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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By politics.co.uk staff A combination of growing populations and food, energy and water shortages will reach crisis point by 2030, the government’s chief scientific advisor will say later today. “It’s a perfect storm,” Prof John Beddington will tell the Sustainable Development UK 09 conference. “There’s not going to be a complete collapse, but things will… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A former MP hurled abuse at police and barstaff during a drunken tirade, a court has heard. Hotel manager Sven Nel told Peterborough magistrates’ court that Helen Clarke, one of the ‘Blair Babes’ who entered parliament in 1997, called police “pigs” and described one member of the bar staff as an “effing… Read more »