Eye - 11 August 2023
From A dubious honour to The electric constable
A dubious honour
On the seventh day of the seventh month, seven Friends approached the headquarters of the Severn Trent water company.
Pete Duckworth, of Coventry Meeting, told Eye that the Friends ‘joined over fifty protesters from a range of groups marching through the city to Severn Trent head office to protest against environmental damage caused by sewage dumped into local rivers’.
‘The Severn Trent shareholder dividend exceeded £260 million, the CEO is the highest paid of the UK water bosses receiving over £3.2 million this year mostly in bonuses and perks…
‘The accompanying photo (above) shows the high point of the event where “Richard the Turd” was crowned.’
No such thing as a silly question!
As World Quaker Day appears on the horizon, Eye wonders: Are there any questions you’ve had about Quakers but not known who to ask? Or is there something you wish you’d known when you first came to Quakerism? There’s no such thing as a silly question, so waft them our way by emailing eye@thefriend.org!
