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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 BNP leader Nick Griffin has admitted his biggest concern about tonight’s Question Time is that he might be assassinated. The far-right leader made the comments in a vitriolic interview with the Times. Asked what his greatest worry about the event was, Mr Griffin said :”That I might get shot on the way… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The thought of adding “glitter” to Whitehall prompted Gordon Brown to press ahead with his ‘government of all the talents’ policy, security minister Alan West has said. Lord West of Spithead, a former First Sea Lord, joined the government in 2007 as one of the new prime minister’s unelected ministers. Most ‘goats’… Read more »
