We will preserve Britain’s Christian heritage and end the incendiary practice of converting churches into mosques or any other place of worship
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s “Shadow Home Secretary”, Daily Mail, 23 February
I don’t think it’s very common at all [for churches to become mosques]. It’s much more common for them to become churches of other Christian denominations, such as when Pentecostal churches take over Anglican churches
Ben Sims, National Churches Trust, quoted in The Times, 24 February
Making it more complicated to maintain churches, or convert them into something new, might end up doing the opposite of preserving character
Anoosh Chakelian, The New Statesman, 24 February
Wales deserves better than being railroaded into a life-or-death policy change that it has voted against
Ruth Jones, Labour MP for Newport West and Islwyn, The House, 24 February
When the health system is under strain, clinical pathways requiring fewer resources tend to become dominant — not because they are safer, but because they are structurally easier to deliver. Assisted dying, which requires less time, multidisciplinary input or long-term follow-up than palliative care, risks becoming the path of least resistance in pressured services
Jim McManus, National Director of Health and Wellbeing, Public Health Wales, BMJ blog, 20 February
I do think there is a God-shaped hole in the souls of many of us, and maybe especially right now when reality is so disorienting, with this incredible technological revolution that we’re going through, the rise of AI, with the breakdown of the global order, the rise of neo-facism. People are really looking for deeper, more fundamental answers
Rutger Bregman, historian, The New Statesman podcast, 18 February
[If] it doesn’t look like a duck, it may not be a duck. Because it’s so much at odds with long-term evidence, long-term trends
John Curtice, political and social scientist, on the Bible Society’s report The Quiet Revival, BBC, 22 February
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