* general election 2010
MPs have voted 379 to 137 to back an amendment to take abortion out of English and Welsh criminal law for women in relation to their own pregnancies. Humanists UK has long been alarmed about the growing number of women facing police investigations for this. Today it has expressed delight at MPs standing up for… Read more »
Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for services to the non-religious, who now represent a majority of the UK’s population. Andrew Copson has worked for Humanists UK since… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has called on voters to throw out the “old guard” in his last speech of the campaign. Speaking in Bristol at the end of a marathon campaign session which saw him work through the night, the Tory leader made his last plea for voters to choose the Conservatives on May… Read more »
With the election campaign now over, it’s time to assess the main parties’ performances. By Ian Dunt The first thing to say is that they weren’t very good. The Tories were the worst culprits. The ‘Big Society’ theme died a death pretty early on. As a fellow journalist said to me a few weeks ago… Read more »
