Turning a terrible mess into a toxic one: #Budget2023
The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...
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- Jan 28
- 6 min
Poverty stigma: causes vs symptoms
I think I've worked out what it is that I dislike about people saying that poverty isn’t just, or even mainly, about material lack. Even...
- Jan 13
- 10 min
Arrogance and stigma: why does everyone look down on the poor?
You might think that amongst those who have suffered, compassion for those in a similar situation is higher. And indeed, in at least some...
- Dec 13, 2022
- 10 min
Book reviews: Lowborn, Disconnect Youth, and The Least, The Last and The Lost
Lowborn I recently read Kerry Hudson’s 2019 book, Lowborn. I don’t really have much to say about it, because honestly it is so good. And...
- Dec 3, 2022
- 10 min
How (not) to fix the NHS, part 2
There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...
- Dec 3, 2022
- 8 min
How (not) to fix the NHS, part 1
There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...
- Nov 30, 2022
- 8 min
What's so good about multi-payer, anyway?
I recently had a conversation with someone about whether the German healthcare system is superior to ours. I made two comments, which the...
- Nov 20, 2022
- 5 min
Evangelicals and Social Action: a book review
Evangelicals and Social Action: from John Wesley to John Stott Ian Shaw (2021) Inter-Varsity Press Ian Shaw starts his book with a...
- Oct 14, 2022
- 4 min
Are there logs in rich people's eyes?
There’s an annoying primary school rhyme that goes, ‘I know you are, you said you are, so what am I?’ The idea is the kid has been...
- Oct 5, 2022
- 5 min
Cabbage Soup for all
A recipe for cabbage soup was posted on twitter recently, positing that this soup – eaten twice a day for 4 days – would see someone...
- Sep 26, 2022
- 6 min
Healthy eating on £23/week
Budget menus abound on the internet, but what I’ve rarely seen with them is a calculation of whether keeping to that menu can meet one’s...
- May 23, 2022
- 10 min
The Least, the Last and the Lost should include the long-term unemployed
I was recently recommended Mez McConnell’s latest book, The Least, The Last and The Lost (I think that’s the right order!). Church Action...
- May 7, 2022
- 10 min
Poverty is not an individual choice, and that's not a Marxist idea
“There is no presumption in Scripture that if a person is poor it was because of injustice Now, we do see in Scripture, especially in the...
- May 2, 2021
- 4 min
Wealth is deceitful
I was interested today in the contrast between the sermon preached at my church today and that preached two weeks ago. Today, the speaker...
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