A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
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 »
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By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrat bubble has not yet burst, a week on from the TV debate which gave Nick Clegg such a boost. The latest poll, The YouGov/Sun Daily tracker, puts the hitherto third party in first place, going to 34%, up three points from the day before. The Conservatives lose two points… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson A senior aide to Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg left his notes on last week’s televised debate in the back of a London taxi. The dossier, with the misleading title I’m Not Here Right Now, was handed in to the Sun newspaper by the cab’s driver. “Addressing audience directly worked very well,”… Read more »
