Dai Clapp

As a Bishop, I cannot stay silent. I have today drafted and sent an open letter to His Majesty King Charles III, the text of which reads as follows: To: His Majesty, Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the Realms, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Bearer of the ancient title Defender of the Faith. Your Majesty, I write to you neither as a politician nor as a commentator, but as one of your loyal subjects who, as a bishop of Christ’s Church, cannot remain silent while the Christian foundations of this kingdom are steadily dismantled. Sir, there are moments in the life of a nation when silence becomes a form of betrayal. If I refused to speak to Your Majesty now, this would be such a moment. For more than a thousand years the Crown of this realm has stood in solemn covenant with the Christian faith. The laws of this land were shaped by it. The liberties of our people were nurtured by it. The conscience of our civilisation was formed by it. From the abbeys of medieval England to the parish churches of our villages, from the preaching of the Reformers to the missionary zeal that carried the Gospel to the ends of the earth, the Christian faith has not merely influenced Britain — it has defined her. Yet today that inheritance is being quietly but deliberately eroded. Across the institutions of this nation there is a growing hostility toward the faith that built them. Christian belief is mocked in the public square. Christian morality is dismissed as intolerance. Christian institutions are pressured to surrender doctrine in order to conform to the ideology of the age. Within the very Church that bears the name of England, voices have arisen that appear more eager to mirror the spirit of the age than to proclaim the eternal truth of the Gospel. Meanwhile, beyond the walls of our churches, powerful political movements openly speak of removing Christianity from its historic place within the life of this nation. What would once have been whispered is now proclaimed openly: that Britain must become a post-Christian state. It is in this context that I write to you, Your Majesty. For the British Crown does not stand apart from this crisis. The Sovereign of this realm bears a title that is not merely historic but sacred in its origin and meaning: Defender of the Faith. Those words are not decorative. They are a charge. They speak of a monarch whose duty is not merely to preside over the ceremonies of the Church, but to stand as a guardian of the Christian inheritance of the nation. Yet many among your subjects now ask, with increasing anxiety: “Who will defend that inheritance today?” They see a nation drifting from its foundations. And they ask whether the Crown will remain silent while that inheritance is dismantled. Your Majesty, may I be so bold as to observe that your coronation oath was not a poetic formality. It was a solemn vow made before Almighty God to maintain and preserve the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law. Those words bind the conscience of the sovereign. They remind the Crown that its authority is not merely constitutional but moral. The monarch is not merely a symbol of national continuity, but a custodian of the spiritual inheritance that shaped this realm. History records moments when kings and emperors were confronted by the Church and reminded that their authority was accountable before God. In the fourth century Ambrose of Milan stood before the Emperor Theodosius I and reminded him that even the ruler of an empire must bow before the moral law of Christ. That tradition of prophetic witness has never disappeared. Nor should it. For when rulers forget the foundations upon which their authority rests, the Church must speak — not with hostility, but with holy clarity. And so, I write to say this, Your Majesty: The Christian character of this nation is under profound and accelerating assault. If the Crown does not stand visibly and courageously in defence of that inheritance, history will record that the guardians of Britain’s institutions watched in silence as the foundations were removed. The issue before us is not nostalgia. It is civilisation. Remove Christianity from the story of Britain and you do not create a neutral society — you create a moral vacuum. And history teaches us that moral vacuums are never left empty for long. Your Majesty now stands at a crossroads that few monarchs in modern history have faced. For the erosion of Britain’s Christian inheritance will not ultimately be judged by speeches made in Parliament or debates in the press. It will be judged by whether those entrusted with the guardianship of our ancient institutions chose to defend them — or merely preside over their quiet surrender. You may preside over the quiet dissolution of Britain’s Christian identity. Or you may rise to the ancient responsibility entrusted to the Crown and speak with clarity about the faith that built this kingdom. The first path requires little courage. The second will require a great deal. But it is the path that history honours. Your Majesty’s subjects are not asking for religious coercion. They are asking for leadership. They are asking that the sovereign who bears the title Defender of the Faith remember what that title means. They are asking that the Crown hear the growing cry of anguish from Christians across this land who feel that the spiritual inheritance of their nation is being surrendered without resistance. And they are asking whether the Crown will stand with them. For the faith that shaped Britain is not merely a cultural ornament. It is the wellspring from which our laws, our liberties, and our moral imagination have flowed. If it is cast aside, the nation will discover — too late — that it has severed itself from the very roots that sustained it. Your Majesty, to many the Crown is a symbol of authority. But before God it is also a symbol of stewardship. And stewardship carries with it the duty to defend what has been entrusted. May Almighty God grant Your Majesty the wisdom to discern this hour, and the courage to fulfil the sacred duty entrusted to the Crown. Yours faithfully, Bishop Ceirion H. Dewar FSHC Missionary Bishop Diocese of Providence Confessing Anglican Church @PhilHs10 @RevBrettMurphy @revwickland @BishopRobert1 @GBNews @TalkTV @danwootton @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @LozzaFox @BackBrexitBen @RupertLowe10 @KemiBadenoch @JohnCleese

@WilliamJHague Hey willy, how long does it take yo build a warship or aircraft carrier? This is on your doorstep mate!

Donald Trump wants the UK’s help securing the Strait of Hormuz. The awkward truth is that we have very little help to give. The Iran war has exposed the threadbare condition of our defences. An act of national leadership is now required to restore them. thetimes.com/comment/column…

The Bank of England is replacing Winston Churchill with a picture of a beaver on our bank notes. This is the definition of woke.

True to form, during yet another of his “scam” announcements, Farage’s famously paper‑thin skin disintegrates the moment anyone dares prod it, even when the prod comes from his pal Beth Rigby. The second she points out that he promised council tax cuts to win local elections and then delivered precisely nothing, he reacts like she’s committed treason. For a man who never stops lecturing the country about “accountability,” he folds spectacularly quickly when the accountability is aimed at him. #Farage #ReformUK

@Nigel_Farage Would you want us to join the USA if Obama was president right now!

It has taken Labour two weeks to send a single naval vessel from Portsmouth behind me to defend our British base in Cyprus. The depleted state of our armed forces is making the rest of the world lose respect for us. This is a wake-up call.

@VoWalesOfficial @ahsanforbritain Miskin Manor did the exact thing, don't remember you calling that out, why?

Our message to the owner of the Stradey Park hotel @ahsanforbritain, you’ve taken money for weddings then closed, you owe people money for wages but closed! You’ve taken money for school proms but closed. You portray yourself as a proud Brit yet you have ripped people off, destroyed their weddings, proms etc. PAY WHAT YOU OWE YOU SCUMBAG!!!

@TRobinsonNewEra @brianoflondon You couldn't fight action man!

@brianoflondon My fight is in the UK mate 🇬🇧

I feel the most relaxed I have felt in years being here 🇺🇸 ❤️

@TRobinsonNewEra Well f****** stay there!

1m people living in Britain don’t speak English. Areas of our towns and cities have been completely changed. Jim Ratcliffe is right.

I can’t be bullied. I can’t be bought. I’ve stood for the same principles for many decades.

@ApsmRugby This is not Cape Town sorry, but Parc de France..

Graham Price (Wales & Lions) international tries 1975 Paris, 1980 Cardiff & 1980 Cape Town

@SuellaBraverman Do you mean non white people??

No wonder it’s almost impossible to see a GP. We have too many people in the country. Only Reform will fix our migration system.

@joeroganhq Oh f*** off will you, and give your head a wobble! What shit was he taking on this?

Elon Musk: "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland, Ireland, are living their lives quietly [Like The Hobbits in The Shire] — until one day, a thousand people show up in your village of 500 out of nowhere and start r*ping the kids."

Those ads are totally fine.

@BethFisherSport It's pathetic and embarrassing.

“Don’t know the ins and outs of welsh rugby” but wading in with misogynist views and tone! Can’t help but laugh tbh!

@BethFisherSport @SwanseaAlliance @OspreysSC Here's a thought! How about the union stop funding amateur sides paying players? Rugby should be f or everyone regardless of gender. To all those saying women's Rugby should be unfunded,would you only have funding for mens swimming, gymnastics etc!!!!

@SwanseaAlliance @OspreysSC Yes, let’s blame the women for this if that makes you feel any better?

There’s no absolutely no evidence that the Ospreys are being “sacrificed” to pay for women’s rugby. Investing in women’s rugby is part of developing the sport, not undercutting the men’s game. RUGBY DOES NOT BELONG TO JUST TO MEN! I know that might be a shock to a lot of you!

Bye Twitter @X , this site is beyond belief now, time to leave!

I would iron this little mug out

@KEdge23 Is it a cunning one?

The Conservatives have a plan.

Mainstream media are done. They are highly partisan, political, and ideologically captured institutions. We are the media now.