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BASC condemns Crimestoppers campaign against law-abiding firearms owners The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has today condemned a new campaign launched in Cumbria by Crimestoppers which encourages the public to make anonymous accusations against licensed firearms holders. “Crimestoppers are inviting people to make secret accusations with a 100 per cent guarantee that the… Read more »
Humanists UK has welcomed a ‘landmark’ recommendation from the Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review to add Religious Education (RE) to the National Curriculum in England after a thorough review of its content to be conducted by an expert group in the coming months. Humanists UK has advocated for this for many decades and today hailed… Read more »
Speaking after leader of the House Penny Mordaunt delivered the weekly business statement today, Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker blasted his “miserabilist colleagues” calling for a May election. Referencing a recent interview with Channel 4, he said: “I strode across to Victoria Park yesterday to put my boot into my miserabilist colleagues demanding an early… Read more »
At business questions today, independent MP Andrew Bridgen labelled the World Health Organisation (WHO) “unelected, unaccountable [and] non-tax paying” as he called for a ministerial statement on the UK’s membership. He asked leader of the House Penny Mordaunt: “Can we please have a statement on why this House is determined to give away sovereign powers… Read more »
