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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So many books about what's wrong with government. This one's authoritative - @carolineslocock.bsky.social was there on the inside, saw what worked, saw what didn't, and offers a clear and rational recipe for what's needed now. A great read. www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Governme...

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Bad Government (And How To Make It Better): Amazon.co.uk: Caroline Slocock: 9781837360505: Books

Buy Bad Government (And How To Make It Better) by Caroline Slocock (ISBN: 9781837360505) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

We have a Swarthmore Lecture book which will become available to buy from the Quaker Centre Book Shop, immediately after the lecture next Saturday evening (it is NOT available to pre-order).

The image shows a small group of the book 'Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers' (a dark green cover with a picture of tangled roots).

This Swarthmore Lecture book will become available to buy from the Quaker Centre Book Shop, immediately after the lecture next Saturday evening (it is NOT available to pre-order).

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 23/04/2026

"Any of us can be protestors and we are all members of communities" @rcquaker.bsky.social gave evidence at the Joint Committee on Human Rights' inquiry on the expansion of police powers and the impact on the right to protest.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 24/04/2026

"We tolerate disruption from all sorts of other causes without worrying about it as much as we do from protest." @rcquaker.bsky.social gave evidence at the Joint Committee on Human Rights' inquiry on the expansion of police powers and the impact on the right to protest.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 17/04/2026

Earlier this week @rcquaker.bsky.social gave testimony to the Joint Committee on Human Rights' inquiry into protest rights. Watch the recording here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

On a train full of bishops, heading for Canterbury.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Attorney General Richard Hermer acknowdges that the world order under threat to the greatest extent since the 1940s and asserts the UK's commitment to the UN, the International Court of Justice and multilateralism.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Following the service comes a @una-uk.bsky.social event. Hearing from Annalena Bärbock, president of the General Assembly, and António Guterres, General Secretary of the UN.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Moving service at Methodist Central Hall Westminster to mark the 80th anniversary of the very first sessions of the UN General Assembly in this room in 1946. In my lifetime it has rarely been so important to assert the significance of the UN and what it stands for.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Here's what the American Friends Service Committee has to say about the US intervention in Venezuela.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Statement from our colleagues at the Friends Committee on National Legislation. @quaker.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 02/01/2026

We've joined other NGOs in calling on the Israeli government to immediately halt its deregistration process. Otherwise it risks halting international NGO operations at a time when civilians face acute and widespread humanitarian need. ow.ly/cM3b50XR89a

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53 International NGOs warn Israel’s recent registration measures will impede critical humanitarian action

MAP News. The latest developments in the Middle East as well as eye witness accounts and expert analysis from MAP's staff.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

As the sun rose this morning I was interviewed on the Sunday programme (with @dumbledad.bsky.social from Nontheist Friends Network) about Quakers, God, belief & proposed changes to Quaker marriage declarations. Not easy to cover all that in 6 mins! Starts 26 mins in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Sunday - 14/12/2025 - BBC Sounds

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with William Crawley.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I don't, I'm afraid. Certainly not that many, sadly.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Thanks @nebriefing.bsky.social for pulling together such an impressive array of knowledgeable and expert speakers. Lots of realism this morning and I am leaving more hopeful than I expected to be.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Chair @mikebernerslee.bsky.social returns to wrap up. Highlights danger of misinformation and calls for leadership.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

We're at a point where high upfront investment costs are hindering progress towards a more cost-effective energy system in the future. This needs bold investment for the long term.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Finally we hear from @tessakhan.bsky.social on energy transition and affordability. Fossil fuel reliance drives many of the worst economic shocks, and significantly impacts cost of living and well-being in fuel-poor households.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Solutions have to work for low- and middle-Income households. The government that makes that its focus will win elections.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Debunks a series of economic myths. Affordability. Pace of transition. UK exceptionalism and leadership role. Cost of transition reducing as pace of change increases. Cost of living benefits if policy is got right and reliance on fossil fuels is reduced.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The war in Ukraine has made fossil fuels profitable again and is driving investor behaviour. Meanwhile companies from the industries of tomorrow struggle to thrive.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Now @angelaisfranc.bsky.social from @wwf.org.uk talks about economics. Current system and rules favour the status quo and is leading to a market failure to address the issues. Different regulatory approach is needed to drive change.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Calls for leadership with the courage to look the threat in the eye and act. And highlights the need for a stronger democracy.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Again highlights the cascading effect of multiple crises crystallising simultaneously, leading to a failure of government or ungovernable states. Driving the rise of authoritarianism.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

'Peace and the climate are two sides of the same coin.' Here Quakers and the army would readily agree!

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Military sees climate change as a threat multiplier, driving instability, resource conflict, new flash points over water security, weather extremes, people on the move. Arctic becoming a new flash point as ice recedes and territorial conflict looms.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Retired lieutenant general Richard Nugee describes how the military sees the impact of climate change on national security and defence, responding to rapidly shifting threats. Climate change is a major factor in the strategic defence review 2025.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

But points out that tackling climate change is both a public health imperative and a huge opportunity to change things in ways which would transform public health outcomes for the better.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Points to the inequality resulting from climate breakdown leading to outcomes which are catastrophic. First to mention the inevitability of war as a consequence of resource scarcity and societal collapse.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

NHS intensive care consultant @hughmontgomery.bsky.social talks about human impacts of climate change and what an emergency response looks like. 'You don't treat an emergency situation with words and homeopathy.' Highlights hazard of climate change for public health and health services.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Currently agricultural policy doesn't reflect these risks. Current practice is undermining the system and driving habitat loss, biodiversity depletion, soil degradation and emissions. Dietary choices also driving the problem, especially meat and dairy.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Now @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social briefs us on the implications of food insecurity. Risks of failed harvest, loss of farmable land, flooding, drought, leading to empty shelves and likely civil unrest as people can't source key foodstuffs.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

But positive tipping points also exist. UK no longer generates power from coal, for example, because climate and economic pressure created a tipping point which led to a collapse of economic coal power generation.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

AMOC collapse would lead to huge temperature extremes in the UK with consequent loss of food and water security, models suggest.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Tim Lenton briefs us on tipping points. Coral reefs have already passed their tipping point. Many others to come if things don't change. Amazon forest loss, Atlantic Ocean meridional overturning current of particular concern for Western Europe.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Describes how mitigating these risks could have widespread positive impacts on well-being, economy, cost of living.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Insufficient attention being paid to cascading risks. Power loss, communications breakdown, water supply, transport impacts. That sort of thing.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Current UK infrastructure was built for a more stable climate with only rare extreme events. Now needs a major upgrade. Globally some areas are at imminent risk of becoming unliveable.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Now @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social shows us what the extreme weather impacts of climate change look like already. How a small change in average temp drives a big change in what extreme weather events look like. Heatwave risk is increasing faster than scientific models had predicted.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

'It is now too late for non-radical futures.' Calls for clarity and imagination.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Explains that most UK households are locked into structural emissions. High income households are responsible for 5x emissions of the rest, even within the UK, let alone globally. That's not the 1%, that's the middle classes.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Kevin is sceptical about the over-reliance on untested and underperforming carbon capture and storage technology. False solution which help perpetuate the very fossil fuel use we need to move away from. Calls for a Marshall Plan-style deployment of resources to address carbon reduction.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

For the UK this would mean elimination of all fossil fuels use by 2039. Current reduction rate is less than 1% when downstream emissions, shipping and aviation are included in the stats.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

To hit 1.5° of warming CO2 emissions now have to fall by 20% a year, every year. Scientists no longer consider this an achievable pathway. Is the 7% annual reduction required to stay below 2° any more achievable?

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Now @kevinclimate.bsky.social shows us the 'hockey stick' CO2 rise and describes the systemic failures that will result from the temperature rises that will result if it's not checked.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Calls for UK leadership at global level, for which polls show there is public support, despite what some politicians are telling us.

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Nathalie Seddon from Uni of Oxford spells out the extent of habitat destruction, nature depletion and biodiversity loss in the UK. Points to nature-related risks, flooding, deaths from heatwaves and economic shocks.

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