BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
Humanists UK has reacted to news that the Government is proposing to allow new state schools to discriminate in 100% of their places, condemning the move and calling instead for an end to all discrimination in the state school system. Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson said: ‘The proposal to allow 100% religious discrimination in… Read more »
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The Shadow Minister for the Regions, Bernard Jenkin, has launched a stinging attack on Labour’s programme of constitutional reform, accusing the Government of mocking and rubbishing Britain’s history. In his address to the Conservative Party conference Mr Jenkin said: “The paradox is that this British Government, is profoundly anti-British. “This Government understands nothing of the… Read more »
The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, has defended the UK’s decision to opt out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in order to detain individuals without charge. The provision to detain foreign nationals indefinitely without trial was included in the 2001 Anti Terrorism Act. The legislation required the UK to opt out of Section… Read more »
