Terrorism
The Scottish Government has published its Natural Environment Bill, introducing controversial measures that significantly impact deer managers across Scotland. While the Government claims the Bill will modernise deer management to tackle the climate and nature emergency, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has branded the proposals “draconian”. Key provisions in the Bill include… Read more »
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 »
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Two UK-based organisations have been banned under new legislation prohibiting the glorification of terrorism, the Home Office has announced. Al Ghurabaa and Saved Sect are believed to be splinter groups of radical group al-Muhajiroon, which was one of two organisations named by Tony Blair in the wake of the London bombings last summer. Its founder,… Read more »
The “raft of authoritarian legislation” introduced by the Labour government has done little to improve security, Menzies Campbell has warned. The Liberal Democrat leader admitted that the “extraordinary threat” posed by international terrorism required a “different balance between our hard won liberties and our security”. But he warned the reaction to this should not be… Read more »
