The Syrian crisis
Douglas Butterfield writes on behalf of Beaconsfield Friends about Friends’ action on Syria
In early September, when it looked as if parliament was going to sanction strikes against the Syrian regime, a few Beaconsfield Friends from Jordans Meeting felt we should write to the Beaconsfield MP to urge a peace-seeking role for Britain. Quakers in Britain had made a statement urging parliament not to use force against Syria. Almost immediately, as Friends will recall, the vote went against the government, but we still felt the need to write to our MP. Our aim was to at least engage him at a local level with these concerns and to reinforce the need to adopt a role of negotiating for peace and humanitarian relief. As it happens, our MP is Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, so we are speaking to a senior member of the government.
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