Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest storiesin church and state. This time:

• The UK rape gang scandal goes international as Elon Musk calls Keir Starmer an apologist for genocide and says that Jess Phillips should be in prison. • The Children's Welfare and Schools Bill looks set to enforce a woke curriculum across all schools and take the right to home educate away from parents. • Justin Welby steps down and Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell steps up to take charge of the CofE. His first move to combat managerial failure? More managerialism of course! • And we conduct our yearly review of the King's Christmas Speech: Politics? Theology? Controversy? There's a little bit of everything.

All that and a bit more as ever. Enjoy! Please Support the Podcast! You make Irreverend possible. Please support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend) or Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend). Subscribe to Jamie's Blog here: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Links: The Children's Welfare and Schools Bill - https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/the-childrens-wellbeing-bill-what-parents-need-to-know/ Notices: Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/ Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com

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