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The most recent episode of the Owl & Badger podcast coincided with the UK’s ‘COVID-19 day of reflection’. We speak with Christine Padgham, a ‘professional dissident’, who gives her reflections on all things ‘COVID-19’. Christine shares how she woke up to the reality of what was happening and the need to seek truth, even when it’s costly.
This is a great episode to share with those who are starting to question the mainstream narrative.
You can listen here.
On the Owl & Badger podcast we have the opportunity to speak with people from different backgrounds and experiences in our interview episodes. It’s certainly a highlight for us and we are thankful to each person willing to give their time to be on the podcast. The majority of these interviews have been with Christians and an important thread with each of our special guests has been their desire to pursue and stand for truth as they seek to serve Christ. An analogy is that we are all on a road taking us towards the heavenly kingdom, with some people further along the road, whilst others might be a little way back.
The important point to grasp is that they are all on the right road.
The intention of these interviews is to encourage and challenge listeners to keep travelling down this often hard, sometimes lonely road. We have to help one another stay on the path to life. But it’s also an opportunity for others not yet on this road, to hear from seasoned pilgrims and hopefully have their attention drawn to what it means to follow after Christ.
This is why our latest interview with William Philip, a fellow traveller along the road to life, is well worth a listen.
With a general election tomorrow, called early by Sunak, the predictions are grim. To be blunt, how any thinking, theologically sound Christian can vote Labour is unfathomable given their stance on the family, sexuality, Islam, the unborn and assisted suicide. Saying that, we’ve had 14 years of the Conservatives, who have simply acted like a socialist government.
Back in the 1990’s, Barry Smith was right, it matters little as to who is in power, as they all follow the ‘script’ they are given. The evidence of this can be seen in recent history. Look back over the last 20, 30 or 40 years and you can chart a direction of travel that is unaffected by differing flavours of government in No.10. Yes, there will be small discrepancies based on whether it’s a tory or socialist government, but overall the direction of travel does not change.
To back this up, the former UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss wrote the following in the Wall Street Journal
“Across the West—especially the English-speaking world—there has been a shift of power away from democratically accountable officeholders to unelected bureaucrats and technocrats. The administrative state undermined Mr. Trump’s first term and undermined my tenure as Britain’s prime minister, forcing me out of office after 49 days. I assumed that I would be able to drive through the agenda on which I was elected. How wrong I was. The opaque British bureaucratic state undermined my proposed reforms, and their American equivalents will have Mr. Trump in their sights if he is victorious in November. The deep state will attempt to undercut him even more than it did in his first term… As soon as I announced plans to institute a range of supply-side reforms, I was marked by the technocrats for political extinction.”
The Deep State Lies in Wait for Trump – Liz Truss
This is why many bold manifesto pledges do not come to pass once the people who promised them reach power, because they come to learn where the real power lies. This is before we even get onto the tyrannical reality of Stakeholder Capitalism.
The truth is that Labour and Conservative are two sides of the same coin. Voting Labour will fast track us to tyranny. Voting Conservative is the same direction, but a little more slowly. A vote for Reform UK, will slow that journey down the most, although the destination will be the same (unless the deep state, globalist machine is disabled first).
We are living on ‘borrowed’ time in the UK, a time of extended grace, but this may soon run out. For the Christian, the need is now critical to be awake and alert to what is happening and to live accordingly.
This video by Dave Brennan is worth a watch and will stand the test of time, should the worst happen and a Labour majority be delivered tomorrow.
Can you really vote Labour? As a Christian I believe the answer to this is a resounding no, but then the Conservatives are not much better either. Is this the point where the only viable options are either spoil the ballot paper or vote Reform UK? I think it is, but I also think this is the point where we need to spur one another on and get serious about what it means to follow Jesus in a country that has turned it’s back on the Gospel.
As we head closer to a ‘general election’ on 4 July, we take time to delve into two important subjects. The first is The People’s Vaccine Inquiry, which seeks to actually get to the truth as to what was pushed onto the population in 2020, 2021 and 2022 (and in some cases, still in 2024). The second is a look at the Evangelical Alliance report, “Thinking faithfully about politics“, which seeks to give insight into how ‘evangelicals’ think and act when it comes to politics, however the report, perhaps unintentionally, gives far more sobering insight as to the real state of much of the UK church.
As ever, you can listen here.
In the latest Owl & Badger podcast, we speak with Dr Clare Craig, who is a diagnostic pathologist and Co-Chair of the HART Group. We cover quite a lot of ground with Dr Craig and it was particularly good to not only hear about her stand for the truth, but also her spiritual journey and resulting Christian faith.
One of the highlights of producing this podcast with Helen has been the opportunity to speak with interesting and insightful people who contribute greatly to the cause of ‘waking people up’ to the reality of the world.
In particular, this is an excellent episode to share with those who are open to the truth, but still apprehenive about what that means.
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I’d encourage you to listen to Dr Clare Craig’s testimony here. You can also follow Clare on Twitter (X) here and subscribe to her Substack here.
In this special episode we are joined by Luke Avery. Luke describes the unique nature and perspective of the channel and the listeners it attracts. We discuss the challenges of church life within the reality of a hostile culture, woke and progressive influences, and how we can navigate these. We hope that you will be informed, challenged and encouraged by this interview.
You can listen here.