Last night I attended a meeting for worship at Westminster Quaker Meeting House, where last week a police raid arrested six women for planning a peaceful protest. In Parliament today, I called for a debate on the repressive laws which inhibit right to peaceful protest, a cornerstone of democracy. - ThreadSky

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elliechowns.bsky.social • 27 days ago

Last night I attended a meeting for worship at Westminster Quaker Meeting House, where last week a police raid arrested six women for planning a peaceful protest.

In Parliament today, I called for a debate on the repressive laws which inhibit right to peaceful protest, a cornerstone of democracy.

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pollik.bsky.social•27 days ago

Please keep on doing things like this. x

wokeellie.bsky.social•27 days ago

This is such an abomination. I know little of the Quaker faith but I do know that peace is one of its fundamental principles. How many places of alternate worship would they dare raid like this?

akay24.bsky.social•27 days ago

The point of protest is to be disruptive and noticeable without being dangerous or harmful.
The mindset of this and the previous government is that of a dictatorship punishing people for protesting over valid and proven things that actually matter. You can’t stifle democracy in the name of economics

kiltedgreen.bsky.social•27 days ago

Thank you Ellie. They are as bad as the Tories.

allerman.bsky.social•27 days ago

How on earth a peaceful quaker meeting could effect the general public going about their daily business defies reason.

w2jmf.bsky.social•26 days ago

I studied a little of the Quakers through history. During my thesis, I touched on their role in helping to create green spaces and how their work helped the working classes. They've always stood for freedom and equality, which was shocking to hear at the time.

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