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The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Northern Ireland is starting to be viewed as a ‘test run’ for Afghanistan, as Britain marks the 40th anniversary of the Army being sent into the province for the first time. August 14th 1969 saw the British Army enter Northern Ireland for a “limited operation” amid sectarian violence flaring out of control… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson British forces must forge out a victory in Afghanistan in order to justify Nato and the armed forces’ existence, an academic has insisted. Hew Strachan of Oxford University argued commentators must confront the military from where the country finds itself, “not from where it might like them to be”. “Afghanistan is the… Read more »
