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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »

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Tories still short of overall majority
The polls: Tories edge closer to majority

By politics.co.uk staff Opinion polls on the final Sunday before the general election have seen the Conservatives improve their position – and advancing closer to an overall majority. While polls by ICM, YouGov and ComRes continued to place the next Commons firmly in hung parliament territory, an ICM marginals poll for the News of the… Read more »

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Gordon Brown in his initial encounter with Gillian Duffy
Gillian Duffy: Sorry is a very easy word

By politics.co.uk staff Gillian Duffy has revealed how Gordon Brown pleaded with her to shake hands on her front door step after he called her a “bigot”. The 65-year-old grandmother from Rochdale spent 40 minutes closeted with the prime minister in her home after he rushed back to apologise for the gaffe. Mr Brown had… Read more »