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Tuesday 25 August 2009 11:34pm on 25 Aug 2009 I have a great respect for Sue Lloyd Roberts as a film maker but sadly I don't think tonight's documentary did justice to the enormous persecution which the Catholic Church had to endure in Spain prior to and especially during the Civil War. The magisterial history of the war by Hugh Thomas is a good source but also specifically Catholic Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War by Fray de Urbel- not for the faint hearted it contains some horrific pictures- nuns lined up to have their heads shaved and humiliated in public as an example. It explains but, of course, does not excuse the attitude of the authorities to those with a communist family background.

The most remarkable story is of the gypsy, Ceferino Gimenez Malla now a Blessed who was executed for defending a priest from attack and continuing to wish to say his rosary, who died shouting Long Live Christ the King. Long before this he was unjustly accused in court of stealing and a charector witness stated "El Pele is not a thief, he is San Ceferino, patron of Gypsies" which exactly what he became.
Weekly Bonus Question 2:25pm on 01 May 2009 What was the favorite receptacle for poison used by the Rennaissance Popes in their political battles?
What did you think of The One Show? Guest: Alan Davies 7:11pm on 31 Mar 2009 Get your facts right! Thomas Cardinal Wolsey died before his head could be cut off- he was under arrest though.

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What did you think of The One Show? Guest: Alan Davies 7:10pm on 31 Mar 2009 Get your facts right! Thomas Cardinal Wolsey died before his head could be cut off- he was under arrest though.
Feeling the heat 10:43pm on 06 Sep 2008 The Popes during their exile in Avignon were politically completely impotent.
Bloody noses 8:08pm on 26 May 2008 I have dreamed of the day when Welsh Labour MPs would no longer wish to appear to treat the voters as their bond slaves.

Better the day when voters are liberated for ever from the "next decade but three, but only maybe" promises of socialism.

And just who are the toffs, when Labour's elite claimed baronial rights in Wales from one generation to another.

Seared into my memory is the day that Ron Davies offered me brain surgery because I was so stupid to vote Tory. Told him then that people aren't so stupid who want liberty and prosperity. And after all that came to pass, one wonders who needed an injection of common sense, Ron!

Best wishes from Brussels, home of elites that don't even offer themselves for election.
Political fight-back 1:50pm on 17 May 2008 With the news that Gordon Brown has ordered 80 ministers to Crewe today, will this weekend be known forever as "The Charge of the Light Brigade", into the Valley of the Death of Socialism?
Labour in-fighting 2:19pm on 12 May 2008 In those days, I thought only Mrs Thatcher could bring an end to socialism in Britain. Now I understand- it was important that "socialists" themselves should destroy socialism.
No easy answers 00:42am on 05 May 2008 "Labour will recover" says Brown. Three hundred years time may well be a bit too late.
A joke no longer 8:41pm on 02 May 2008 May 2 is the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St Boris. Oh my God, he is not dead is he? - with just an hour or two to go before his coronation.

Boris would also have to grow a serious black beard to be a convincing St Boris and adopt a warlike demeanour. He has transformed himself once during the election and this would just be a transformation too far. Boris also has too many problems with unruly hair.

PS the main feast is in fact in July.

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