* general election 2010
Responding to today’s announcement that the GMC is seeking views on a revised version of Good medical practice, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that it will be scrutinising the significant changes being proposed. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, explained that regulations must be compatible with the realities of doctors’ working lives and… Read more »
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, has expelled for life a member convicted of wildlife crime and firearms offences. Expulsion from BASC involves the loss of shooting insurance, on which the ability to shoot may depend, and other benefits of membership. The member from Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to unlawfully trapping and beating to… Read more »
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The role of party leaders’ wives on the campaign trail dehumanises women and degrades the political process. By Ian Dunt Nick Clegg faced weirdly hostile questions today about where his wife was. After all, David Cameron and Gordon Brown’s better halves were pounding the streets on their respective campaigns. Where was Miriam, Nick’s wife? Well,… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The Conservatives’ bid to retake West Midlands battleground Nuneaton hit a stumbling block today when their local mayor quit the party. Tom Wilson’s decision to abandon the Tories with less than a month to go before the general election means Nuneaton and Bedworth’s borough council switches to no overall control. “I think… Read more »
