Warning: The SNP revolution has begun in Westminster. This afternoon Nicola Sturgeon arrived at parliament with her 56 newly elected SNP MPs in tow.
However, despite talk of discord between the Scots and English, Mr S is assured that so far relations are remarkably civil. Mhairi Black, the 20-year-old student who ousted Labour’s Douglas Alexander from his seat to become the youngest MP for centuries, told the BBC’s Tim Reid that the English can’t be too scared of the SNP as everyone has been very polite so far:
Youngest MP Mhairi Black : can't be true the English are scared of the SNP because "everyone's been so nice today" pic.twitter.com/t2ezgBThFb
Parish churches are in trouble: about fifty churches close every year, according to a report from Civitas. The review, published last month, strongly echoes the case of the Save the Parish campaign: the Church of England’s leadership has failed to support local parishes, diverting funding to more modern-sounding initiatives. About twenty years ago some bright
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