I have acquaintances from other religions maybe what you would call friendships

I have acquaintances from other religions, maybe what you would call friendships, but if you don’t agree, you can’t really walk the same path.Designer, Ava Maria Khan, 37Christmas for me is about magic, snow, happiness, peace and family The commercialisation is part of it too, to be honest I like to give and receive presents It’s part of the occasion I don’t really know how much we spend The children might get a bike or a computer It’s about what they want It might cost £100 or £900.I do believe in God. Then one day you begin to question why you don’t feel so great on the inside. God starts to shine in his meaning, and you see a greater challenge: to go out and change the world for him and make it into a more loving, caring place.Other religions that don’t take Jesus Christ as the Lord and Saviour are wrong. It was the first time I’d had a girlfriend in 12 years, so I bought her some small things, they probably cost less than £50.Before I found God, I built up a successful timber business – the profits now fund my full-time evangelism. I was going to casinos, I had women, wine, song, was having fun, going out with the lads and having a laugh, all the normal fleshly desires. Christian evangelist, Phil Howard, 50

Christian evangelist, Phil Howard, 50
I think Christmas has totally and utterly lost its way. This Christmas I’ll be out there preaching, I’ll hopefully also be spending time with my girlfriend who is coming over from Eastern Europe.I don’t really believe in giving presents, I think we should look after the needs of the world first, instead of buying someone a gift for £200, say, who doesn’t need it Let’s think about the kids who are starving I did give gifts to my girlfriend last year, though.

Jesus’ message was, “Feed the needy, don’t be greedy.”If you haven’t got a spiritual side in your life, you’ll just be self-centred because the flesh wants to profit itself. It now holds 400 inmates.Although the jail was generally a safe place, last month inspectors said it was “unacceptably cramped and claustrophobic” with no access to fresh air in cells.Ms Owers said: “Despite the best efforts of staff or managers, HMP Weare is entirely unsuitable for its present function as a 21st-century category C training prison.”Millions of pounds of capital investment would be necessary to make it more suitable – indeed, even to keep it seaworthy and safe will require significant resources.”. The Metropolitan Police is in talks to moor a prison ship on the Thames in a bid to tackle the spiralling inmate population, a spokesman said last night. Earlier this year, one mentally ill detainee, known only as “G”, was allowed home under conditions described as “house arrest” by Ms Peirce.

The bail agreement requires G to be tagged, bans any visits by friends or relatives, bars him from using his garden, a computer or making phone calls, and very heavily restricts his right to leave home.David Pannick QC, one of Britain’s most senior barristers, said yesterday that unless Charles Clarke, the new Home Secretary, takes decisive action on the cases within weeks, the UK could be taken to the European Court of Human Rights.. In a world of too many pygmies he was a big man capable of doing a big job He will be backDaily Mirror (edited by Richard Wallace ). The foreign terror suspects being held by Britain without trial could be released on bail within weeks after the House of Lords declared that their detention was illegal. A leading QC appointed by ministers to act in secret court hearings for terror suspects is quitting in disgust, describing the law allowing foreigners to be detained indefinitely as “an odious blot on our legal landscape”.

Ian Macdonald, a Special Advocate before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), is to resign tomorrow from his role defending the suspects. He says the Government’s anti-terror legislation, which has kept the suspects in prison without trail for up to three years, is “contrary to our deepest notions of justice”. Many people sincerely believe that Mr Blunkett was one of the most destructive and dangerous home secretaries of modern timesThe Guardian (edited by Alan Rusbridger)As a human being, Mr Blunkett deserves great sympathy. His decision to step down increases the pressure on ministers to release the 10 Arab and North African men currently held. As a statesman, he does notThe Daily Telegraph (edited by Martin Newland)David Blunkett is a remarkable man and an extraordinary politician. You are a force for good in British politicsTony Blair in a letter to BlunkettAs Home Secretary he has been an absolute disaster He brought the rule of law into disrespect. I have no personal animus towards him, but it’s good that he has goneLouise Christian, civil rights lawyer He was the most illiberal Home Secretary I can think of.