Whither Britain?

It is an understatement to say that these are critical days in the United Kingdom. The Government is beset by the problems of mounting violence and crime, of galloping inflation, of serious industrial strife, of growing unemployment, to mention but a few of Britain's internal problems. Add to these the critical situation in Northern Ireland and the dilemma over the Common Market and there is in total a jumble of appalling problems crying out for solution. Yet amid all these anxieties there is increasing political bitterness. Many regard such a climate as evidence of a healthy democracy, others fear a further slide into violence and anarchy.

We offer no comment on the political aspect of Britain's present problems but emphasize once more the responsibility of all committed Christians to intercede at the throne of grace on behalf of the nation and its Government. No one who lived through "the hungry twenties", with two million unemployed, can view with anything but horror a recurrence of those terrible conditions. At the time of Dunkirk, when Britain was in mortal danger, the nation was called to prayer. It is not without significance that no national leader or other public figure has given any such lead to the nation in the present crisis.

Whither Britain?-a disquieting question.

unknown | Oct 1971
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