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The Bishops who have signed the (letter? document?) unnamed (unless it is: "The Church of England's Doctrine of Marriage" full stop), undated document 📄 on Straight Supremist Marriage 
#Fulham #Horsham #Coventry #Woolwich #Lancaster #Rochester #Hereford #Carlise #Leicester #Chichester #Guildford #Sheffield and #Southwell & #Nottingham
On one level, it is nice (?) to FINALLY have CLARITY which is one of the central demands of LGBTQI+ people in the #churchofengland. Tell us where we are Safe. Tell us where we are not. Step out. Be brave. They have been. (congrats, finally)
#churchclarity
#churchclarity
1. My #SamarkandSummit orientalist🧵on its toponym and etymology. Incorrect is #Wikipedia's #Samarkand etymon entry and false analogy to #Tashkent. Both #Samarkand, like neighbouring #Bukhara, remain extensively debated in eastern #MiddleIranian #philology.
2. #Samarkand, contra #Wikipedia, is not 'stone city'. The first element /sm’r/ remains unexplained. On #Sogdian sm’rknδh [Ancient Letters], cf. Chin. Samojian 颯秣建 Gr. Μαρακάνδοι, scholarly consensus exists only on second compound, #Sogdian 'town, city'.
3. #Sogdian knδh 'town, city' > #Christian #Sogdian qθ; /sm’r/ element unmentioned in Gharib 1995 [Sogdian #Dictionary], @iranicaonline, or EI2 [Enc. of #Islam) entries. See @Brill_ME_Africa EI2, VIII/1995: 1031-032, s.v. #Samarkand Schaeder (rev. Bosworth).
March-4: .@LukePollard proposed a very sensible motion in response to #UKFloods, calling for an independent review into:
-Govt response
-Flood prevention/defence funding
-Insurance issues
-Lessons learned
Who could possibly vote against that?
You'd be surprised...
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-Govt response
-Flood prevention/defence funding
-Insurance issues
-Lessons learned
Who could possibly vote against that?
You'd be surprised...
/1.
Dear constituents of #Telford, esp. #Ironbridge,
Your MP #LucyAllan voted against Mr Pollard's motion.
Instead she backed the watered-down version of the motion, committing to nothing very much.
If you want more than warm words, write to her.
#HoldThemToAccount #UKFloods
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Your MP #LucyAllan voted against Mr Pollard's motion.
Instead she backed the watered-down version of the motion, committing to nothing very much.
If you want more than warm words, write to her.
#HoldThemToAccount #UKFloods
/2.
Dear constituents of #WyreValley, esp. #Bewdley,
Your MP #MarkGarnier voted against Mr Pollard's motion.
Instead he backed the watered-down version of the motion, committing to nothing very much.
If you want more than warm words, write to him.
#HoldThemToAccount #UKFloods
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Your MP #MarkGarnier voted against Mr Pollard's motion.
Instead he backed the watered-down version of the motion, committing to nothing very much.
If you want more than warm words, write to him.
#HoldThemToAccount #UKFloods
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