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@martinaweitsch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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.

Quaker Truth and Integrity@qtig.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Richard Tice is deputy leader of Reform, a party that aspires to government Quakers believe in fairness and that paying tax is a moral duty towards our society Avoiding paying your fair share of tax is incompatible with leading our country www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ric...

Image of Richard Tice against a background of the The Times headline claiming he avoided nearly £600,000 in tax
@martinaweitsch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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.

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief.org · 5mo ago

Factcheck: North Sea gas is not ‘four times cleaner’ than LNG imports | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive Read here: buff.ly/IoMIeUt

Emissions (grams of CO2 per kilowatt hour) from North Sea gas vs LNG imports. Source: Carbon Brief analysis
Quaker Truth and Integrity@qtig.bsky.social · 6mo ago

'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

Photo portrait of Hannah Arendt
Quaker Truth and Integrity@qtig.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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...

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman

As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

theguardian.com

Quakers in Britain@quaker.org.uk · 5mo ago

"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...

Quaker Meeting House suffers second Met Police raid

For the second time in less than a year, Metropolitan Police officers have raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House, arresting young activists.

quaker.org.uk

Quaker Truth and Integrity@qtig.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

RAJU: Footage shows an American missile likely destroyed the Iranian girls' school. Will the US accept any respons-- TRUMP: Well, I haven't seen it. I will say that the Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons around, is sold and used by other countries. Iran has some Tomahawks.

Dr Ellie Chowns MP@elliechowns.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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.

Dear Prime Minister, In recent days we have seen a deeply concerning escalation in conflict in the Middle East following a series of illegal and dangerously irresponsible airstrikes on Iran by the United States and Israel. You have now confirmed that UK bases will be used by the US for their operations in the area. This is a significant concession to President Donald Trump and one which risks drawing the UK into a dangerous conflict. During your campaign to be elected leader of the Labour Party, you spoke compellingly about learning the lessons of the Iraq war. In particular, you set out legislation you would pass as Prime Minister, ensuring that military action is only taken if: • The lawful case for it is made • There is a viable objective • Consent is given by the House of Commons. We agree that such legislation is needed to prevent the UK from being dragged into destructive, illegal and dangerous wars abroad, and so we have today tabled the Armed Conflict (Requirements) Bill. The Bill requires that 1. Before armed forces may be deployed for armed conflict, a Minister of the Crown must publish a statement setting out the reasons for the deployment, an assessment of its compliance with international law, the objective of the deployment and an assessment of the viability of that objective, and 2. Any such deployment must be approved in advance by a resolution of the House of CommonsI invite your support to pass this bill. In an increasingly unstable world, it is more important than ever that decisions about the UK’s involvement in military action abroad are taken carefully, soberly, and with the best interests of the British people at heart. We believe this piece of legislation would ensure that. Yours sincerely, Dr Ellie Chowns MP
FCNL@fcnl.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“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.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?

Quaker Truth and Integrity@qtig.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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

FCNL@fcnl.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"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:

Quaker Lobby Condemns Attacks on Iran and Calls for Deescalation, Diplomacy, and Congressional Action | Friends Committee On National Legislation

Washington, D.C. – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) strongly condemns the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and the dangerous pursuit of a war of regime change. We mourn the lives a...

fcnl.org

Tina Leonard 🧡💙@leonard3tina.bsky.social · last yr.

🕯️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

Tina Leonard 🧡💙@leonard3tina.bsky.social · last yr.

Last night more than 20 uniformed police, some equipped with tasers, forced their way into Westminster Meeting House. “No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory” Quakers in Britain strongly condemned the violation of their place of worship @quaker.org.uk

Molly Scott Cato@greenpartymolly.bsky.social · last yr.

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?

Quakers in Britain@quaker.org.uk · last yr.

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Carla Denyer@carladenyer.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

Quakers in Britain@quaker.org.uk · last yr.

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · last yr.

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