Monday, 23 March 2015

The secretive group fighting the SNP - Politics.co.uk

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"Tactical voting perverts the fundamental principle that people should cast their vote for the political party they support."

The anti-SNP alliance

Secret enemy: Meet the shady group fighting the SNP

Scotland's Big Voice's tactical voting wheel

A secretive group is beginning campaigning in Scotland this week with a simple mission: stopping the SNP by encouraging tactical voting in the 2015 general election.

No Tory Budget boost

Dead cat bounce: George Osborne fails to secure Tory Budget boost

No cats were harmed in the taking of this photograph

No poll boost for the Tories, but voters back Osborne

Comment and analysis

Comment: When women pay for austerity, we all suffer

Globally, women have become the face of austerity

Targeting women for austerity isn't just cruel. It destroys our social fabric

Comment: Forget the hysteria. Here are the facts about 'cannabis psychosis'

Peter Reynolds: Scaremongering about cannabis ignores the facts

Tiny numbers of young people are affected by the condition

Comment: Housing policy can win elections – but only if it has substance

The housing arms race: Political parties used to win elections on housing, but no longer

Not long ago, political parties tried to outbid each other on housing policy. Now, they are too timid

Comment: How Britain's aid budget pays for the privatisation of energy in Nigeria

Nigerian protesters reject increases in electricity prices

Our aid cash is helping tilt an already uneven playing field further in favour of the rich, entrenching inequality and corporate power.

Comment: I've been barred from visiting a G4S prison

Blocked: No entry to the privately run prison

The government's attempts to close off the prison estate from scrutiny get more absurd by the day

London Oratory School in High Court challenge to School Adjudicator’s ruling on discriminatory admissions policy

On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the High Court will hear whether one of the country's leading state secondary schools has been selecting its pupils on ethnic and socio-economic grounds in its admissions policy, the BHA can reveal.

New solar trade body launched in Scotland

The UK’s Solar Trade Association launches “STA Scotland”.

BASC Scotland challenges airgun licensing report

A report supporting legislation to introduce airgun licensing in Scotland has been challenged by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

CML and Which? report on progress towards greater mortgage transparency

The CML and Which? today publish a joint progress report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as noted in today's Budget.

IFAW calls for amendments to Hunting Act in light of another hunting prosecution being dropped

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is changing its position on the Hunting Act and calling for a number of necessary amendments in light of another prosecution being dropped.

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