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A country is a home or it’s nothing

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

My latest piece in The Critic… A cheery-looking chap from the local Lib Dems dropped a Focus leaflet through my door last weekend, the first political leaflet I’ve received since moving here a few months ago. It may surprise you … Continue reading →

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Orbán, Trianon, and the Rebirth of Nationalism

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

It is well worth reading Viktor Orbán’s speech on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Trianon, which was last Thursday and I didn’t even notice until it passed. Let’s start with this passage towards the end, which needs little … Continue reading →

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A Tallinn Memorial from the Days before Nationalism

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

Our past was at times profoundly different from our present in ways we little appreciate; this memorial in an Estonian church survives from a time when nationalism was not a given, not too long ago. Continue reading →

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Meet the Box-Setts: the Demographic that Will Decide Britain’s Future

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

Originally posted at Slugger O’Toole… David Box gives his partner Seema Sett the dorky, Mr Bean-ish look, with the back of his tongue poking out of his gob that he knows always makes her smile when she’s had a rough … Continue reading →

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Dark clouds over the rainbow nation

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Gerry Lynch

This article appeared in The Tablet on 13 April 2017. The crisis long bubbling inside the African National Congress now threatens to boil over into widespread violence throughout the country. Faith leaders have a vital part to play in finding … Continue reading →

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No Simple Answers for Christians in Politics

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Gerry Lynch

I’ve enjoyed the series of posts hosted by Gillan on God and Politics UK, where guest bloggers associated with the three main GB political parties, as well as the Greens and UKIP, say they support their particular party from a … Continue reading →

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Italy’s Five Star Movement – is this what The End of History looks like?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Cross-posted at Slugger O’Toole and Lucid Talk… In 1992, Francis Fukayama predicted in The End of History that the end of the Cold War would impend not only an era of triumphant liberal-democratic capitalism, but one where political evolution had … Continue reading →

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Steven Agnew cleans Arlene Foster’s clock on gay marriage…

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Well done to Green Party MLA Steven Agnew for setting DUP Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster straight that civil partnerships are NOT equal to marriage and that all religious symbolism or language in civil partnership ceremonies in the UK is banned … Continue reading →

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