Rev Fergus Butler-Gallie
Rev Fergus Butler-Gallie is assistant curate at Liverpool Parish Church. He tweets at @_F_B_G_
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
