yet wants to be loyal to K. Badenoch, whose decision to expel R. Jenrick he did not initially trust implicitly, suspending his judgement to begin with. That does not imply full confidence in the present Tory leader! I note that “Jenrick defects - and everyone wins”. How so? The Conservative party lost a man of intellect and integrity, and the Reform party admitted a Judas, depending on one’s perspective. At any rate, at the next election all that has been said will be insignificant. So much for my ramblings! It will teach me humility – which I am still struggling with at the moment!

From a hellion!

It ain't my fault! Don't blame me!!

 

Source - https://www.facebook.com/reel/1592519588412304 

I have been provoked yet again to respond. 

• It would be pathological not to shrink from Starmer's misguided policies and self-inflicted centrifugal egotism that is ripping the heart out of our nation, thus opening the door widely to extremism aimed at the destruction of our society.

• Blaming the discerning electorate is disingenuous, to put it mildly, and does not help the cause.

• The Prime minister is responsible but does not want to be held accountable for being all over the place. I have no idea what he stands for and wonder whether he himself does.

• When government becomes too weak or too strong then civil disobedience will often be the inevitable outcome. But who is interested in the lessons of history nowadays?

Unreal blessings in a clerical disguise!

In response to the remarks of the so-called archbishop of York (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1510814406658790) I feel compelled to respond, in a Schneiderish-sort-of-way. 

It seems audaciously presumptuous to expect (‘bestow’ would be too sacerdotal for my liking) God's blessing from the clergy of an apostate denomination as evidenced by its ongoing departure from Scripture, latterly on human sexuality! And to get paid in order to fleece the flock cannot be done with a good conscience! Those who support the sinking Titanic are either ill-taught or wilfully blind, but let God alone be the judge of everyone’s conscience!

Let the Gospel be preached again which calls all men everywhere to repentance and faith in our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of mankind! It was the message of the apostle Paul, Romans 1:16f., in the context of a decadent society, Romans 1:18ff., now so ‘celebrated’ by large sections of the wider church.

It has been said that ‘when nations perish in their sins, ‘tis in the Church the leprosy begins’. The smell of death has been noticeable for decades, and no amount of incense or pious phraseology can disguise the rot that is offensive to the nostrils of our thrice-holy God!

Scripture warns us of false shepherds / teachers, and perhaps the Church of England could point them out to us, so that we can escape the wrath to come.

Meanwhile, Luke 15:11-32 offers hope to all who want to turn their back on a life of rebellion, and the parable teaches true blessings that God alone can and will, and dare I say it, ‘must’ bestow on all who come to Him when forsaking ‘the dark path of sin’ that leads to everlasting destruction.