Friday, 9 January 2015

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"We simply cannot afford to have our democracy undermined in this way."

Cameron's Green credentials

Cameron's fear of TV debates shows how weak his presidential skills really are

Cameron during 2010 TV debates, when he was overshadowed by Nick Clegg

It's time to bring out the tub of lard

Students, take heed

A warning to students: Ministers are shrinking your voting power

Student voter registration levels have plummeted in the last 12 months

Tens of thousands of students are disappearing from the electoral register as the 2015 general election approaches. So why are ministers insisting the change in the rules is proving "very successful"?

Prisoner book ban latest

Prisoner book ban: Grayling wasted £72,000 of taxpayers' money on legal costs

Despite the ruling, prisoners still can't receive books yet

The government spent £72,000 in legal fees fighting to keep its prisoner book ban, it has emerged.

Foreign affairs

Comment: The MoD's nonsensical faith in depleted uranium

Rounds of depleted uranium shells lined up on USS Missouri

We might be about to hand a major propaganda victory to the Islamic State, a retired general warns.

Comment: Britain's betrayal of Syrian refugees

A young Syrian refugee flees from Homs

The UK government's unwillingness to go beyond tokenistic offers of resettlement for Syrian refugees is making things much, much worse.

Angela Merkel is saving the British economy

Merkel speaks during her joint press conference with Cameron yesterday

The German chancelor is preventing the British prime minister from sabotaging his own economy

BASC launches campaign to highlight the Value of Shooting to politicians

A campaign to ensure that MPs and general election candidates recognise the Value of Shooting, which generates £2 billion for the economy every year, has been launched by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the UK’s largest shooting organisation.

BASC seeks nominations for 2015 council elections

BASC is asking members to put their talents and experience to work for shooting by standing for the association’s elected Council. The deadline for nominations is at the end of January with the election results announced at the BASC AGM on 13th June 2015.

Dark clouds for UK defence in SDSR15

Despite rising threats and an uncertain world, there is increasing concern that UK’s planned strategic defence review in 2015 will be bleak indeed for the defence sector and especially those on the front line as austerity bites deeper.

CML responds to FCA on implementing the Mortgage Directive

The CML has submitted its response to the Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on implementing the European Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) in the UK, identifying four main areas where a change of approach is needed to achieve minimum disruption to the UK mortgage market.

Lessons for the coalition government in parents' poll

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: 'It is clear that on many of the key education policy issues the majority of parents do not share Coalition Ministers’ views'.

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