Party Politics
BASC has criticised the government’s decision to grant police automatic powers of entry into the homes of firearms certificate holders as unnecessary and an erosion of civil liberties. The police already have powers of entry to prevent crime and if life is in danger. They can also get a warrant from a magistrate and they… Read more »
Humanists are celebrating a partial victory after the Department for Education announced it will keep restrictions on faith-based admissions criteria in new state-funded free schools in England – the so-called ‘50% cap’. However, Humanists UK, which led the campaign against these proposals, has said it is certain that new schools with 100% selective admissions policies will nevertheless… Read more »
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By Peter Wozniak New revelations from the Wikileaks cables show US diplomats’ dismissive attitude towards Gordon Brown’s ‘rudderless’ premiership. Cables from Robert Tuttle, US ambassador to London in the last days of George W. Bush’s presidency, commented on Labour’s prospects after its “terrible” by-election defeat to the SNP in Glasgow in July 2008. He wrote:… Read more »
