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BASC is asking members and the wider shooting community to respond to a firearms licensing survey, despite describing it as a ‘red-herring’. The survey, coordinated by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) on the back of the Plymouth shooting incident, is seeking views on firearms licensing in England and Wales. Questions within the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) urged the Labour Party to listen to rural voters at a reception at the party’s annual conference in Brighton this weekend. Addressing shadow Environment Secretary Daniel Zeichner MP, BASC said those who live and work in Britain’s countryside should be listened to on issues such as the… Read more »
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Someone must have told him not to smile. George Osborne’s relationship with his smile today was that of a man covering up a wine stain by moving the carpet. It often hovered around his lips, or appeared briefly in his eyes, but then was quickly smothered. Someone in Conservative HQ had made it very clear:… Read more »
The Tories have promised a two year freeze in council tax if they achieve power. The promise constituted the most important part of shadow chancellor George Osborne’s speech today to the Conservative party conference, in which he tried to peg the country’s current economic woes on to 11 years of Labour government. “We are going… Read more »
