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The trial of a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in protest of the President of Turkey has just concluded. The man stood trial for racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress at Westminster Magistrates Court. The outcome is pending. Humanists UK has expressed concern that this might amount to… Read more »
Acclaimed political journalist and author Ian Dunt has been appointed as the Chair of the newly established Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, following its merger with Humanists UK earlier this year. New Humanist, now in its 140th year of publication, became part of Humanists UK on 1 January this year in a merger that… Read more »
During oral questions on COP26, Labour MP Andrew Gwynne asked the president Alok Sharma how he would “rebuild the coalition” that “failed to be reassembled” at COP26. Sharma pointed out to Gwynne that the Glasgow climate pact came about due to a consensus being “brokered by the UK across almost 200 countries”. The COP26 president… Read more »
During oral questions on COP26, Labour MP Anna McMorrin accused the government of being “asleep at the wheel in delivering a secure and stable future” following a “stark” UN report. McMorrin asked whether the minister would “go further and act faster to cut emissions”. COP26 president Alok Sharma told MPs to “judge this government on… Read more »
