Peter Lumsden

PhD in plant sci, now educational developer in Med school. A community 'activist' and a Methodist, see no tension between religion & science, and I like beer!

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@RBS_Help our charity wants to switch bank account from another bank to an RBS current account. Which of your products should we consider?

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@IsabelOakeshott @reformparty_uk what a nasty, spiteful comment Isabel. I pray you might discover a bit of kindness within yourself

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@prayasugo A daily prayer / meditation, rooted in Ignatian spirituality, celebrates 20 years of the podcast. #gratitude https://t.co/Levy95UXOX
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@germann_ro @RyanSoapKing25 which was quite a good one I thought

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@snigrintrigrin oh come on, that was light-hearted and quite funny

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@Mathias8Wolf why does @BBCr4today lead with 'Trump posts on truth social', as if there's any truth in what he says. He is NOT truthful, is not our ally, & cares for nothing but attention and enriching his family. Please lead with more reliable stories @amolrajan @bbcnickrobinson @MethodistGB

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@jamesonfarlow @JohnPiper To think that we could in anyway 'offend' the divine as a starter is surely a misunderstanding that has been perpetrated since Anselm. Is it not more the case that 'sin' is getting things wrong, not capital offences; we need help to improve, not punishment. A parent's love....

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@ExtraSaltedNuts @johnmilbank3 maybe 'purposes ' rather than 'plans'?

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@monasiddiqui7 interesting, inc that @timothy_stanley was a Baptist! I think 'established' church is only an 'issue' at the 'high' point. Locally not really significant (apart from some snooty clergy). With interfaith forums and #FaithCovenants, Anglicans are one among equals @FaithActionNet

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@CuniculusV15634 @ProfHall1955 exactly. Fortunately not recently though

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@timothy_stanley they also believed all the lies around Brexit, and will probably also swallow the Reform populist propaganda too - just like @Telegraph Easter blessings Tim

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@Lux1090 @timothy_stanley @ChillinJalfrezi as a start @timothy_stanley suggest avoid equating culture with conservatism - our culture is one thing which IS shared, conservatism is not. The 'rot'? consumerism? convenience? austerity? arts / culture funding cuts? lack of intention in 'preserving' heritage? A SHARED problem

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@jacobLadder9 @Telegraph @connor_stringer disgraceful behaviour from the right-wing press....patriotic eh??

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@PeteSamuelLegon @BBCr4today Again, I largely/ partly agree Peter. Certainly IF we had had a long-term industrial strategy which included inward investment and training, then less need for immigration. Needed to be a 'social' strategy too, around worth, culture, identity. Capitalism per se has no such regard

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@PeteSamuelLegon @BBCr4today decline in labour groups, trade unions etc has definitely been a bad thing - affecting not just capital, but communities and sense of worth

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@PeteSamuelLegon @BBCr4today im definitely no supporter of neoliberal capitalism Peter. But a focus on 'the immigrant' surely risks deflecting attention away from the source of the problem

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@PeteSamuelLegon @BBCr4today if they are 'workers' Peter, then they are paying taxes. Housing, education etc are not benefits. I agree that we should make (have made) more effort to use British born people, but that we haven't is not then the fault of the immigrants coming to fill those gaps

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@Zoom please advise on transmission and recording of music in Zoom meetings. My voice is ok, but if I play music direct off laptop, it doesn't get through, and if I play the music from my phone, its very patchy. I have tried both 'noise removal' & 'original sound 4 musicians'

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@PeteSamuelLegon @BBCr4today Who are the 'benefit-dependent' migrants Peter? btw I agree that benefit-dependency is a systemic problem

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@ReformSecYork the 'policy' is lack of investment regionally; focus on immigration is YOUR (cynical) policy, which diverts attention away from the long term, systemic issues around how to generate growth in 'left-behind' towns / regions. Same play book as Brexit and blaming the EU for our ills!