Andrew C Leach

Catholic church musician in the Ordinariate, singer, liturgical geek. Retired analyst programmer. There won't be tweets about commuting. All opinions my own.

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@ProtecttheFaith Regrettably, that's not an Apostolic Mandate, far from it! I guess the consecrations count as valid but illicit.

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@mbga_uk https://t.co/SckvBDx8Rr

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@RealDonKeith @daveatherton Seems to fit the definition to me https://t.co/FdOS6TMDOy

A potential question is whether it was "for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause." That takes longer than minutes to determine, but on the face of it, that's probably satisfied too.

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@RealDonKeith @daveatherton Seems to fit the definition to me https://t.co/FdOS6TMDOy

A potential question is whether it was "for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause." That takes longer than minutes to determine, but on the face of it, that's probably satisfied too.

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@belindajadavies @ThePosieParker /... The government does seem to like ambiguities like that.

What the title cannot mean is "Defender of faiths," as that would be "Fideorum Defensor".

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@belindajadavies @ThePosieParker The title "Fidei Defensor" was originally given by the pope to Henry VIII and revoked, then restored by Parliament, so it's Parliamentary. Usually translated as "Defender of the Faith," which is what the pope meant, but can be just "Defender of faith." .../

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@c_kennaugh @WomenofSurrey @SurreyCouncil @SurreyNews If it means anything at all, it must mean sex with everything — men, women, transsexuals, children, animals and yes, kitchen utensils.

I guess the safeguarding red flag was waving so wildly it's come off its flagpole and can be safely ignored.

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@WeAreFairCop That community doesn't look very marginalised to me.

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@JuliaHB1 "Labour benches" and "talent" should never appear in the same sentence.

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@AResetRequired @YouGov "We inform [the choice of parties to present] using internal polling asking voting intention with an open text box..." @YouGov what is "internal polling"? Is *that* truly representative?

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@Elvis_Bob @EndWokeness Oof, we don't have that many. But we have separate ballot papers so they can be counted simultaneously if necessary. Postal votes do all have signature verification beforehand, but that can be done as they are delivered.

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@Elvis_Bob @EndWokeness In Britain, combined votes can still be counted in two or three days. It doesn't happen often that a ballot paper has three different elections, but it's all done and dusted quite quickly.

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@TylerCarter @FredSimonTLM Valid but illicit. GIRM 151 requires the paten (but apparently not two hands, although using one is practically impossible). 1962 requires two hands (but apparently not the paten) and says "raises a little".

And there is an obvious danger that a chalice held like that may fall.

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@JAM7104 @TomMcTague @lewis_goodall There's no good reason. The police think it's "legitimate protest" but that's not a good reason. Even if the objective test is "a reasonable person", the police think they're reasonable and would continue to allow it.

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@TheWonder1955 @DrHoenderkamp @rospay15 @CambridgeCops And presumably there are bail conditions to ensure that he stays there.

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@vivamjm Never really believing that the Leave vote would actually win the referendum, even though that was what I wanted and voted for. I did believe that Brexit would succeed if the government actually worked at it.

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@afneil This. I voted for Brexit (never really believing that it would succeed) on the basis that there would be some pain undoing 40 years of EEC/EU membership and it would be the next generation who would get the real benefit.

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@holysmoke Is that because the archbishop has nothing to lose?

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@CarlBovisNature Lots of magnificence just in that photograph. The slope of the nave floor is quite something too.

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@Machiav65991401 @leonspight @KarlTurnerMP They already do. The King is the embodiment of the State and the people. It's why he cannot impose his will on Parliament and veto Bills. The people's representatives have passed a law: the State and the people say "Le Roi le veult."

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@JuJu4dignity @PigsAndPolling The HoC only approved the bill because the Lords would scrutinise it in detail. The Lords did that and the government decided not to spend any more time on it. The Lords did exactly what they're there to do, and followed Parliamentary procedure (just as PMB is procedure).