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The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The coalition government remains popular with voters after 100 days, a new YouGov poll suggests. The survey found that 43% of voters thought the new government was performing better than the last one, with just 26% saying it performed worse. David Cameron’s net approval rating stood at +20, with George Osborne on… Read more »
From outright ignorance to devious calculation, the coalition’s mixed motives have left its foreign policy open to criticism in its first 100 days. Dark undercurrents of domestic party politics might be to blame. By Alex Stevenson Both David Cameron and Nick Clegg recognised, very early on, the need to integrate Lib Dem ministers across the… Read more »
