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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Climate change secretary Ed Miliband could be forgiven for giving in to the huge temptation to tell cynical journalists: ‘I told you so.’ By Alex Stevenson The Cabinet minister charged with overseeing Britain’s interests in the Copenhagen meeting of the UN Convention on Climate Change has been through the mill in the last two weeks…. Read more »
Listen to Ann Widdecombe give her views on Britain’s “lousy” parliament and explains why she thinks today’s MPs are more impotent than ever: Widdecombe: Parliament in ‘lousy state’ And in this clip Ms Widdecombe explains why she thinks her participation in the BBC’s People’s Politician project: Interview: Widdecombe vs the ‘shrug’
