THE Pope is a dickhead. Even the Vatican is beginning to realise what a disaster he really is.
But he is by no means the Church’s only dickhead. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, is another.
His dickheadedness was exposed again last week when he reportedly wrote to [...]
BENEATH an hysterical headline in today’s Dail Wail – How cash meant for promoting faith is going to an organisation that campaigns AGAINST Christianity – someone called Steve has left this comment:
Christianity is dead in the UK – RIP bible bashers! As for the other muppet religions, they should be banned. Well done Labour, keep [...]
THE man who changed the world for the British gay community through his unstinting efforts to decriminalise homosexuality in the 1960s, died this week aged 91.
But Leo Abse, Labour MP for Pontypool from 1958 until his retirement at the age of 70 29 years later, was much more than just a gay rights champion. He [...]
Continue reading about Farewell, Leo Abse, gay rights champion and flamboyant troublemaker
ISLAM takes a lot of stick in the Freethinker – all of it well-deserved. Yet, believe it or not, we do strive to find something positive to report about Muslims – and once in a while we strike gold.
Which is why we name Yasmin Alibhai-Brown as our Hero of the Week.
Alibhai-Brown is that rare variety [...]

The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 