Gavin Drake

@Gurwinderkailay Hello, I work with the Methodist Recorder newspaper. Can we use a still from your footage in our coverage please, with credit to you?

Major fire breaks out in Southall near mor foods in the church

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Goodbye Justin Welby! As he stands down as Archbishop of Canterbury today, the search begins for his replacement. Meanwhile, Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York is covering for him... #safeguarding #cofe #MakinReview #ChurchOfEngland #LLF #PLF #synod #cartoon

Archbishop of York: “Don’t be a shouty campaigner on safeguarding – we don’t listen to the shouty people” The Archbishop of York can choose to ignore me and others; but if the Church had listened. perhaps Justin Welby wouldn’t be standing down. churchabuse.uk/2025/01/05/arc…

‘“People are still being harmed in the Church of England,” she says…She comes across as warm but firm – the kind of woman you would want in your corner.’ Ain’t that the truth! ⁦ @Jas_Sanghera_⁩ is a force of nature. I’m so very proud to know her. apple.news/ASzarzpWYSr67s…

Charity Commission responds to open letter on Church of England safeguarding fiasco As the Charity Commission refuses to properly hold the Archbishops' Council to account, now is the time for a full public statutory inquiry. churchabuse.uk/2025/01/04/cha…

Jasvinder Sanghera, sacked by the Archbishops' Council as its Independent Safeguarding Board's survivor advocate for advocating too well, is continuing to work with the ISB-11 - those victims and survivors the ISB were working with before it was scrapped. telegraph.co.uk/gift/81736f9ae…

And yet again, Elon Musk is trending in the UK. It's worth beginning by taking a step back and asking: what's really going on? Why does he launch so many attacks on the Starmer government? And... does he have a point? 🧵

@DVATW I assume that you do not understand that "the flu" is not just a bad cold. gov.uk/government/new…

The NHS is claiming its appalling performance over this holiday period is partly to do with being “overwhelmed by Flu patients”! I don’t believe this. Who on earth would go to hospital because they have “flu”?

@ChildCofe @NormanLeedsPhD @SewellMartin @cathynewman @JanetEastham @AndrewGraystone @SteveReevesUK @BishopNewcastle I am honoured by the suggestion. The real heroes are those who persevere, and those forced to give up the fight, after personally suffering the abuse and re-traumatisation of the Archbishops' Council.

@NormanLeedsPhD @SewellMartin @cathynewman @JanetEastham @AndrewGraystone @SteveReevesUK @BishopNewcastle Honour for @GavinDrake

And next year we should see the whole list of CofE campaigners getting honoured.... @cathynewman @JanetEastham don't you agree that the CofE injustice is as bad as that of the Post Office scandal?

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell’s “fine words” with no action Stephen Cottrell, channelling the spirit of Eliza “Do Little” – Don't just talk about justice... Show us. churchabuse.uk/2024/12/27/arc…

Archbishop Stephen Cottrell also talked of the need not just to talk about justice and love but to "walk the talk". I've told @CottrellStephen he speaks fine words while taking no action for a few years now. Will he radically change his approach, or is this more empty words.

Ladies, "mansplaining" is when men tell you things you already know. ;-)

For now, I wish everyone a very happy, peaceful and joy-filled Christmas. And I sign off for now with one of my favourite (but theologically challenging) carols - critiqued by many for mansplaining in action. youtube.com/watch?v=ifCWN5…

Because of the way victims and survivors of church-based abuse treated, I can no longer call it #MyChurchOfEngland. I long for the day when the Archbishops' Council deals with safeguarding properly, so that news coverage can focus on the Good News of the Gospel of Christ.