Holocaust heroine Jane Haining honoured by PM
The family of a Church of Scotland missionary who died in the Nazi gas chambers has received a posthumous award in her honour at Downing Street. Dumfriesshire-born Jane Haining worked at a Jewish...
View ArticleGordon Brown sets out 'Christian' vision, urges more religion in public life
Gordon Brown has set out his ‘Christian’ vision of politics and said that religion should not just be tolerated, but encouraged in public life. The Prime Minister’s comments come in a new book in which...
View ArticleLabour grandee 'ashamed' of party's anti-Christian attitude
A Labour grandee says he is “ashamed” of the Government’s “intolerant bigotry” towards Christians. Lord Donoughue, who served under Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Tony Blair, predicted that Roman...
View ArticleGordon Brown: ‘Come on, come on. Look at my achievements’
It is a gloriously sunny Saturday morning in the Kingdom of Fife, write Jonathan Oliver and David Smith. From the front garden of Gordon Brown’s constituency home, the Firth of Forth is like a millpond...
View ArticleThree party leaders back faith-based community work
The three main party leaders, as they entered the second week of the General Election campaign and launched their manifestos, spoke positively of the part played by churches in community-building....
View ArticleGordon Brown: My Credo
Gordon Brown has invoked God to attack the Conservatives’ "unfair" inheritance tax cut for richer voters, making it clear he will go into the closing stages of the election campaign fighting with...
View ArticleBrown cites wrong Bible book quoting scripture in election campaign
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, quoting the Bible to a church in South London while campaigning before May 6 elections, attributed the “great story” he was citing to the wrong book of the Old...
View ArticleBrown calls for greater equality in society
Gordon Brown made an impassioned call for greater equality in British society on Monday, saying, “Inequality should not be woven into the fabric of our lives.” Speaking to a 2,500-strong meeting of...
View ArticleGordon Brown: Son of a Preacher Man
Has Gordon Brown mentioned that he’s the son of a Church of Scotland minister before? It’s certainly news to me, writes Iain Martin. How did he keep that such a secret? I’m being facetious. I have now...
View ArticleGordon Brown donates Downing Street belongings to charity shop
Workers at a Scottish charity shop are sorting through boxes of household goods, toys and teddy bears from Downing Street after they were donated by Gordon Brown. Staff at the Bethany Christian Trust...
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