Privileged to be a Methodist Minister in the Yorkshire Dales.
Settle, England
Joined June 2009
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Tim Broughton retweeted
As the wondrous Bob Mortimer is trending, I thought I'd share this quote from his autobiography.
'I've always thought that the two most unselfish things you can do in life are to turn up on time and to be quiet around a house when someone else is sleeping.'
He's not wrong ❤️
Tim Broughton retweeted
Is it a serious government that picks a fight with the National Trust over telling people the full history of their properties?
Is it a serious government that picks a fight with the RNLI over the colour of skin of the people they save at sea?
#GeneralElectionNow
Tim Broughton retweeted
Politico: "Prime Minister, the King has been at #COP28 for two days & other world leaders are staying into the weekend. You've been here for a matter of hours & you're due to leave again imminently. You've spent more time on a private plane, than on the ground at the summit .. "
Tim Broughton retweeted
We could get angry at Suella’s latest piece of performative, pandering cruelty or… instead:
let’s promote the excellent work done by @Shelter, @centrepointuk, @PassageCharity and other fine charities actually trying to help homeless people, especially now, as winter approaches.
Tim Broughton retweeted
❌ Removing laws that protect fragile wild places from nutrient pollution is VERY BAD news for rivers. This is not scaremongering – the Government’s own environmental watchdog says so 🧵 (1/5)
Proposed changes to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill will reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in law and amount to a regression, the OEP is warning. Find out more: bit.ly/45ABnj1
ALT Quote from Dame Glenys Stacey: "The proposed changes would demonstrably reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in existing environmental law. The Government has not adequately explained how, alongside such weakening of environmental law, new policy measures will ensure it still meets its objectives for water quality and protected site condition."
Tim Broughton retweeted
I am sure some will not agree with me, I am embarrassed in how we treat people sometimes, lack of compassion, lack of common humanity, we can and must do better than this
Tim Broughton retweeted
I’m running (read: painful-jogging) the Great North Run next month for @allwecanuk , with @CameronHume15 and @mpugx - find out why and help us rethink poverty with a few ££, please?
greatnorthrun2023.enthuse.co… – at Featherstone, England
Tim Broughton retweeted
There are two vacancies for circuit roles in Settle Methodist Church - head to their website for more information and application packs: settlemethodistcircuit.org.u…
Tim Broughton retweeted
We've been to Downing Street, to hand in a joint statement from over 1450 church leaders opposing the 'Illegal Migration Bill'! We're calling on the government to choose safe routes over cruelty and punishment. Find out more: jpit.uk/1450-church-leaders-…
#TogetherWithRefugees 🧡
Tim Broughton retweeted
This is what a culture war looks like. Where are those freedom of speech advocates when you need them?
Tim Broughton retweeted
Churches voice opposition to Illegal Migration Bill:
- @baptistuniongb
- @CofEEnvironment
- @churchscotland
- @MethodistGB
- @BritishQuakers
- @salvationarmyuk
- @UnitedReformed
ctbi.org.uk/churches-voice-o…
ALT Life jackets on a beach. Photo: Flickr/Anne Wuyts
Tim Broughton retweeted
85% of this coal is for export. The U.K. steel industry doesn’t need it and is better off importing from responsible countries. The carbon cost is huge. This mine is not compatible with U.K. climate goals. Gove knows all this. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6…
Tim Broughton retweeted
Instead of backing 1000s of green jobs & sustainable, long-term economic revival, Govt has backed a climate-busting, backward-looking, stranded asset coal mine. The decision to greenlight this mine is a climate crime against humanity - & we must challenge it every step of the way
Tim Broughton retweeted
What is the safe and legal route for a 16-year-old orphan escaping an African warzone to join their sibling who is legally in the UK?
Home Secretary Suella Braverman struggles to answer Tory MP Tim Loughton
bbc.in/3GBQoYl
Tim Broughton retweeted
Let’s be very clear. Fact! There are no more cuts to funding for state schools, on top of those already inflicted, that it’s possible to make - in any shape or form - without seriously damaging our ability to deliver the breadth of care and curriculum that every child deserves!
Tim Broughton retweeted
🧵 Around 1/2 adults receiving Universal Credit skip meals to make ends meet. An average family of four supported by Universal Credit needs £1,400 more this winter to simply stand still. Yet not one penny of the £45Bn committed in today’s mini-budget went to those families. 1/6
Tim Broughton retweeted
We should commemorate the Queen’s service and commitment to Britain internationally in a way that changes lives. Let’s create a Queen’s Development Agency charged with spending at least 0.7 % of British GDP in the most practical + flexible support for the world’s very poorest.
Tim Broughton retweeted
Well this is a lovely. Fracking to go ahead despite non-publication of safety report, despite leaked copy suggesting safety *can’t* be guaranteed, despite huge climate impacts, despite fact it won’t cut bills - oh & despite breaking election pledge, obvs theguardian.com/environment/…
