Acclaimed political journalist and author Ian Dunt has been appointed as the Chair of the newly established Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, following its merger with Humanists UK earlier this year. New Humanist, now in its 140th year of publication, became part of Humanists UK on 1 January this year in a merger that… Read more »
On Wednesday, a man is to stand trial after burning a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in London reportedly in protest of the President of Turkey. Humanists UK has warned that if the prosecution is successful, and if the case is reported, it will effectively re-establish the crime of blasphemy in England and Wales, 17… Read more »
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Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians are all blaming each other for yesterday’s Commons vote preventing any change in MPs’ expenses arrangements. “Today was a bad day for openness and accountability for MPs,” said Liberal Democrat Commons spokesman Simon Hughes. “The Commons had the chance to vote for proper auditing of all we do, but… Read more »
The government’s ID cards scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matching, the government’s own experts have warned The £4.4 billion National Identity Scheme’s (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics exposes the system to error, the Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG) claims. BAG claims that “exception handling” – dealing with mismatched… Read more »
