Yesterday we expected that a Conservative/Lib Dem government would have been formed, but when Gordon Brown resigned at tea time all bets were off and Labour back in the running. The interesting thing about a potential Lib/Lab pact, however, is that they would have to depend on other smaller parties for they would not command an overall majority in the House of Commons. Those parties would include both the SNP and...

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Apologies that the blogging has been light during the past two weeks. We had expected to be in the US and the plan was to blog my experiences there, but as you know, we never made it. We did manage a relaxing holiday in Dorset, however, in a lovely cottage in a tiny village outside Bridport.

Being in Dorset allowed me to follow the UK general election. We spent most of our time in an area covered by two constitue...

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Two great links for you here. First, Channel 4 News' FactCheck blog and then Times Online Factchecker page. Both sites claim to be independent checkers of the 'facts' presented to us by the parties during this election. Great stuff! Though a sad indictment on the lack of credibility our politicians have.

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This is a great article by Jonathan Bartley of the Ekklesia think tank. It suggests how the church should do politics in this post-Christendom period. If you read anything today - this should be it.

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