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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
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With a General Election due next year, this is the point in the electoral cycle where our next generation of prospective politicians are busy making their pitches to local party members for a shot at a winnable seat. Writing in the Times recently, former Conservative leader William Hague made the argument that localism is over-emphasised… Read more »
I wasn’t out on the streets on Coronation Day with a Not My King placard. But, the arrests of more than 50 anti-royalist campaigners for peacefully exercising their right to do so, should make us all stand up to say Not My Democracy. Whatever our personal views on monarchy, the hard-line police response to sanitise… Read more »
