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The Armed Forces Parliamentary Remembrance Service

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On 5 November, I was among 30 MPs who had either served or continue to serve in our Armed Forces who took part in an act of Remembrance before Sunday’s official national commemorations. With this, the hundredth year since the start of WW1, the service carried particular significance. Alongside the hundreds of thousands of British Servicemen killed while on active service in the Great War were nineteen serving Members of Parliament, commemorated in the House of Commons Books of Remembrance. Held in the Guards […]

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Remembrance Day prayers 2014

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Traditionally, the MP for Wycombe leads prayers in All Saints High Wycombe on Remembrance Day. Here are mine for 2014: O LORD our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who from your throne beholds all the dwellers upon earth, heartily we rejoice in your Lordship over all creation, as we remember in humility and penitence those failures of humanity which cause war. We give thanks and praise for the men […]

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Counter-terrorism arrests today – courage not cowardice will win

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As we approach Remembrance Day, police have made counter-terrorism arrests in London and High Wycombe (Bucks Free Press, Telegraph). There is speculation that this weekend’s commemorations were the target of attacks. On this centenary of the start of the Great War, we remember that the men and women of our armed forces fought and died in a just cause: the preservation of democracy and the rule of law against injustice and tyranny. Today, a tiny minority are betraying the rest of us with […]

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Remembrance Day 2013

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Today, Wycombe saw another huge turnout for the Remembrance Service in All Saints High Wycombe. The church was packed and the sermon deeply moving, based as it was on the Chaplain’s direct experience in Afghanistan. Traditionally, the MP leads prayers. This year, I modified those I inherited from Paul Goodman to those below. I also added prayer for the typhoon victims. The penultimate prayer was derived from those used daily in Parliament. Let us give thanks for those who, in […]

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Remembrance Day prayers

By convention, the MP for Wycombe leads prayers in All Saints’ Church on Remembrance Day and I feel privileged to be allowed to continue the tradition. These are the prayers I used today: Let us give thanks for those who, in the day of decision, ventured their all for the liberty that we now enjoy. May we strive to maintain freedom in our nation, in Europe and in the world, and to safeguard the peace which was won at such cost. […]

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Remembrance Day

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Let us give thanks for those who, in the day of decision, ventured their all for the liberty that we now enjoy. May we strive to maintain freedom in our nation, in Europe and in the world, and to safeguard the peace which was won at such cost. Today, I will be joining the Mayor of High Wycombe, Cllr Chaudhary Allah Ditta, at the Remembrance Day parade and service at All Saints, where I will lead prayers. In the evening, I […]

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Remembrance day

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Remembrance day was, as ever, a deeply moving experience. I led prayers at All Saints, High Wycombe and I am most grateful to Paul Goodman for advance notice that I needed to bring my own prayers. I have a lengthier post in mind after the events of the past week, but I will leave you with Karl Popper for the moment, as I try to remember when I voted for the President of the European Council: You can choose whatever […]

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Remembrance Day, High Wycombe

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Today, High Wycombe remembered the fallen. The occasion was magnificently put together and very well attended. I would like to share with you two things from the service — a prayer and the second half of the second reading: Lord God our Father, we pledge ourselves to serve you and all humankind, in the cause of peace, for the relief of want and suffering, and for the praise of your name. Guide us by your spirit; give us wisdom; give […]

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