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PCC Elections – BASC Needs You

Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will take place on 2 May 2024 and provide the perfect opportunity for the shooting community to find out where local Police and Crime Commissioner candidates stand on firearms licensing. BASC has launched a contact platform which allows you to search for your local PCC candidates by police… Read more »

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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »

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Hostile environment: The dark side of nudge theory

Choice architecture was the answer when governments wanted citizens to behave in ways that benefited them, but didn’t want to be seen to be telling them what to do or how to live. The Nudge theory has come to impact on millions of our day-to-day decisions on a subconscious level. But the row over Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ shows what happens when Nudge theory goes dark.

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Millicent Fawcett: Courage calls to courage everywhere

Almost 90 years after her death, Millicent Fawcett is making history again as she becomes the first woman to be commemorated with a statue in Parliament Square. It’s also the first statue in the square designed by a woman, Gillian Wearing.