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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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Published by Little Brown, out now, hardback, 405 pages, £18.99. In a nutshell… Hardnosed, opinionated, cringeworthy – ghastly What’s it all about? Political autobiographies are always hotly anticipated. This one made the headlines last weekend because of its timing, coming alongside Lord Levy and John Prescott’s memoirs. They all have unpleasant things to say about… Read more »
David Cameron spent the last half-hour before Wednesday’s draft Queen’s Speech gently undermining public confidence in the prime minister. The Conservative leader’s mantra throughout his questions was that Gordon Brown was not being “straight”. Whether it was on the 10p tax debacle, plans for a referendum on Scottish independence, the “cancelled election” or housing minister… Read more »
