It's Bonfire Night here in the UK so expect fireworks as Caroline Farrow is back for an hour of news driven chat and discussion, giving unbridled opinions on what has caught her attention from the stories bouncing around this week, on the web, in the tabloids and on social media.
Under the microscope this episode......
- Sweeping tax rises and 'Conservative in name only'.
- Christian tradition means Braverman deserves second chance.
- Transgender paedophile dupes staff for stay at woman's refuge centre.
- Ex-soccer star convicted of transphobia over 2017 post.
- Priest banned by the church for preaching the Catholic doctrine.
- Transgender criminal makes history by appearing in court as both a man and a woman.
- Alarm on Capitol Hill over Saudi investment in Twitter.
- Harry Potter sales surge despite efforts to boycott JK Rowling.
- Norwegian man identifies as a disabled woman.
- Sexual predators in the midst of Britain's police.
- Florida proceeds with ban on puberty blockers.
- Elon Musk tries to appease the activists.
In 2010, frustrated by many of the media headlines and negative coverage of Catholicism, Caroline began a blog in defence of Catholic teaching and to reflect on UK current affairs and world events through the lens of a Catholic woman. What began as nothing more than personal musings designed to explain and propose controversial ethics and life issues to those who had struggled with them, or to de-bunk misleading narratives and headlines, soon mushroomed and popular posts would receive more than 30,000 unique visitors a day. Between 2011 and 2017, she was a member of the organisation Catholic Voices, set up to promote the defence of Catholic teaching in the public square and made numerous media interventions on their behalf and quickly became the 'go to' voice for media organisations looking to represent a female conservative Catholic point of view. Since 2013 Caroline has writes a weekly column for the Catholic Universe and has written for and featured in a number of other publications such as the Catholic Herald, the National Catholic Register, the Conservative Woman, Mercatornet, Crisis Magazine, LifeSiteNews and Church Militant. She used to write on Catholic culture at the now defunct Spectator Arts blog and has been featured in the Daily Mail, the Observer and the New Statesman. In 2013, Caroline was included as part of the first cohort of the BBC's '100 women' and she regularly features on BBC News, Sky News, ITV's Good Morning Britain, BBC Sunday Morning Live, the Big Questions and has made multiple appearances on Radio 4's flagship Today programme, Woman's Hour, the Moral Maze and the Sunday programme as well as featuring in one-off documentaries. Caroline also presented the coverage for March for Life UK for EWTN and has contributed to News Nightly and Celtic Connections. She also frequently contributes to Talk Radio, LBC and BBC local radio as well as BBC Radio Ulster, discussing matters pertaining to Catholicism, feminism and the challenges of motherhood and family life. Caroline has an eclectic career background. She began her professional life as a student accountant for a big 5 firm before succumbing to a desire for travel and adventure and became a member of cabin crew working both long and short-haul routes for internationally acclaimed airlines. Having got the travel bug out of her system, she returned to work within investment banking and private equity in the City of London until her first child was born. Caroline is currently the campaign director at CitizenGO, has 5 children of school-age, four girls and one boy and is married to a Catholic priest who converted from Anglicanism, a few years after they were married.
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Recorded 5.11.22
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Links to stories discussed.....
Sweeping tax rises, Conservative in name only
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1587209307581554690?s=20&t=5sD8Y00Ugr0mO0Ej_FMZ9w
Christian tradition means Braverman deserves second chance
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1585921017616420865?s=20&t=5sD8Y00Ugr0mO0Ej_FMZ9w
Transgender paedophile stay at refuge centre for women
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11392601/Transgender-paedophile-caught-duping-staff-71-day-stay-domestic-violence-refuge.html
Ex-soccer star convicted of transphobia
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1197102/ex-soccer-star-convicted-of-transphobia-over-2017-post/
Priest banned by church for preaching Catholic doctrine
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1588595643190505472/photo/1
Transgender criminal in court as both a man and a woman
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/02/transgender-criminal-makes-history-appearing-court-man-woman/
Alarm on Capitol Hill
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/03/saudi-twitter-investment-us-national-security-risk
Harry Potter sales surge
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/10/26/harry-potter-sales-surge-despite-jk-rowling-boycott-efforts/
Man Now Identifies as a Disabled Woman
https://reduxx.info/norwegian-man-now-identifies-as-a-disabled-woman-uses-wheelchair-almost-full-time/
Sexual predators in the midst of Britain's police
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11380719/Sexual-predators-midst-Britains-police-forces.html
Florida proceeds with ban on puberty blockers
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-proceeds-ban-puberty-blockers-sex-reassignment-surgeries-minors
Trans Barrister has meltdown
https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1586716751412207619?s=20&t=5sD8Y00Ugr0mO0Ej_FMZ9w
Elon Musk appease the activists
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1588538640401018880?s=20&t=AQOO884fbify6KQV4ywGyg
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