Deus nobiscum quis contra. The Catholic Lobby does not exist.

The Education Minister Alan Johnson has NOT changed his mind with breathtaking speed about introducing an amendment to the forthcoming Education and Inspection Bill to mandate so called faith schools to take a certain percentage of other or no faith pupils. He has not undertaken a U turn. NO. The Minister has not "climbed down" NO.NO.NO.

The Minister has been involved in an "intensive dialogue" with the Archbishop of Birmingham Vincent Nichols, Chairman of the Catholic Education Service. and has written him a very nice letter. (CES Press release today)

This has nothing to do with the 3 million adult family members of children at Roman Catholic Schools (or C of E even) - mothers, fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters, brothers or headteachers, teachers, MP's, MEP's sisters, brothers who vote.

There is no Catholic lobby.No.No.No.

However the Archbishop did say...

"I thank the very many members of the Catholic community, schools, parents and others, who took the trouble of writing to their Member of Parliament to make known their views on the proposed amendment. I am grateful to those Members of both Houses of Parliament for the action they have taken in this regard."

The Prime Ministers wife is Jewish. Bears in the woods use toilets.

Trans on request -Deus nobiscum quis contra. God with us, who against?
In Swedish - Om Gud är för oss, vem kan då vara emot oss?