Emeritus Prof Christopher MayMar 29, 2025

There is something very wrong in this country when six young people meeting to discuss politics in a Quaker Meeting House are arrested by the police after a mass (twenty officers) invasion of the building (armed with tasers).

The freedom to protest, or even the freedom to meet in a room to discuss current affairs, are central to a democracy... if this freedom is now compromised (further), as it seems to be, we are in a very bad place!

#politics

h/t @Thebratdragon

https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-condemn-police-raid-on-westminster-meeting-house

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

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Show threadKim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷
@ChrisMayLA6 @Thebratdragon
I thought I no longer had the capacity to be shocked by what this Government is enabling, but arresting peaceful people in a place of worship is a step even I had not imagined might happen.
Mar 29, 2025 at 9:30amWeb
Show threadspangheroMar 29, 2025
@KimSJ @ChrisMayLA6 @Thebratdragon I must admit my 2025 bingo card doesn't have Quakers as potential terrorists on it.
Show threadEstarriol, Terrorist DragonMar 29, 2025

@spanghero @KimSJ @ChrisMayLA6

Quakers (all the ones I have known) are lovely but very determined people. And they know lots of non violent ways to make your life hell having had 400 years of practice.

Show threadspangheroMar 29, 2025
@Thebratdragon @KimSJ @ChrisMayLA6 I've no doubt of their inner strength based on their actions over the years.
It's always the quiet ones you need to watch out for.