I have not had time to post on all the myriad of things going on in the world. I am writing this on the train back from London before heading off to lecture and preach at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena tomorrow (after a 3.30am wake up).
But, these are the questions I would ask anyway:
1. Why do newspaper editors want everyone else in the world to be regulated, scrutinised and accountable to outside agencies, but scream when it is proposed that they should be regulated, scrutinised and accountable? When did regulation become a synonym for censorship? How do you spell 'special pleading'?
2. What do members of the English Defence League think they achieved by coming to Bradford last Saturday and shouting to themsleves for an hour before going home again? Genuine question. Nobody was listening. It just seemed like a waste of time and money – to say nothing of the cost to Bradford and the police.
3. Are Manchester United fans not just the teeniest little bit embarrassed about bleating like babies after a couple of games where they didn't win? After laughing at everyone else for twenty five years?
4. Where was all this new Madeleine McCann stuff hiding before the UK police got going on it?
5. We already owned the Royal Mail; so, why were we asked to buy it?
6. Who decides whether Edward Snowden did the world a favour or played into the hands of the bad guys?
7. When is the Pakistani government going to start protecting all its citizens, particularly Christians who are being targeted with violence?
8. Which Americans are proud of their political system when it inhibits the working of government?
9. How do we get the balance between protection (intelligence agencies) and oppression (intelligence agencies)? And who decides what is appropriate secret service?
10. Are we nearly there yet?
