Shirriff of the Shire

Catholic.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@JamesMartinSJ @nytimes Perhaps as you see the fruits of your actions, not just this statement but your entire public persona, this might be a good moment for some silence and reflection?

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@BBCNewsnight @KirstyWark This trivialising of something genuinely barbaric is disastrous. To miss the point by such a margin is dangerous and serves only to remind us all there is no point in voting 'conservative'.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@OutrchCatholic We now wait to see whether Cardinal Fernandez backs up his words with action and cracks down on these priests. This blessing is in flagrant breach of the protocols of FS and blessings offered in this way are causing widespread scandal.

[Alexander Lucie-Smith @ALucieSmith]

The Rupnik story is surely the most important Vatican story at present, and deserves to be, until the case is definitively resolved. Where is Rupnik now? What is he doing?

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@mfjlewis I can see from a quick Google that this is a view advanced by, well, you. And that's fine, I'm trying to play the ball not the man, but there is room for people who don't agree with that view in a church that really values unity. The gloating seems very inappropriate.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@mfjlewis I'm just a lowly layman. I see Burke has voiced criticism and disagreement, but I see no personal attacks from him, no lack of holiness. Today I see a lot of unpleasant gloating from partisans and a lot of sadness from those who care about unity and evangelism.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@austeni It is sad we have such divisive Vatican politics at the moment, Cardinals jockeying for position and persecuting grudges against those who disagree with them. Praying this time passes and we can look forward to better days.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@metpoliceuk Genuinely frightening to consider the implications of this partisan, two tier policing.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@Telegraph Enjoying "most definitely" in this quote from the local Lib Dem.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@BBCNews I couldn't stop laughing while reading this. But when you consider the trail of funding, the sharing of the "findings", the BBC thinking this is newsworthy, it's actually quite depressing.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@metpoliceuk Just about the most predictable next step in the narrative. Someone on here was warning about exactly this, the police and the media would immediately spin any "counter protest" this way.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@AnnelieseDodds I'm guessing 99% of these replies are "go on then, what's a woman?"

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@WelshLabour The problem with this ahistorical nonsense is it trivialises proper anti-racism.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@daveatherton @carolvorders @VictoriaCoren @LozzaFox Everyone just ends up feeling jerked around. Is this sort of behaviour a big deal or not? GBNews look like mugs for taking it seriously to try to appease people who then play the same gag for laughs at their expense on their own platform.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@tomhfh It's a statement of basic fact.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@PaulEmbery https://t.co/Kh04a2py8Z

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@PaulEmbery https://t.co/Kh04a2py8Z

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@ChrisClarksonMP If there were more Miriam Cates in the Conservative Party then the party might be worthy of its name, and worth voting for. We can get soft progressive managed-decline from all the parties.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

@ChrisClarksonMP If there were more Miriam Cates in the Conservative Party then the party might be worthy of its name, and worth voting for. We can get soft progressive managed-decline from all the parties.

[Shirriff of the Shire @FirstShirriff]

This stuff makes it impossible to vote Labour.

[Kate Osborne @KateOsborneMP]

I'll save them the bother of doorstepping me.

Yes some women have a penis.

It's clear that Tory allies will help with their #waronwoke

Vilification of trans people to distract from mess country is in.

How about asking MPs if they will eradicate Homelessness & Child Poverty?