A series of discussions on topics which are of interest to the people of the Woking area and the wider world
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Weapons or foreign aid – a dilemma for the UK

The next Woking Debate has the title Weapons Or Aid: What Is The Price Of War? It is on Wednesday, November 12 at Trinity Methodist Church, Brewery Road, Woking.

The event will examine whether the UK should prioritise spending on weapons or on supporting people in other countries that are in dire need through affects on their lives such as conflict and famine.

Details of the speakers to follow soon. Please contact us if you would like to speak.

We are trying out a different day of the week and holding the debates in the evening, to see if this is more convenient for attendees than a Saturday morning.

The October debate, Gaza And The West Bank. What Should We Do? What Can We Do? attracted a good audience, in the church and on Zoom.

There church is across the canal from Woking town centre and the event is from 7.30pm to 9pm.

The debate will be livestreamed on Zoom, with the opportunity for people to pose questions and their opinions online. To receive the link email  keithsc_2000@yahoo.com.

 

 

Spending on weapons or foreign aid – a dilemma for the UK Government at a time of conflict and need across the globe. Ceremony recalls horror of atoms bombs first use
TWINKLING tealights floated down a canal at Send to mark the 80th anniversary of nuclear weapons being used for the first time in war. The little candles, in half grapefruit and orange skins, and white flowers were launched on the Wey Navigation by members of Woking Action for Peace and Woking Debates and members of the public. Launching of the flickering flotilla was preceded by a ceremony on the towpath by the New Inn pub to mark the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. “As dusk started to fall, we read poems and there were appropriate readings to remember the hundreds of thousands of people who died as result of the atomic weapons being dropped on Japan,” said group spokesman Keith Scott.