Judith Rossall
@judithrossall.bsky.social
History and Theology Geek. Methodist presbyter. Author Forbidden Fruit and Fig leaves. Learning to do worship which welcomes LGBTQ+ and other marginalised folk. Intermittently keen gardener. Love long walks in the countryside and crochet. She/her
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Imagine how high President Trump's reputation would be if it wasn't for the BBC Panorama programme that few people watched.
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Imagine how high President Trump's reputation would be if it wasn't for the BBC Panorama programme that few people watched.
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Thou shalt not condemn “violent rhetoric” after your ally is murdered and then mock the murder of someone who criticized you.
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thou shalt not condemn “violent rhetoric” after your ally is murdered and then mock the murder of someone who criticized you.
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THE THREE ICE MEN
We followed the star—right to your unauthorized encampment.
No room at the inn, and no room in the country.
What Child Is This? I’m gonna need to see the birth certificate for the kid.
We intercepted three guys on camels & shepherds are already in a detention center in El Paso.
We followed the star—right to your unauthorized encampment.
No room at the inn, and no room in the country.
What Child Is This? I’m gonna need to see the birth certificate for the kid.
We intercepted three guys on camels & shepherds are already in a detention center in El Paso.
December 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
THE THREE ICE MEN
We followed the star—right to your unauthorized encampment.
No room at the inn, and no room in the country.
What Child Is This? I’m gonna need to see the birth certificate for the kid.
We intercepted three guys on camels & shepherds are already in a detention center in El Paso.
We followed the star—right to your unauthorized encampment.
No room at the inn, and no room in the country.
What Child Is This? I’m gonna need to see the birth certificate for the kid.
We intercepted three guys on camels & shepherds are already in a detention center in El Paso.
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I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous.
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Zack Polanski: Allow small boat migrants in and let them work
Green Party leader accuses Sir Keir Starmer of following Nigel Farage in ‘pushing racist rhetoric’ and calls JK Rowling’s stance on single-sex spaces ‘hateful’
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous.
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
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Good news of great joy for all
Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism.
A clear message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility
bit.ly/4a3619Q
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
Thank you @al-barrett.bsky.social 🙏
Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism.
A clear message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility
bit.ly/4a3619Q
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
Thank you @al-barrett.bsky.social 🙏
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Good news of great joy for all
Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism.
A clear message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility
bit.ly/4a3619Q
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
Thank you @al-barrett.bsky.social 🙏
Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism.
A clear message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility
bit.ly/4a3619Q
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
Thank you @al-barrett.bsky.social 🙏
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Not enough prominent people are calling this out and too many politicians and journalists in the mainstream media keep doing this.
Refugee = not illegal immigrant
Refugee = not criminal
Refugee = person fleeing persecution or conflict
This is a matter of law, not opinion.
Refugee = not illegal immigrant
Refugee = not criminal
Refugee = person fleeing persecution or conflict
This is a matter of law, not opinion.
The conflation of "foreign criminals" and "illegal migrants" is disgusting.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
The Home Office continues to use language that its own data refutes
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Not enough prominent people are calling this out and too many politicians and journalists in the mainstream media keep doing this.
Refugee = not illegal immigrant
Refugee = not criminal
Refugee = person fleeing persecution or conflict
This is a matter of law, not opinion.
Refugee = not illegal immigrant
Refugee = not criminal
Refugee = person fleeing persecution or conflict
This is a matter of law, not opinion.
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The C of E and other denominations too….. glad to see work of @publicissues.bsky.social highlighted here
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The C of E and other denominations too….. glad to see work of @publicissues.bsky.social highlighted here
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Unlike other parties we rely on individual donors who give small sums to us
Reform UK gets £9m from one person based abroad
The Tories, Labour and the LibDems get money from businesses and so-called think tanks
Can you help us to take them all on and offer #RealHopeRealChange
Thank you
Reform UK gets £9m from one person based abroad
The Tories, Labour and the LibDems get money from businesses and so-called think tanks
Can you help us to take them all on and offer #RealHopeRealChange
Thank you
🎉 Our crowdfunder is close to a quarter of a million pounds from thousands of donors.
💚 For a party that will lower bills, tax billionaires, fund the NHS, defend migrant workers and tackle the climate crisis!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
💚 For a party that will lower bills, tax billionaires, fund the NHS, defend migrant workers and tackle the climate crisis!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, we hit our £100,000 target. We're upping our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Unlike other parties we rely on individual donors who give small sums to us
Reform UK gets £9m from one person based abroad
The Tories, Labour and the LibDems get money from businesses and so-called think tanks
Can you help us to take them all on and offer #RealHopeRealChange
Thank you
Reform UK gets £9m from one person based abroad
The Tories, Labour and the LibDems get money from businesses and so-called think tanks
Can you help us to take them all on and offer #RealHopeRealChange
Thank you
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Is Tommy Robinson the person to put Christ back into Christmas?
"Love came down at Christmas, in the form of Christ – in vulnerable defiance to the divisions of a world ruled by oppression, violence and fear"
A blog from @publicissues.bsky.social jpit.uk/is-this-love
#ChurchesTogether #JoyForAll
"Love came down at Christmas, in the form of Christ – in vulnerable defiance to the divisions of a world ruled by oppression, violence and fear"
A blog from @publicissues.bsky.social jpit.uk/is-this-love
#ChurchesTogether #JoyForAll
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Is Tommy Robinson the person to put Christ back into Christmas?
"Love came down at Christmas, in the form of Christ – in vulnerable defiance to the divisions of a world ruled by oppression, violence and fear"
A blog from @publicissues.bsky.social jpit.uk/is-this-love
#ChurchesTogether #JoyForAll
"Love came down at Christmas, in the form of Christ – in vulnerable defiance to the divisions of a world ruled by oppression, violence and fear"
A blog from @publicissues.bsky.social jpit.uk/is-this-love
#ChurchesTogether #JoyForAll
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The Methodist Church in Britain has launched its 2025 national Advent and Christmas campaign with its first-ever outdoor advertising promotion, taking their message to the streets of London: "You are a gift. Made with love." ❤️
Find out more about the campaign and how to connect on our website.
Find out more about the campaign and how to connect on our website.
Methodist Church launches national Christmas campaign: “You are a gift. Made with love.” - The Methodist Church
The Methodist Church in Britain has launched its national Christmas campaign with its first-ever outdoor advertising promotion.
www.methodist.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Methodist Church in Britain has launched its 2025 national Advent and Christmas campaign with its first-ever outdoor advertising promotion, taking their message to the streets of London: "You are a gift. Made with love." ❤️
Find out more about the campaign and how to connect on our website.
Find out more about the campaign and how to connect on our website.
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Zack P: When are we going to have a cost of living special...?
Fiona Bruce: ...we talk about cost living every week..not sure why we need a special programme for it.
You talk about immigration every week. Yet, here we are, with a question time special on...immigration. Not sure that logic follows.
Fiona Bruce: ...we talk about cost living every week..not sure why we need a special programme for it.
You talk about immigration every week. Yet, here we are, with a question time special on...immigration. Not sure that logic follows.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Zack P: When are we going to have a cost of living special...?
Fiona Bruce: ...we talk about cost living every week..not sure why we need a special programme for it.
You talk about immigration every week. Yet, here we are, with a question time special on...immigration. Not sure that logic follows.
Fiona Bruce: ...we talk about cost living every week..not sure why we need a special programme for it.
You talk about immigration every week. Yet, here we are, with a question time special on...immigration. Not sure that logic follows.
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We are seeking a skilled administrator to support the Centre for Black Theology (CBT) and the Racial Justice (RJ) Project.
Please share this opportunity with your networks.
📅Closing date: 8 January 2026
For more info, please visit www.queens.ac.uk/vacancies
Please share this opportunity with your networks.
📅Closing date: 8 January 2026
For more info, please visit www.queens.ac.uk/vacancies
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We are seeking a skilled administrator to support the Centre for Black Theology (CBT) and the Racial Justice (RJ) Project.
Please share this opportunity with your networks.
📅Closing date: 8 January 2026
For more info, please visit www.queens.ac.uk/vacancies
Please share this opportunity with your networks.
📅Closing date: 8 January 2026
For more info, please visit www.queens.ac.uk/vacancies
In the light of so many depressing stories, here is one glimmer of light. For Some Women Scotland may be able to bully some organisations with threats of law suits, but the law is not on their side.
Only first instance but this feels quite significant - it was lawful, post For Some Women Scotland, to offer trans inclusive workplace toilets.
BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In the light of so many depressing stories, here is one glimmer of light. For Some Women Scotland may be able to bully some organisations with threats of law suits, but the law is not on their side.
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#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLivesMatter #TransAlly 🏳️⚧️ it sickens me to the bones what is happening to our trans friends and family here in the UK and indeed elsewhere around the world, such a sad and sickening situations of hate, intolerance and sheer vile toxic behaviour and ideology
The transgender experience in the UK right now is basically just waking up to discover what else you've been banned from.
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLivesMatter #TransAlly 🏳️⚧️ it sickens me to the bones what is happening to our trans friends and family here in the UK and indeed elsewhere around the world, such a sad and sickening situations of hate, intolerance and sheer vile toxic behaviour and ideology
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Under 30? Member of the C of E or an ecumenical ally? In favour of LGBT+ inclusion in the church?
Then you might like to sign this Student Christian Movement open letter (closes today)
forms.office.com/pages/respon...?
Then you might like to sign this Student Christian Movement open letter (closes today)
forms.office.com/pages/respon...?
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Under 30? Member of the C of E or an ecumenical ally? In favour of LGBT+ inclusion in the church?
Then you might like to sign this Student Christian Movement open letter (closes today)
forms.office.com/pages/respon...?
Then you might like to sign this Student Christian Movement open letter (closes today)
forms.office.com/pages/respon...?
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Not sure making sure we pay attention to the story of a homeless middle eastern refugee family being put up in a hotel and being literally handed gold is quite the flex Mr Yaxley Lennon thinks it is.
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Not sure making sure we pay attention to the story of a homeless middle eastern refugee family being put up in a hotel and being literally handed gold is quite the flex Mr Yaxley Lennon thinks it is.
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Ridiculous, both from the EHRC and the guardian reporting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The Supreme Court did not rule that "the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex"
The judgement itself makes this clear:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The Supreme Court did not rule that "the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex"
The judgement itself makes this clear:
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ridiculous, both from the EHRC and the guardian reporting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The Supreme Court did not rule that "the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex"
The judgement itself makes this clear:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The Supreme Court did not rule that "the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex"
The judgement itself makes this clear:
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💯 this. Thatcher & Kinnock were probably no cleverer than most politicians today. But read their speeches: they made serious arguments about the nature of the state & the meaning of democracy.
No one wants philosophers in charge. But you do need a compass if you're going to steer in a straight line
No one wants philosophers in charge. But you do need a compass if you're going to steer in a straight line
We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
![I confess that I always had difficulty with interpreting the Biblical precept to love our neighbours “as ourselves” until I read some of the words of C.S. Lewis. He pointed out that we don't exactly love ourselves when we fall below the standards and beliefs we have accepted. Indeed we might even hate ourselves for some unworthy deed.
None of this, of course, tells us exactly what kind of political and social institutions we should have. On this point, Christians will very often genuinely disagree, though it is a mark of Christian manners that they will do so with courtesy and mutual respect. [Applause] What is certain, however, is that any set of social and economic arrangements which is not founded on the acceptance of individual responsibility will do nothing but harm.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/bafkreicrdgbtvm54qnmttwe6crhxwt4be5v3izjmqtnvlxmaljwg5wolai@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
💯 this. Thatcher & Kinnock were probably no cleverer than most politicians today. But read their speeches: they made serious arguments about the nature of the state & the meaning of democracy.
No one wants philosophers in charge. But you do need a compass if you're going to steer in a straight line
No one wants philosophers in charge. But you do need a compass if you're going to steer in a straight line
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Depressingly well-made point.
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Depressingly well-made point.
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Yes, govt bent to pressure from MPs over the benefit cap.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yes, govt bent to pressure from MPs over the benefit cap.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
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Breathtaking cruelty.
Breathtaking cost.
Entirely predictable craven politics from no one's favourite Labour Party.
Breathtaking cost.
Entirely predictable craven politics from no one's favourite Labour Party.
Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Breathtaking cruelty.
Breathtaking cost.
Entirely predictable craven politics from no one's favourite Labour Party.
Breathtaking cost.
Entirely predictable craven politics from no one's favourite Labour Party.
Seems fairly basic, but yes. Understand actions by their impact not their intention and listen to the person who was injured.
It's not Farage's call to decide whether his racist comments are hurtful, it's the guy on the receiving end.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Seems fairly basic, but yes. Understand actions by their impact not their intention and listen to the person who was injured.
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Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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The reason your energy bills are so high and more volatile than they should be? It’s because the global price of gas sets the price of all our green energy in the UK – its madness.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The reason your energy bills are so high and more volatile than they should be? It’s because the global price of gas sets the price of all our green energy in the UK – its madness.