Who is representing and advocating for the needs and interests of the masses, and pushing for a fair distribution of wealth and power?
When I read the labour party making comments like this, I see growing political disenfranchisement, and am concerned by seeds sown which will lead to injustice, fear, and public disorder.
It’s too easy to take sides with power and say there is no option because all the money has gone - but it’s never that simple, and that approach seems to lack the righteousness and justice that the church are called to seek and serve as followers of Jesus. The system seems to be rotten.
Read this to see how those with the multi-millions can negotiate the tricky tax brackets that the majority of the population fall into: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/dec/01/mystery-tony-blair-finances
polarised wealth in society - a cabinet of millionaires … http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/election/article-1280554/The-coalition-millionaires-23-29-member-new-cabinet-worth-1m—Lib-Dems-just-wealthy-Tories.html
a ‘labour party’ advocating a 2 year freeze of pay … http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16562966
This 2007 Rowntree report needs revisiting … http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/poverty-and-wealth-across-britain-1968-2005
We are a God-called movement to share the gospel, advocate for the poor, challenge injustice and demand righteousness in our laws and social and economic practice.
Do this, we are told in Isaiah, and the lights will turn on for both the church and the society. Currently it’s looking too dark - we must pray for courage to step out from the ‘safe’ place of hiding in the old structures of instituional power and let the church shine with the glory of God.
