| Dark money in politics and the impact on our rights. Wednesday 17th April; 7.30pm Function Room, Oasis Centre, UCLan Preston campus. |
| With the impending election at some point this year, it would not surprise you to see that some pressure groups are trying hard to influence the government (and perhaps other parties) to get changes to the law that are in the favour of certain religious motivated groups. For our next meeting, let us look at what is reported to be going on in politics and what we might want to do about this at a local level. For those of you who do not follow the news from Humanists UK, we have recently received an email on the subject: Humanists UK has raised alarms over the growing influence of ‘dark money’ and other funding from American sources in UK politics, particularly influencing debates on abortion, LGBT rights, assisted dying, and faith schools. There was also a report from NSS earlier this year which looked at the various UK political parties and their policies on subjects that we may hold dear. So, please come along and feel free to contribute to our discussion on these points. As usual, we will be having a social drink afterwards and maybe a chance to get to know any new folk who are joining us. Entrance to the venue is controlled, so if you are late please call Keith on 07904 425047, and someone will come down to let you in. |
| Anyone wishing to attend, should email keith@lancashire.humanist.org.uk. If anyone is keen on hearing the talk but cannot physically make it on the night then please request the link from Keith. |
The Function Room has a maximum capacity of 40, so please confirm early to keith@lancashire.humanist.org.uk if you wish to be there in person. This meeting will be a hybrid meeting and so a link will be sent to those who wish to join us remotely. I will confirm by email to those who are able to attend personally and then send a separate link a few days before the meeting, to those who will be able to join remotely. After the meeting (around 9pm), as usual, a group of us will be heading for a social drink at the Guild pub (just 2 minutes from the Oasis building on foot). Anyone who wishes to join us for a social chat are welcome. We have many on our mailing list who have not been able to make it to a meeting but you are always welcome. Additionally, if there is something that you would like us to think about doing then please email the Chair at with any ideas. If you are not on our email list and wish to join us on the evening then please email keith@lancashire.humanist.org.uk |