Party Politics
Northern Ireland’s blasphemy laws are unlikely to be repealed within the current session of the Assembly. Northern Ireland Humanists has been working with the relevant Ministers to bring forward repeal. The Department of Justice hoped to do so as part of a wider criminal law reform bill. But the Department of Justice has been unable… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is excited to announce the appointment of law academic Dr Marnie Lovejoy as its new head of environment law research. Marnie has a PhD in law and is the former associate head of Portsmouth Law School. Gamekeeping runs in her family and she is a keen beater… Read more »
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MPs are “appalled” by some of Gordon Brown’s speeches but are too loyal to criticise the prime minister, a former home secretary has claimed. This is despite Mr Brown’s lack of support for his senior ministers, Charles Clarke said. In his first public criticism of the new prime minister, Tony Blair’s former Cabinet colleague told… Read more »
MPs have called for the prime minister to be stripped of his power to make appointments to the House of Lords. A report published today by the Commons’ public administration select committee says the change “cannot wait” for forthcoming constitutional changes to the upper chamber. It says the cash-for-honours scandal, which saw former prime minister… Read more »
