Shamima Begum – keep her OUT!

Did you see that Jihadi terrorist Shamima Begum (or “Poor misguided schoolgirl who fell in with a bad lot” if you read The Guardian) has lost her most recent appeal to be given back her citizenship and return to the UK? This is good news – the moment she chose to go and fight for the barbarians in ISIS is the moment she effectively annulled her British citizenship. Yes, I know that ISIS is a shady organisation with three letter security agency roots to it but nonetheless it is a remarkably savage terrorist organisation and all reports suggest that Begum felt quite at home with them. So we don’t need her here with us.

 
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C.S Lewis, Narnia and me

I am sure anyone reading this will be aware of the great C.S. Lewis whether it be through his monumental works such as The Chronicles of Narnia or The Screwtape Letters. I share a few connections with him! Like me, he was born in Northern Ireland and spend his early childhood here before moving to England on the death of his mother. One very moving story in his early life concerns the family dog. When his dog Jacksie was killed by a car, the four-year old Lewis adopted the name Jacksie. At first, he would answer to no other name, but later accepted

 
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