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A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
Doctors are being advised by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) to only post information on private WhatsApp groups and other social messaging services that they would be happy to be made public. The MDU issued the advice as new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) on doctors’ use of social media takes effect today. It is… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The petition on the Downing Street website calling for Gordon Brown to resign was taken down last night. It had attracted 72,000 signatures in its six months on the site before being taken down. The petition was launched in April by Kalvis Jansons, a former Labour supporter, who simply proposed: ”We the… Read more »
Read the BNP leader’s comments to journalists in full, in which he accuses the BNP of bias, asks to do another Question Time, and says London is not part of Britain. Nick Griffin made the comments at a hastily convened news conference today, as the media assessment of his performance last night went from bad… Read more »
