Prayers for Parliament and the Nation: Friday, 7 September 2018
" I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Saviour, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. "
- 1 Timothy 2:1-4
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Bosses at Westminster Abbey have responded to a US website, ‘Far and Wide’, after the Abbey was branded as "overrated" and "overhyped.” A spokesman was quoted as saying: "Over a million people visited the Abbey last year... all appear to have enjoyed their visit or their moment of worship.
Prime Minister Theresa May revealed on Wednesday that the GRU, Moscow’s spy network, had plotted the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal in Salisbury on 4th March. She said the poisoning was "not a rogue operation" and was "almost certainly" approved at a senior level of the Russian state.
The chief executive of British Airways has apologised for what he has called a very sophisticated breach of the firm's security systems. Alex Cruz said that hackers carried out a "sophisticated, malicious criminal attack" on its website which affected about 380,000 transactions. The stolen data did not include travel or passport details but personal and financial details of about 380,000 customers were compromised.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken at the launch of a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research which makes 73 recommendations for changes in how the UK economy works. Some radical changes are proposed, including putting workers on company boards, increasing corporation tax and higher levels of public investment.
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