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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.
FSU member Jamie Michaels has been acquitted in just 17 minutes, after being prosecuted at the urging of a politician for a Facebook video. We covered his legal costs and secured top representation — because no one should go to prison for hurty words.https://t.co/uQcLNvUX9D
— The Free Speech Union (@SpeechUnion) February 5, 2025
Only 3 weeks into 2025 and things are degenerating quickly. The UK government continue to govern badly, with no ‘national inquiry’ into the grooming gangs (predominantly Muslim Pakistani) rape gangs, the assault on farmers, the progression of a treacherous ‘Children’s Wellbeing and Schools’ bill, the progression of the ‘Climate and Nature’ bill that will wreck lives and aid the furtherance of the surveillance state. Leading this degenerative slide is the Prime Minister; a man devoid of empathy, truth, decency, humanity, and God. It’s little wonder the situation is so bleak.
Furthermore, the immediate contrast with the United States could not be starker. It’s as if the people of the UK are out in the cold peering in through a window, to a room filled with (at least a semblance of) hope and optimism. A room where everyone knows there are only 2 genders, a room where ‘DEI’ is not welcome, a room which puts the interests and wellbeing of those in the family, first.
Is there something positive in all this? Yes, there is, but only if we are willing to pay careful attention to what is happening, to not allowing ourselves to be carried by MSM narratives, but instead to pursue the truth and allow a Biblical worldview to form. As more people wake up to reality, there comes with that great opportunity for the truth of the Gospel and the hope found in it.
We look ahead in this episode:
This week we have witnessed a lot of ‘upset’ amongst those of a ‘liberal’ disposition with the Donald Trump obliteration of Kamala Harris and her Democratic Party in the US Election.
If you only get your news from the likes of the BBC, Telegraph or The Guardian, you could be forgiven for thinking that something truly terrible had occurred. In fact, the opposite is the case. Donald Trump has the popular vote (last time this happened for a Republican was George W. Bush in 2004), the House and the Senate. This means he will be able to act on his pre-election promises and bring about the change that so many Americans long for.
Although it’s been a terrible week for liberals, it’s been a more optimistic one for the unborn. A core policy of Kamala Harris was her pledge to further facilitate and expand access to demonic child sacrifice, more commonly known as ‘abortion’ or somewhat absurdly, ‘reproductive rights’. Her failure to win the presidency was a win for the unborn. In fact, Kamala Harris did so badly that there was not one single county in the United States where she outperformed Joe Biden. An underperformance to celebrate.
This week has also highlighted the contrast between our ruling elite and the incoming US president and it could not be starker:
Furthermore, Labour have more things to worry about due to their diplomatically incompetent ministers having to try and repair the damage they have done:
“Humanity and dignity. Two words not understood by President Trump.”
– Kier Starmer
“I am so happy to see the back of Donald Trump.”
– Angela Rayner
“Oh yes, Trump’s a racist bigot.”
– Ed Milliband
And of course, the liability that is David Lammy: “Donald Trump lies more times a day than the average person goes to the bathroom. Unsurprising given that all that comes out of his mouth is utter pooh.”
Given the calibre of our current political class, it will be entertaining to watch them grovel. At least for now, Christians can be thankful that Trump won, as the alternative would have been far worse.
We did a special episode on the US election result and you can listen below:
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.