Stephen Wigmore
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Dr of Philosophy: Max Scheler, Ethics, Religions, History of Ideas. Anglican Christian. Conserving conservative.
Gosh. This is significant… Today a major update on the Quiet Revival research from @biblesociety has been issued. It’s emerged that the YouGov data they were working with was flawed. It’s very unexpected and disappointing for all involved. Bible Society dealt perfectly honestly with the data they were originally given but say: “It was only at the beginning of March that YouGov confirmed that it failed to activate key quality control technologies that protect the sample from a wide range of errors and this undermines the reliability of the results.” You can read the statement at their website: biblesociety.org.uk/the-quiet-revi… I’m glad Bible Society are making this clear statement about the research. Given how far and wide the data has been circulated it’s important for transparency. In the final episode of our most recent season of The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God we did a deep dive interrogating the figures. Now we know for certain that the figures are unreliable. But, as was also mentioned in that show, it’s also important to remember that Quiet Revival was just one data point among many pointing towards a reawakening of faith in many parts of the West. The ‘rebirth’ is by no means disproved by one flawed set of data. I’ll be writing an article with more reflections on this major piece of news soon and what it means for whether we are seeing a ‘Rebirth’.
CONFIRMED Essex will be broken down into five unitary authorities under the governments “Local Government Reorganisation” plans. Here’s what that will look like.
“More often than not, it is a result of cock-up rather than conspiracy." Morgan McSweeney “couldn’t have known” that his messages would in future be needed when his phone was stolen, health secretary Wes Streeting tells #TimesRadio. @WesStreeting | @KateEMcCann
In Jan the Chx said the student loan system was “fair & reasonable”. Weeks later it “was broken”. Now it’s not “at the front of the queue”. It should be. We are the only party with a plan to stop punishing aspiration through the student loan system & MPs can back it tonight
The National Audit Office has released a report into the Afghan resettlement scheme, the findings are grim. 37,950 Afghans have already been resettled in the UK and the Government expects a further 8,632 - 9,741 to be resettled by 2030, bringing the total to 46,582 - 47,691.
While the Church of England is disappearing into oblivion, the Catholic Church in England is bursting at the seams. One key reason is the clarity and zeal on fundamental moral issues that the Catholic bishops show. If the CoE wants to survive, a good signal would be the bishops all turning up to oppose ABORTION UP TO BIRTH in Parliament on Wednesday. See below for all the bishops' X handles - please tweet at them asking them to confirm their attendance and vote on Wednesday! Please RT this post and the one below!
🔴 The Telegraph understands that Pat McFadden will announce on Monday that employers will receive a £3,000 taxpayer subsidy for hiring under-25s who have been on Universal Credit for more than six months Find out more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
Found out the new Holocaust Hub is in four restricted building zones. A Conservation area, Grade II listed, UNESCO (the daddy no building zone) and a ‘Monument Saturation Zone’ (too many monuments already.) Remember this when they tell us we can’t unlist the Barbican.
