The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) are set to launch their Bakers‘ Dozen manifesto that they and their members want to see introduced by the next UK Government. Aimed especially at the Labour Party, the Bakers‘ Dozen report and manifesto lays out 13 policy demands that would transform the lives of their members and working class people across… Read more »
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Two former cabinet members have called for a full debate on the future of the Labour party, in what is being seen as a further challenge to Gordon Brown’s smooth transition to party leader and prime minister. Alan Milburn and Charles Clarke have emailed all Labour MPs and peers urging them to help “move the… Read more »
Broad based policies aimed at encouraging marriage will do nothing to help the most disadvantaged families, the prime minister said today. In his monthly press briefing, Tony Blair argued that specific intervention at an early stage is needed to help the most dysfunctional families. The prime minister disputed claims, made recently by David Cameron, that… Read more »
