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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 »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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John McDonnell has formally launched his campaign for the Labour leadership, saying the New Labour project is “over”. The Hayes and Harlington MP today pledged to fight Gordon Brown when Tony Blair steps down on a ticket that is “Labour – not old Labour or New Labour, just Labour”. The left-winger admitted he may find… Read more »
Gordon Brown has kick-started the campaign for next year’s Scottish parliament elections with a speech in Edinburgh – but made no mention of the Labour leadership crisis. The chancellor attacked the Scottish National party (SNP) for calling for independence, saying Scotland and England were “stronger together and weaker apart”. And he also condemned the Conservatives… Read more »
