* general election 2010
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 politics.co.uk staff The Financial Times is backing the Tories, after supporting Labour in the last four general elections. The paper said there were problems with the Conservative party but that it had “sound instinct”. “The problems facing the UK are daunting – more so than any the country has faced since the 1970s,” the… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A secretive Liberal Democrat ‘hung parliament committee’ has drawn up a list of demands to be brought forward if no party secures an overall majority, according to a report. The Sun newspaper – which is campaigning brazenly for the Conservatives in the run-up to polling day – said it had secured a… Read more »
