Lobbying
The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) are set to launch their Bakers‘ Dozen manifesto that they and their members want to see introduced by the next UK Government. Aimed especially at the Labour Party, the Bakers‘ Dozen report and manifesto lays out 13 policy demands that would transform the lives of their members and working class people across… Read more »
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There’s a decent little Leonard Cohen poem called For Anne. It goes like this: With Annie gone whose eyes to compare With the morning sun? Not that I did compare, But I do compare Now that she’s gone. Pretty standard bit of Cohen love-and-loss stuff. He was a wonderfully wistful old crooner – simple… Read more »
Head of the civil service Simon Case gave evidence in lobbying inquiry.
