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PCC Elections – BASC Needs You

Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will take place on 2 May 2024 and provide the perfect opportunity for the shooting community to find out where local Police and Crime Commissioner candidates stand on firearms licensing. BASC has launched a contact platform which allows you to search for your local PCC candidates by police… Read more »

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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »

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Julian Astle is director of CentreForum
Interview: CentreForum’s Julian Astle

Five years after being set up, coalition politics has opened up new possibilities for liberal thinktank CentreForum and its director, Julian Astle. By Alex Stevenson Much water has passed under Westminster Bridge since 2005, when the Liberal Democrats under Charles Kennedy increased the party’s presence in the Commons over the 60-MP mark. Until then card-carrying… Read more »

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The Lib Dems have suffered in the polls since entering coalition
Lib Dem support hits single figures

By Ian Dunt Lib Dem support has fallen to just nine per cent, its lowest level since 1997, according to a new poll. The latest YouGov survey has Labour and the Conservatives neck-and-neck on 40% each. Other parties are on ten per cent. The result suggests Lib Dem support continues to slide, as the party’s… Read more »