Keir Starmer
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to postpone the implementation of muirburn licensing. The government had planned to introduce a licensing scheme ahead of 15 September – the start of the new muirburn season. However, a range of organisations, including BASC, raised serious concerns about the readiness… Read more »
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed Third Reading in the House of Commons. The vote was 314 in favour, 291 against. My Death, My Decision and Humanists UK welcome the result. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK, said: ‘The House of Commons has taken a historic step towards meeting the… Read more »
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Consider the political landscape from our prime minister’s perspective. The richest man in the world is pursuing a sudden but profound grudge against your premiership, promulgating conspiracist invective from the seat of his social media fiefdom. He has referred to one of your ministers, whose expertise and counsel you value, as a “rape genocide apologist”…. Read more »
Foreign secretary David Lammy has suggested that the “intensity” of Donald Trump’s rhetoric can be “destabilising”, amid the president-elect’s threats to acquire Greenland for the United States. In a Mar-a-Lago press conference earlier this week, the incoming president refused to rule out using military force or economic action to acquire the overseas Danish territory once… Read more »
