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Leading rural organisations have reacted positively to the High Court’s dismissal of Wild Justice’s ‘speculative’ attempt to judicial review Defra’s most recent burning legislation in England. The attempted judicial review had sought to disrupt the Heather and Grass Burning (England) Regulations 2021 that bans heather burning on our most protected sites with peat of more… Read more »
Northern Ireland’s blasphemy laws are unlikely to be repealed within the current session of the Assembly. Northern Ireland Humanists has been working with the relevant Ministers to bring forward repeal. The Department of Justice hoped to do so as part of a wider criminal law reform bill. But the Department of Justice has been unable… Read more »
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by Peter Wozniak Gordon Brown ought to answer claims made in Tony Blair’s memoir that he effectively blackmailed the former PM, according to the SNP. MP Angus MacNeil, who began the inquiry into the infamous scandal over ‘cash-for-honours’ in 2006, demanded a response from Mr Brown over the revelations. In Mr Blair’s book ‘A Journey’,… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Tony Blair has used his first broadcast interview since he left office to say the West should prepare for war with Iran and offer support to David Cameron. The pre-recorded interview with Andrew Marr, which was shown on BBC 2 tonight, saw Mr Blair expand on his theory that September 11th was… Read more »
