Perhaps being homosexual is too easy? “It is outrageous that a bed and breakfast proprietor should be obliged to accommodate under his roof people whose behaviour he regards as offensive and sinful,” he foams in another article, gritting his Anglican teeth to agree with Vatican criticism of Labour’s equalities legislation. “It is a sad day when it takes a German Pope to correct the errors of an English government.”
But Helmer is a man of nuance. Here he is on Muslims and Sharia law: “It is a fundamental principle of a democratic society under the rule of law that the same law applies to every citizen, and all must obey, whatever their religion or profession or standing in society.”
But what if they own a B&B? Will Helmer’s next manifesto clarify this?
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On 4 November last year, when many of us were watching the aftermath of the American presidential election, the US formally left the Paris Climate Agreement. Written in 2015 at the United Nations’ COP21 climate conference in Paris, the agreement is often considered to be the most significant document of international climate cooperation. Back then,...
To say 2020 was dramatic would be an understatement. The world situation has been completely transformed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the inadequacy of governmental and state responses. As we head into 2021 it feels like we are entering uncharted territory. To make specific predictions would be unwise. But the Covid-19 crisis raises fundamental questions...
The 2020 crisis we’ve endured isn’t an aberration of the system but, as Alex Callinicos argues, an aspect of its permanent crisis.
