Constitutional Reform
Jersey’s States Assembly today approved a proposal to change the law on assisted dying for adult islanders with terminal or incurable conditions, who have a clear and settled wish to end their lives. Channel Islands Humanists, part of Humanists UK, which campaigns for a right to die for those with terminal or incurable illnesses, praised the debate… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation in Northern Ireland (BASC NI) has called for the Ministerial Directive that limits the number of firearms that a registered firearms dealer may hold, to be scrapped. BASC NI’s recommendation, outlined in a survey response to the Department of Justice (DoJ), is that the number of firearms a… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The coalition’s full programme for government has been published, with concessions on matters such as the Human Rights Act and fox hunting finally becoming clear. An early document was published last week just before David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s Rose Garden press conference, but today’s document clarifies policy on a whole slate… Read more »
In the third part of a special week-long series of features, politics.co.uk looks at what the election tells us about the public. By Ian Dunt The public is a strange beast. People make sense and say intelligible things. The public as a whole often doesn’t. The year 2010 should have marked the end of the… Read more »
