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Blog, Politics and Elections · 13 August, 2026

Politics, Protest and Primitive Methodists with Englesea Brook Museum 

I sat down virtually with Ruth (Project Director) and Amy (Heritage Officer) from Englesea Brook Museum in Cheshire to talk about the intersection of heritage and justice, through the lens of Primitive Methodism. As a former history student, I have a firm …

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Blog, Politics and Elections · 1 May, 2026

Faith leaders defend the right to protest

Black-and-white photograph of a crowd standing outside a large stone building, holding up blank protest placards, with decorative purple and green borders above and below the image

Last month, 19 faith leaders - including representatives from the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed churches - signed a letter coordinated by Quakers in Britain defending the right to protest. The letter opposes the introduction of a "cumulative disruption" clause in the Crime and Policing …

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Environment · 24 July, 2025

Why we handed in a letter to the Government asking them to Stop Rosebank… 

On Wednesday the 23rd July we handed in a letter at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to ask Sir Keir Starmer to stop the Rosebank oil field. This is the same day the International Court of Justice made a historic announcement that governments have a binding legal duty to …

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Blog, Politics and Elections · 19 July, 2018

Why are we angry?

Rachel reflects on the Anti-Trump Protests which happened all over the country last week. Last Thursday Madalena, Helen and I went out with 250,000 others to register our anger at the visit of Donald Trump to the United Kingdom.  We were not angry that he was here in the UK or that the red carpet …

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