BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
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A look back at how the race for the White House unfolded throughout 2008. January At the start of 2008 the Republicans were just as uncertain as the Democrats as to who their candidate for the presidency would be. Leading the other Republican nominee hopefuls by a 15-point margin, John McCain seemed the most likely… Read more »
The state of Missouri shifted from Republican to Democrat, electing the state’s former attorney general Jay Nixon as governor. The long-serving former state attorney general defeated Republican Kenny Hulshof who was standing as former Republican governor Matt Blunt had served the maximum number of terms. Also for the first time North Carolina elected a female… Read more »
