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New deer management orders could contravene human rights according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »

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Scottish Assisted Dying Bill Published – Humanists UK Comment

The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »

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Casting a shadow: Most Lib Dems back Clegg's tactics
90% of Lib Dems back Tory talks

By politics.co.uk staff A surprisingly high number of Liberal Democrat members back Nick Clegg’s decision to enter into talks with the Conservatives. But the survey of 350 party members, conducted by Lib Dem Voice, found 80% of respondents believed progress on electoral reform should be a “deal-breaker”. Eighty-nine per cent of members backed Mr Clegg’s… Read more »

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Dif'rent strokes: different voting systems would leave parliament looking very changed
Activists outline how electoral reform would hit Westminster

By Aled Thomas Thursday’s election would have delivered radically different results if the voting system had been different, new research suggests. The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has published research which translates votes in the general election to seats under two different voting systems, Alternative Vote (AV) and Single Transferrable Vote (STV). The current system gave… Read more »