Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
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I was at a reception on the evening of Monday 28 April hosted by the Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP to celebrate the introduction of the new Equality Bill into the House of Commons.
Amongst her other government offices, Harriet Harman is Minister for Women and Equality. Together with Maria Eagle MP and Vera Baird [...]
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The Bahá’í community in the UK and elsewhere has been very effective in raising support in parliaments and governments for the plight of the Bahá’ís in Iran.
Yesterday I wrote about the short debate in the House of Lords
How do we get this kind of support?
Of course, this kind of parliamentary intervention, the EU statement and [...]
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Here are a couple of pictures from our recent Ridván reception on the terrace of the House of Commons. They both show Lembit Opik MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Friends of the Bahá’ís, with the four Bahá’í youth who spoke so eloquently about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Lembit Opik MP brought his charming Cheeky Girl, Gaby, to our Ridván reception on the House of Commons terrace last night. Lembit may be a “character”, but he is also a key member (and Chair) of the All Party Parliamentary Friends of the Bahá’ís and our host for the evening. Actually, Lembit was the first [...]
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The Seat of the Universal House of Justice, Haifa, Israel
Religion, politics and power
Welcome to a new series of occasional posts on the theme of religion, politics and power. Religion is becoming ever more prominent for good and ill in the public square. Questions about the relationship of religion, politics and power are increasingly important and [...]
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I am in the middle of prepare=ing to chair a meeting in Welwyn Garden City this evening on the theme of Faith in Government. The speakers will be the Rt Revd Christopher Herbert, Bishop of St Albans, Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform at the Department for Work and Pensions, [...]
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Photo by Deryc Sands ©Parliamentary Copyright
I was cheered to read this intervention by Bob Spink MP, a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Friends of the Baha’is, in a recent Westminster Hall Adjournment Debate in the UK House of Commons. The debate was about the Foreign Affairs Committee’s eighth report of the 2006-07 parliamentary session on [...]
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