Gareth Davies
@garethjdavies.bsky.social
Christian. Theology, politics, culture. Seeking to understand, desiring reconciliation. Sport: #QPR #Middlesex Location: New Forest, England, UK
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Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
Increasingly convinced, having had full contact with all aspects around it for the last year or so, that until social care is properly financed it will be a massive drag on employment and productivity as relatives spend endless hours in practical caring and administrative support.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Increasingly convinced, having had full contact with all aspects around it for the last year or so, that until social care is properly financed it will be a massive drag on employment and productivity as relatives spend endless hours in practical caring and administrative support.
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Ahead of today's budget our director, Hannah Rich, has written for Mainstream about how we need the moral courage in government to make decisions like ending the two child benefit limit simply because they’re the right thing to do.
Read it here 👉 www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/moral-c...
Read it here 👉 www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/moral-c...
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ahead of today's budget our director, Hannah Rich, has written for Mainstream about how we need the moral courage in government to make decisions like ending the two child benefit limit simply because they’re the right thing to do.
Read it here 👉 www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/moral-c...
Read it here 👉 www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/moral-c...
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"People who attend church or identify with a Christian tradition are not systematically more (or less) nativist, authoritarian or populist than their secular counterparts. Conversely, people who hold nativist and authoritarian views are often also Islamophobes, and vice versa." 👏 @kai-arzheimer.com
Islamophobia in Western Europe is not driven by religiosity
Are Christians more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens in Europe? New research finds European Islamophobia has no link to a person’s religiosity.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"People who attend church or identify with a Christian tradition are not systematically more (or less) nativist, authoritarian or populist than their secular counterparts. Conversely, people who hold nativist and authoritarian views are often also Islamophobes, and vice versa." 👏 @kai-arzheimer.com
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Lib Dem Tim Farron MP: "I'm a proud patriot, but I am no nationalist...You can tell the difference.
"Patriots love their country. Nationalists hate their neighbours. I am a patriot."
He says he's ashamed racists have tried to steal the flag.
Farron hits out at the "poison of nationalism".
"Patriots love their country. Nationalists hate their neighbours. I am a patriot."
He says he's ashamed racists have tried to steal the flag.
Farron hits out at the "poison of nationalism".
September 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Lib Dem Tim Farron MP: "I'm a proud patriot, but I am no nationalist...You can tell the difference.
"Patriots love their country. Nationalists hate their neighbours. I am a patriot."
He says he's ashamed racists have tried to steal the flag.
Farron hits out at the "poison of nationalism".
"Patriots love their country. Nationalists hate their neighbours. I am a patriot."
He says he's ashamed racists have tried to steal the flag.
Farron hits out at the "poison of nationalism".
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In case you missed it 👇🏿
Have you ever considered that you might be… wrong?
On BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, @chinemcdonald.bsky.social explores how owning up to our errors in judgment may not be such a bad thing.
🎙️ Tune in here
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On BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, @chinemcdonald.bsky.social explores how owning up to our errors in judgment may not be such a bad thing.
🎙️ Tune in here
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Thought for the Day - Chine McDonald - BBC Sounds
17 SEPT 2025
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
In case you missed it 👇🏿
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We've got some really exciting projects lined up that this person would be able to get stuck into, so do apply if you're interested - or share it with someone who would be. But be quick, applications close next week!
We're hiring! 📢
Join our team as a religion and society researcher. We're looking for someone who has knowledge and skills in mixed–methods research to work on a number of upcoming projects.
Find out more and apply below 👇
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Join our team as a religion and society researcher. We're looking for someone who has knowledge and skills in mixed–methods research to work on a number of upcoming projects.
Find out more and apply below 👇
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/about/work-w...
Theos Think Tank - Understanding faith. Enriching society.
Theos stimulates the debate about the place of religion in society, challenging and changing ideas through research, commentary and events.
www.theosthinktank.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We've got some really exciting projects lined up that this person would be able to get stuck into, so do apply if you're interested - or share it with someone who would be. But be quick, applications close next week!
Did Robert Peston turn up to work without a tie today? And was handed one from the lost property box?
September 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Did Robert Peston turn up to work without a tie today? And was handed one from the lost property box?
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Appalling that Policy Exchange’s offices were violently attacked last night - just the latest in a lengthy series of such intimidatory attacks targeted at think tanks and campaign groups, doing perfectly legitimate work that is part of our democratic process.
August 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Appalling that Policy Exchange’s offices were violently attacked last night - just the latest in a lengthy series of such intimidatory attacks targeted at think tanks and campaign groups, doing perfectly legitimate work that is part of our democratic process.
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I’ll address these issues as a Christian, not a news reporter.
It’s hard at present for Christians, impelled by biblical injunctions to be kind to the stranger, not to feel alienated by the rhetoric on all sides about immigrants.
Krish Kandiah’s words strike me as an authentic Christian response.
It’s hard at present for Christians, impelled by biblical injunctions to be kind to the stranger, not to feel alienated by the rhetoric on all sides about immigrants.
Krish Kandiah’s words strike me as an authentic Christian response.
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I’ll address these issues as a Christian, not a news reporter.
It’s hard at present for Christians, impelled by biblical injunctions to be kind to the stranger, not to feel alienated by the rhetoric on all sides about immigrants.
Krish Kandiah’s words strike me as an authentic Christian response.
It’s hard at present for Christians, impelled by biblical injunctions to be kind to the stranger, not to feel alienated by the rhetoric on all sides about immigrants.
Krish Kandiah’s words strike me as an authentic Christian response.
A dictionary definition of xenophobia is unacceptable to the BBC. Got it.
August 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A dictionary definition of xenophobia is unacceptable to the BBC. Got it.
Most shared episode. Interesting. open.spotify.com/episode/3d22...
What's going on with young people and God?
The News Agents · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Most shared episode. Interesting. open.spotify.com/episode/3d22...
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127/ British election night coverage needs to go completely back to the drawing board. It has become a pointless mess of endless talking heads, with results and analysis seemingly seen as an inconvenient side show. You have most of the best psephologists in the country working with you – use them!
August 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
127/ British election night coverage needs to go completely back to the drawing board. It has become a pointless mess of endless talking heads, with results and analysis seemingly seen as an inconvenient side show. You have most of the best psephologists in the country working with you – use them!
Memo to the Chancellor: yes we'd like to spend more of the money we earn, yes we'd like to invest in British stocks, too. But, as we see the spiralling costs of social care for those we love in the generation above, we are saving not just for our pensions but for our future care costs too.
July 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Memo to the Chancellor: yes we'd like to spend more of the money we earn, yes we'd like to invest in British stocks, too. But, as we see the spiralling costs of social care for those we love in the generation above, we are saving not just for our pensions but for our future care costs too.
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Happy 45th birthday to these two beauties
July 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy 45th birthday to these two beauties
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🎥 There are some positive things in there around political donations... But these measures ignore the elephant in the room... the growing reliance of political parties on a small number of wealthy backers and the corrupting influence of big money in politics.
Our reaction to today's announcement ⤵️
Our reaction to today's announcement ⤵️
July 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎥 There are some positive things in there around political donations... But these measures ignore the elephant in the room... the growing reliance of political parties on a small number of wealthy backers and the corrupting influence of big money in politics.
Our reaction to today's announcement ⤵️
Our reaction to today's announcement ⤵️
My respect for Rachael Maskell has only grown today. Principled social justice for the win. For everybody.
July 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My respect for Rachael Maskell has only grown today. Principled social justice for the win. For everybody.
Keir Starmer looks quite annoyed when questioned about the policy dilemmas. And I think that's a problem. It's hard to win people over if you look frustrated. Blair seemed to relish those opportunities, even when hostile. He saw it as the chance to persuade. He looked more positive. That counts.
May 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Keir Starmer looks quite annoyed when questioned about the policy dilemmas. And I think that's a problem. It's hard to win people over if you look frustrated. Blair seemed to relish those opportunities, even when hostile. He saw it as the chance to persuade. He looked more positive. That counts.
The most glaring omission from our politics today are voices in elected office describing the necessary trade offs for policy decisions and then using persuasive argument to win the electorate over to their view. It's sadly lacking and we are paying the price for lack of meaningful discussion.
May 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The most glaring omission from our politics today are voices in elected office describing the necessary trade offs for policy decisions and then using persuasive argument to win the electorate over to their view. It's sadly lacking and we are paying the price for lack of meaningful discussion.
In the last few days I have been in out of both care home and hospital settings where a loved one is being treated and looked after by the products of a 'squalid experiment in open borders.' Lovely.
May 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In the last few days I have been in out of both care home and hospital settings where a loved one is being treated and looked after by the products of a 'squalid experiment in open borders.' Lovely.
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The voice of people on the receiving end of social care is once again completely missing
May 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The voice of people on the receiving end of social care is once again completely missing
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No one I know who has actually been inside an asylum hotel thinks they’re anything other than dehumanising and hellish. Whatever the long term answer (and goodness knows they aren’t it), we need more not less compassion in the system.
May 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
No one I know who has actually been inside an asylum hotel thinks they’re anything other than dehumanising and hellish. Whatever the long term answer (and goodness knows they aren’t it), we need more not less compassion in the system.
Chine McDonald @chinemcdonald.bsky.social referred to this YouGov research for Bible Society in Thought for the Day this morning www.biblesociety.org.uk/research/qui...
The Quiet Revival: Gen Z leads rise in church attendance
Gen Z leads an exciting turnaround in church attendance, as the decades-long decline in churchgoing in England and Wales is over.
www.biblesociety.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Chine McDonald @chinemcdonald.bsky.social referred to this YouGov research for Bible Society in Thought for the Day this morning www.biblesociety.org.uk/research/qui...
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"The Quiet Revival" survey indicates a revival of Christianity, with congregations up in the last four years from 8 to 12 per cent, a growth largely fuelled by Gen Z. The findings buck the trend of reported decline among the main denominations and our panel discuss the findings: ow.ly/Yyoo50VxjgY
April 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"The Quiet Revival" survey indicates a revival of Christianity, with congregations up in the last four years from 8 to 12 per cent, a growth largely fuelled by Gen Z. The findings buck the trend of reported decline among the main denominations and our panel discuss the findings: ow.ly/Yyoo50VxjgY
OTP = banking discrimination against those with poor phone signal
March 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
OTP = banking discrimination against those with poor phone signal