Phil Laurie
Apr. 28th, 2026 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo Phil's "offence" was being part of a group from Just Stop Oil that shut down a petrol station at Cobham Services on the M25 in 2022. You can find the details online. Just Google "Phil Laurie"
Controversial guy. He thinks climate catastrophe is imminent. In one scenario Britain turns into Siberia, in the other it becomes tropical. Either way Quaker Meetings need to prepare for a future in which infrastructure fails. Some found him convincing. Others didn't. But that's Quakerism: hear all sides of an issue and then "discern" a response. After the Meeting eight of us- including Phil- had a long, leisurely lunch at the Crown and Anchor.
"You like what he has to say because it's woo-woo," says Ailz. Well, yes, I'm not going to argue.
I took a picture of him yesterday morning, with his heavily laden bike,
Controversial guy. He thinks climate catastrophe is imminent. In one scenario Britain turns into Siberia, in the other it becomes tropical. Either way Quaker Meetings need to prepare for a future in which infrastructure fails. Some found him convincing. Others didn't. But that's Quakerism: hear all sides of an issue and then "discern" a response. After the Meeting eight of us- including Phil- had a long, leisurely lunch at the Crown and Anchor.
"You like what he has to say because it's woo-woo," says Ailz. Well, yes, I'm not going to argue.
I took a picture of him yesterday morning, with his heavily laden bike,
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