Party Politics
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain. … Read more »
Kent-based shotgun coach Tom Friar has won the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) Shotgun Coach of the Year award, being presented the shield at this year’s Weston Park County Fair. Usually found teaching at the Kent and Sussex Shooting School and West Kent Shooting School, Tom Friar has been volunteering with BASC… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt A strange and very loose-knit coalition of former Labour ministers and smeared Tories has formed to condemn the Downing Street “cesspit” which produced Damian McBride’s emails. Yesterday saw four prominent Labour figures, all of whom had been at the receiving end of hostile briefings, speak out against the tactic, including Alan Milburn,… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The Conservative policy of encouraging marriage has come under fire from the government, with claims the party is trying to socially engineer Britain. On the same day as welfare secretary James Purnell announces a new partnership with counselling service Relate, he will lambast the Tory policy on tax incentives for marriage. “Instead… Read more »
