Thought for the Week: Hopes for a brighter year

Ken Veitch reflects on moments of insight and good people

by Ken Veitch 13th January 2017

It is 16 December 2016, the time when we sing and pray about peace on earth and goodwill to all people. Bashar al-Assad’s forces have gained ‘victory’ in what is left of Aleppo and its people. A riot is taking place at Birmingham Prison. The government is selling billons of pounds worth of weapons to human rights abusers such as Saudi Arabia, which, using British bombs and military personnel, is attacking civilian targets in Yemen.