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BASC has helped deliver a pilot course for police firearms enquiry officers (FEOs) aimed at giving them hands-on experience of the types of guns and shooting activities they are likely to encounter in their work. The course was run earlier in September at Bisley Shooting Ground under the auspices of the British Shooting Sports Council,… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomed news that the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) in Scotland and Northern Ireland is to be increased, potentially saving millions of pounds in the costs of compensation payments. Following a review, the Government Actuary has determined that, with effect from today, the PIDR in Northern Ireland and Scotland should be increased to +0.5%… Read more »
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Trevor Philips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has called for a new debate on immigration 40 years after Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech. Speaking at the Midland hotel in Birmingham, the same venue in which Wolverhampton South West MP Powell had predicted that mass immigration would spark dire social unrest, Mr… Read more »
London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson has clarified his opinion of Islam after criticism of comments he wrote in the wake of the London 7/7 terrorist attacks. In an article for the Spectator on July 16th 2005 calling for a reassertion of British values in the face of Islamic extremism, the Conservative MP argued that “Islam… Read more »
