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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt The government has won a supreme court appeal confirming that troops are not protected by the Human Rights Act. The government had originally lost the case, and then the appeal, but a final supreme court decision was allowed, which went in the government’s favour this morning. The President of the Supreme Court,… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Labour leadership candidate Diane Abbott has given her support to left-wing diehard Ken Livingstone for the coming London mayoral race. Ms Abbott, the only one of five Labour leadership candidates representing the left wing of the party, was quoted by the MayorWatch blog as saying Mr Livingstone’s “experience and knowledge of London… Read more »