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@snowmartyn.bsky.social
Easter Monday break in the rain clouds
April 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It is heartbreaking to read that as a result of yesterday’s Statement, 250,000 more people, including 50,000 children, will be driven into relative poverty. ⅕
March 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Yesterday I participated in the consecration of the new bishop of Kiteto, Tanzania. So good to be back in Africa!
March 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
New book just published. Hoping it will be helpful to all in @churchofengland
March 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
So I did a little interview with the Church Times which is now a podcast and article. Not everyone will like it but…

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Church of England ‘not yet at separation point’ over sexuality issues, says Bishop of Leicester
Try viewing LLF disagreement as intercultural, Bishop Snow suggests
www.churchtimes.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Taking money from overseas aid is absolutely the wrong thing to do. I was proud of Starmer’s willingness to stand with Ukraine but increasing defence spending in this way, and for these very dubious reasons, is simply wrong.
The speed with which Labour intends to move on defence will take both critics and supporters of the government by surprise. It means Starmer can hope to arrive in America with a credible offer to the Donald.

✍️ James Heale
Starmer timed his defence announcement to perfection
Politics is a matter of timing – and Keir Starmer perfected today. Barely two hours after Kemi Badenoch’s big foreign affairs speech, the Prime Minister has stolen the headlines off her in a textbook…
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Absolutely agree with this - asylum seekers must be allowed to work -
More than 60 per cent of outstanding asylum seekers have been waiting more than six months for their claim to be processed

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
‘Let asylum seekers work if claim takes more than six months’
Professor Brian Bell, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, believes the move would save taxpayers money and help integration
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Another crisp winter’s day
January 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Early morning walk
December 31, 2024 at 6:24 PM
November 16, 2024 at 7:35 PM