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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By politics.co.uk staff Danny Alexander has issued a defiant tweet after being called a “ginger rodent” by Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman. The Liberal Democrat chief secretary to the Treasury’s comment on the social networking website came as Ms Harman was forced to apologise for her remarks in a speech to the Scottish Labour party’s… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The government is to review its approach to cargo security for air freight, home secretary Theresa May announced. It follows prime minister David Cameron’s confirmation yesterday that explosives found on a plane which stopped at East Midlands airport had the destructive potential to bring down an aircraft. Britain has banned all planes… Read more »
