Friends let ‘silence ring out’ against fossil fuels
‘Liz Truss’s response to the cost of living crisis didn’t mention home insulation once.'
A group of Friends held a Meeting for Worship at Just Stop Oil coalition protests this weekend. The demonstrations on 1 October called for an end to new fossil fuel exploration alongside investment in home insulation and public transport.
Quaker Peter Griffin, from Cambridgeshire Area Meeting, told the Friend: ‘Liz Truss’s response to the cost of living crisis didn’t mention home insulation once. Instead we see over 100 new licenses for oil and gas extraction, a return to fracking and taxpayer subsidised profits. We will let our Quaker silence ring out loud from Westminster to say this must stop.’
The Quaker group formed the idea at last month’s Living Witness gathering at Woodbrooke. Peter Griffin said: ‘Friends felt that a Quaker presence can offer a powerful and distinctive voice… which was achieved at the DSEI arms fair in 2019 where hundreds of Friends held a Meeting for Worship outside the gates of the ExCeL centre.’
He added: ‘As Quakers we can bring a distinctive, calming presence.’
Friends hope to repeat the action on 8 October.
