SPCK/SSG petition to Durham Cathedral
The Bookseller has carried a story about a petition that has been sent to the Dean of Durham Cathedral, in the hopes that the Cathedral Chapter will find a way to step in and save their bookshop from being diminished in the ongoing saga of SPCK/SSG. The story is here.
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Thanks for your support Maggi.
“The Esther Rantzen of the noughties”
Thanks for your support Maggi.
“The Esther Rantzen of the noughties”
keep up the good work, Dave…
While in the short term in might be harsh for those who have been offered “employment” by these new companies there is one very simple response that the Christian community can make to these events – resolve not to buy anything from these new shops and encourage others to boycott. We have plenty of alternatives run by people and companies of integrity, who for all their difficulties in a tricky market at least treat their staff with justice. The Church hierarchies can also make sure that no further deals are done with SSG about buildings etc – with luck they might just get the message and return to the US before they do more damage to the reputation of Orthodox Christianity.
Maggi
You may be aware that Dave has been threatened with libel by the new SPCK owners and forced to remove all 75 of his posts about SPCK from his Cartoon Blog. A lot of us are quite upset about this. More information on my blog.