Original Date 26th May 2017
One thing I used to do when I was the Member of Parliament for Yardley was to call together meetings of all of the religious organisations in Yardley as a Yardley multi-faith group. In many ways it is the creation of informal links between people that makes communication easier even if there is no formal decision making power.
Obviously this is something I would intend to do again if the people of Yardley ask me to take on the responsibility of representing them in parliament.
It highlights the sort of thing that politicians can do which arises from a leadership role within communities rather than any constitutional position.
I have already written in an earlier blog post about the principles of resolving conflict. It can be summarised as "murdering innocents is wrong".
A number of local mosques have issued statements following the atrocity in Manchester and I think it is worth quoting from parts of them.
One said that the mosque "Unequivoc…
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John, Keep up the good word with your fight for families. My four boys were taken by the local authorities in 2006. I am fighting for their return.
I intend to use the internet to start a campaign and would appreciate any help you could give me in this. www.someoneelsesfamily.blog.co.uk
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