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The Peace Party – Non-Violence
Justice, Enviroment
Reacting to the terrible news on the morning of 14th April, 2018, the Prospective Peace Party Candidate for Guildford, John Morris, writes, “The Peace Party never supports the use of military methods to resolve conflicts. War can never provide the positive peace we all seek. As Hiram Johnson said about WW1, ‘The first casualty, when … Read more
The government’s autumn 2017 budget document shows “defence” spending in 2018-19 to be £49,000,000,000 (49 billion pounds) – that is, preparations for war. The Peace Party would replace this with the development of the eight Pillars of Peace: the good ways of keeping us secure and safe.
Members of The Peace Party and many others in the UK and across Europe have always known that the European Union and its forerunners have helped to produce a positive peacefulness across the continent for over 70 years. How might The Government’s “White Paper” “The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union” show a continuation of that peacefulness?
The Peace Party expresses its nervousness at the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States of America: more military spending and decreasing security, as war – and terrorism – become more likely.