Issue Briefs

An overview of angling in the UK, the current level of participation in recreational fishing, the claims around animal cruelty, and the counter arguments made to support the activity.Read More

An overview of the animal welfare debate in the United Kingdom, its history, the current legal framework and protections, and the main areas of active political debate around animal welfare.Read More

An overview of badger culling, its history, the arguments made by farmers groups around bovine tb, and the opposition case made by animal welfare campaigners.Read More

An overview of the political debate around broiler chickens, covering current practices in the UK, the arguments supporting the practice, and the campaigns mounted in opposition.Read More

An overview of civil liberties in the UK, the history, current position, coronavirus restrictions, and the associated political debate around civil liberties.Read More

An overview of cloning, what is involved, its history, and the political debate that has surrounded the practice.Read More

An overview of the current legal framework and history or protection around disability discrimination in the United Kingdom.Read More

An overview of the political debate around assisted dying in the UK, the current legal position, the state of public opinion, the proposals for reform, and the arguments made for and against the change.Read More

An overview of fox hunting in the UK, the current legal position, the position of trail hunting, potential for further reform, the history of the issue, and the different arguments deployed.Read More

An overview of the political issue of homophobia both in the UK and the wider world, covering the current legal framework, hate crime, and the LGBT composition of the British Parliament.Read More

An overview of human rights both in the UK and internationally. The current legislative framework, the role of The European Court of Human Rights, and the debate that exists around the Human Rights ActRead More

An overview of abortion, covering the current legal framework in the UK, the history of the issue, and the ongoing political debate around abortion.Read More

An overview of same sex marriage, covering the current legal framework in the UK, its history, the position internationally, and the different arguments deployed around the issue.Read More

An overview of the political debate around smacking, the different legal position across the UK, the situation internationally, the history of the issue, and the various arguments deployed.Read More

An overview of the political issue of vivisection. The history of animal testing in the UK, the current legislative framework, and the various arguments deployed in relation to the issue.Read More

An overview of the political issue of whaling, current practices around the world, international and domestic opposition, and the ongoing debate around the practice.Read More