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BASC condemns Crimestoppers campaign against law-abiding firearms owners

BASC condemns Crimestoppers campaign against law-abiding firearms owners The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has today condemned a new campaign launched in Cumbria by Crimestoppers which encourages the public to make anonymous accusations against licensed firearms holders. “Crimestoppers are inviting people to make secret accusations with a 100 per cent guarantee that the… Read more »

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Success! RE to be included in the National Curriculum

Humanists UK has welcomed a ‘landmark’ recommendation from the Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review to add Religious Education (RE) to the National Curriculum in England after a thorough review of its content to be conducted by an expert group in the coming months. Humanists UK has advocated for this for many decades and today hailed… Read more »

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St Vince - is that halo starting to fade?
Sketch: Subdued Cable’s Commons trudge

Saints are not supposed to have to answer questions, so it’s no surprise the beatific Vince Cable spent his first Commons session looking about as comfortable as a stuffed frog. By Alex Stevenson Vince Cable has none of the simmering joie de vivre of his predecessor. Had the Lord Mandelson been forced to sit through… Read more »

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Out of focus? Clegg's silence takes on a lead role.
Sketch: Clegg’s silence drowns out Cameron

Clegg plays a perilous balancing act. Cameron looks at ease. New MPs get into their roles. By Ian Dunt Watching Nick Clegg is not always an enthralling prospect, but it’s downright inexplicable when he’s not even talking. This was David Cameron’s first PMQs, but for some horrible reason I spent the session watching Clegg instead…. Read more »