Party Politics
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Northern Ireland’s blasphemy laws are unlikely to be repealed within the current session of the Assembly.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 »
Latest articles
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 »
by Peter Wozniak Tony Blair’s memoir is evidence the coalition government adopted the correct position on the budget deficit, Baroness Warsi has argued. The Conservative party chairman used extracts from the book, published on Wednesday, to attack Labour policy in its final term of government and to support the government’s stringent approach to deficit reduction…. Read more »
