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Blog · 2 February, 2017

Responding to Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration

Churches in America have responded strongly to President’s Trump executive order on immigration. In a spirit of solidarity and shared concerns we share here a selection of the statements made by our sister Churches.   Presbyterian Church …

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Blog · 1 February, 2017

The Triumph of Torture?

On Friday the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom stood beside a man who was calmly supporting torture as an appropriate and effective tool to fight terrorism and she said nothing. She certainly did not agree with the suggestion that torture was acceptable – but she did not openly disagree …

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Blog, Peacemaking · 23 January, 2017

The failed Trident missile test is emblematic of a wider malaise

  How fitting that the UK’s failed test firing of a Trident nuclear missile in June occurred as Donald Trump launched his Presidential campaign.  President Trump has stated that he is not in favour of subsidising the cost of Europe’s nuclear weapons.  The US-owned Trident missiles are leased …

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