Wisdom worth sharing, words worth remembering.
What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved – a system that was created for the days after the Second World War. That prize is now I think achievable.
We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
If you look at the footballers you look at our celebrity culture we seem to be saying 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.
We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world we are a global trader already.
No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.
It's fairness to say those who work hard get up in the morning cut their cloth – in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'
