I started with Trump and I am ending with Trump
Martin Seeley, interview with BBC Suffolk, on his retirement as the Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich after ten years in post, 28 February
Once again, Trump and Vance demonstrate that the concept of leadership of the free world, exercised by so many of their predecessors, is entirely beyond them
Robert Buckland, former Conservative minister and next Third Church Estates Commissioner, X, 28 February
We used to look to historians to help us make sense of the distant past. We now need them to make sense of last week
William Crawley, BBC presenter, X, 4 March
Ultimately, these cuts will remove food and healthcare from desperate people — deeply harming the UK’s reputation. I know you have been clear that you are not ideologically opposed to international development. But the reality is that this decision is already being portrayed as following in President Trump’s slipstream of cuts to USAI
Anneliese Dodds, letter to the Prime Minister resigning as International Development Minister, 28 February
Threats to UK security start in places affected by climate change and instability. The seeds of tomorrow’s conflicts are being sown today, and overseas aid is an investment in conflict prevention. The government should consider better options [than cutting the aid budget], including a one-off exemption to the government’s fiscal framework, a digital tax or a wealth tax
Hugh Nelson, Bishop of St Germans and Bishop to the Armed Forces, letter in The Times, 1 March
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