It’s Time to Act for a just peace for all who call the Holy Land home. Join those working together for justice and peace across Palestine and Israel. It is urgent — stand together, sign the commitment, and take action 👇 justpeacecoalition.com #TimeToAct #JustPeaceCoalition justpeacecoalition.com

The question is: who should pay tax for public services? If not those who can because they earn or have wealth. And Tice isn't suggesting a wealth tax or anything. He is just suggesting a more extreme form of capitalism. We don't need that. We need a focus on the common good.

We need to know these things!

This is one of those examples of the deliberate misuse of statistics. If you look at the emissions of the extraction alone, the claim is probably ok. Look at the whole picture and it's piffle. Look at numbers and think about what they do and don't tell us, and what they are designed to hide from us.

'If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind And with such a people you can then do what you please' Hannah Arendt

Quit ChatGPT now! Your subs is bankrolling authoritarianism! 'great boycotts of history did not succeed because millions of people suddenly became heroic activists. They succeeded because . . . the small act, repeated at scale, becomes a political earthquake.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The Met Police may want to intimidate us into contributing to the govt's closing off of the right to protest... We will continue to hire space to explicitly nonviolent groups, with appropriate checks in place, just as we always have." – Clerk of Westminster Quakers www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

I like this Ben Stiller fellow. When he made a movie in Wilmington, Ohio, he was nice to people. And look — he stands up for himself rather than allowing himself to be ritually humiliated.

Far right hate is being fuelled by the greedy super rich. They're trying to distract us, they're trying to divide us. We will stand against hate. We will march #Together in love and unity. Join us. 📌 Central London 🗓️ Saturday, 28 March 🔗 www.togetheralliance.org.uk/

Iran does not have Tomahawk missiles Trump lied about this to avoid taking responsibility for killing children at school Lies like this demean his office and undermine democracy

Today I tabled a bill which would require any UK military intervention to have a lawful basis, viable objective, and approval by MPs - legislation the PM once said he himself would pass when he was running for Labour leader. He supported it then, and he should support it now.

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” — President Eisenhower, 1953.

Military action will not make Britain or its allies safer. It will escalate the conflict, deepen regional instability, and endanger countless more lives. https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/uk-should-work-for-peace-not-war-in-the-middle-east

A government with integrity would provide a justification under the UN charter for allowing the US to use UK bases to bomb Iran The flimsy distinction between 'defensive' and 'offensive' feels like cover for another illegal war that risks escalating a conflict at the loss of more innocent lives

"Congress must act urgently to restrain the administration before this spirals into another endless war," @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social said. 📣"War is not the answer." Our full statement:

Pretty impressive. I want to particularly thank our Green elected representatives who were there. Thank you!

Petition needs signing urgently to repeal the Public Order Act petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Spring!

Sometimes there is a silver lining.

🕯️Quaker Meeting for Worship🕯️ Upholding our worshipping community & Westminster Friends Outside New Scotland Yard 3 April 12-1pm Anyone who wishes to join us will be most welcome, of all faiths or none (exact location to be posted on Wednesday) @quaker.org.uk @ccanl.bsky.social

When they come for the Quakers you know your country is really in trouble Our fundamental commitments are to peace and justice How can that be a threat to this or any other democratic government?

UK, 2025: a country where police break into a place of worship and arrest those inside who are having a meeting and might be planning a non-violent action. The right to peaceful protest is an essential part of a healthy democracy. Governments who crack down on it are governments to be very wary of.

Radical changes to the political landscape are of concern to many Friends. Join Quaker Truth & Integrity Group (QTIG) for a global online meeting for worship to uphold each other, share fears and hopes and discern ways forward. Find out more and register at quakertruth.org

@lukecharters.bsky.social the situation in Gaza is becoming more intolerable by the day. No food, no water, not electricity, nothing. Are you going to make an issue of this in Parliament? With the Foreign Secretary? With the Prime Minister? It would be good to know.

Adrian Ramsay: “Trump should only be allowed to have a State Visit if Zelensky gets to have one at the same time”. Cue the programme’s first applause, and very strong applause at that. Brilliant. Absolutely right. #bbcQT

stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can... I've signed.

#CanvassingCats - in Doncaster today, a local definitely interested in the #GetGreensElected message. Or at least getting a #VoteGreen pat

President Macron, "Russia is the aggressor, and the Ukrainians are the aggressed people" "We were right to sanction Russia help Ukraine, and we will continue to do so"

You learn something new every day!

If any of this is even 50% true this is truly frightening.

I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

Agree.

Good analysis. Worth a read!

Yes, I thought the position of the BBC was extraordinary. But giving into bullies is not uncommon these days.

Exactly!

Signed!

Indeed.

I’m in

In light of the announcement regarding defence spending and the cut in the Overseas Aid budget, I have written to my MP. Here's the text of my email:

Immensely proud of Quakers involved in this law suit. Well done. Important first step. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

And this is how it will happen, one little step at a time so that we won't notice. But we do! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

And I’m sorry, there’s an *even bigger* East-West problem than ever Places like Görlitz, Bautzen, Chemnitz-Land are voting >40% for AfD #BTW25

Yes, it does matter.

That is very interesting.

Dare I ask: why?

"So this is how liberty dies… " Making sense of Trump's first three weeks open.substack.com/pub/christin... You may have seen the graphic, but the whole piece is worth reading and sharing. Professor Pagel is doing something very worthwhile to be supported.

Important report to read: www.splcenter.org/resources/ha... Whoever they come for, it may be you next!

In the UK, Starmer’s stance on barring small boat refugees from gaining citizenship has come under fire. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

What we now need is an analysis of what we can do in other countries where governments are playing nice with Trump. Resist.