The Hunting Act 2004 was driven by “moral outrage”, not a concern for animal welfare, admits the barrister who drafted the legislation. The same applies to Labour’s renewed push to close the “loophole“ in the Act.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast, the talking points are the self-destruction of the Conservative Party, Graham Norton's woke confusion and Jeremy Hunt’s remarkable comeback.
The General Secretary of the GMB trade union, Gary Smith, has said the Left needs to shake off its "bourgeois environmentalism" and make the case for fracking and the building of new nuclear power stations.
Labour and SNP politicians have laid an amendment to the Online Safety Bill to include "health-related misinformation and disinformation" as a form of "harmful” speech, ratcheting up the censorship yet further.
Boris Johnson is facing political pressure on all sides to re-examine the U.K.'s military spending levels as ex-minister Lord Frost led Tory demands for an increase in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting says we have to learn to live with the virus and never lockdown again. When even lockdown's most fervent enthusiasts abandon the policy, you know the argument is won.
