Supporters of the Bill tend to dismiss religious objections to assisted suicide on the grounds that believers have no right to “impose their views on others”. They do not see that they are imposing their atomistic individualism on the rest of us
Charles Moore, The Daily Telegraph, 16 September
You are the single greatest arbiter, the one who should decide your future, lack of it, and means for getting there. I wouldn’t dream of telling you how to live your life, so why should I tell you how to end it? It’s your decision
Oli Dugmore, The New Statesman, 16 September
If I cared about avoiding migrants, why would I vote for a party that is insincere and hypocritical and incoherent, as opposed to a party that has always said that they wanted to fight migration? Why would I go for the bad copy?
Lea Ypi, academic and author, interview in The New Statesman, 12-18 September
There are faithful Christians sitting in our pews who support tighter border controls not out of hatred but out of sincere concern for social cohesion, pressure on public services and the pace of cultural change in their communities. Dismissing those concerns outright risks pushing these people further from the church they love
Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester, The Times, 12 September
CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the workers are receiving, the last figure I saw, it’s 600 times more than what average workers are receiving. Yesterday the news that Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world. What does that mean and what’s that about? If that is the only thing that has value anymore, then we’re in big trouble. . .
Pope Leo XIV, interview with Crux, 14 September
[Elderly woman]: “Hello, is this the over 60s watercolour group?” [Vicar]: “Sorry dear, that’s Tuesday. This is the over 60’s ‘Terrorist’ group”
Cartoon in the Morning Star, 3 September
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