The impact of 81% of evangelical Christians voting for Donald Trump, more than voted for George Bush, has had a significant impact on how the world Perceives the church in the west, but not necessarily how other Christian conservative peoples have perceived America.1   underlining this explosive shift in American politics is a deep dissatisfaction that demonstrates that voters no longer trust career politicians. This political shift has particularly stunned what had been a centrist liberal Consensus in the west. In eastern Europe in particular, we now see what are essentially extremist parties making progress and even in wester Europe their...

Watching the BBC attempt to justify how it treated Sir Cliff Richard was embarrassing. The disgraceful sensationalising of a very difficult issue should have solicited a clear unequivocal apology, instead, they tried to bury their misdemeanour and wrap it up in the flag of ‘freedom of speech’. The founding fathers in America fought for the right of individuals to have freedom of speech, to express whatever they wished without fear of persecution from the state, to believe whatever they wanted to believe without being oppressed by the government to assemble peaceably and to be able to petition for redress of grievances. In fact,...