Robert Buckland Weblog

A visit on Tuesday to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Wailing Wall, where I wrote a note and made a prayer, was followed by a memorable walk up through the bazaars and narrow streets to Golgotha and the Church of the Holy Sephulcre, manned by members of that most wonderful of denominations, the Greek [...]

Justin Tomlinson and I took part in an election debateat the Elim Pentecostal Church in Osborne Street.  We were joined bycandidates from other parties.  Questions ranged from screen violence to the nature of the Coronation Oath.  We were asked whether the next monarch should be a "Defender of the Faith" or a "Defender of Faiths".  [...]