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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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Obama ’08: The road to victory

A look back at how the race for the White House unfolded throughout 2008. January At the start of 2008 the Republicans were just as uncertain as the Democrats as to who their candidate for the presidency would be. Leading the other Republican nominee hopefuls by a 15-point margin, John McCain seemed the most likely… Read more »

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Democrats gain state governor

The state of Missouri shifted from Republican to Democrat, electing the state’s former attorney general Jay Nixon as governor. The long-serving former state attorney general defeated Republican Kenny Hulshof who was standing as former Republican governor Matt Blunt had served the maximum number of terms. Also for the first time North Carolina elected a female… Read more »