Migration to and from the UK is never far from today’s headlines.
Unprecedented levels of net inward migration have created a wide range of social and political responses. The novelty and excitement around multicultural festivities have faded. Social weariness and wariness have taken root. Protests have arisen. UK residents - mostly under 35 years old - are leaving the country to find greener, safer pastures; many are returning to family homelands.
"Putting Christ Back into Christmas" raised all kinds of responses, spanning confusion, fear, celebration, joy, and everything between. Some folk call for open borders, others want them closed. Politicians have mooted stricter immigration policies and have bargained with French authorities.
The comforting doctrine of the necessity of affliction — part two
This article is a "part two" to the piece of the same title (en online, 13 Sept. 2025) …