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Jesuits call on Gordon Brown to return to Christian values

The Prime Minister needs “to regain the moral high ground” and demonstrate his “earnest and serious commitment to fairness, honesty and justice”, argues a prominent British Jesuit.

Writing in their online journal, Thinking Faith, Father Peter Scally SJ asks candidly what happened to the man dubbed the ‘Son of the Manse’ at the time he took over as Prime Minister - Gordon Brown's father was a Church of Scotland minister.

Father Scally points to three incidents that he feels have contributed to his present unpopularity: the abolition of the 10p income tax band, his indecision over whether to call a General Election, and his apparent exploitation of British troops in Iraq during the week of the Conservative Party Conference.

"They were all occasions on which he appeared to abandon his high principles in an attempt to be clever and outwit the Conservatives. And every time it blew up in his face,” writes Father Scally.

Full story at Christian Today.

Full article at Thinking Faith.