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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
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 »
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The Scottish National Party (SNP) is facing a challenge to its leader from a party activist. The party’s leader, John Swinney is facing a challenge from the former SNP candidate for Glasgow Maryhill, Dr Bill Wilson, who is unhappy about the party’s performance in the last Scottish Executive elections. Mr Swinney called on his party… Read more »
A poll in The Daily Telegraph has found that Tony Blair’s reputation for strong leadership has been heavily hit by the David Kelly affair. The YouGov poll shows that the Tories have stretched their lead by three points after they overtook Labour for the first time last month. The results also show that 61% of… Read more »
