Prime Minister’s Questions
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election to be held on 4 July. This is undoubtedly an important election for shooting and conservation. Shooting plays a key role in the economy and the conservation and management of the countryside, and any incoming government will have to be alert to the needs of… Read more »
The States Assembly of Jersey has voted to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people. In a landmark vote, Jersey’s politicians have voted in favour of compassion, autonomy, and the rights of people who are dying. Humanists UK and Channel Islands Humanists have welcomed the historic vote. A significant majority of 31 Assembly members vote… Read more »
Latest articles
New polling from Ipsos today reveals that former prime minister Liz Truss has a net favourability rating of -60. The figure means Truss is viewed more unfavourably than all of her fellow Conservative prime ministers, both former and current. Rishi Sunak, for instance, has a net favourability score of -34. This, in essence, explains why… Read more »
Prime minister’s questions was never going to be the highest point of parliamentary drama today. The low-energy exchanges were, in essence, an admission that attention would soon turn to the more substantively significant commons event this afternoon: the debate on the SNP’s opposition day motion calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. Perhaps in knowledge… Read more »