Updated: 2023-08-31 07:22:00
As the Conservative party is supposedly a strong supporter of the rule of law, this article in the Daily Mail must have come as a shock to the hang 'em and flog 'em brigade, or is it just that they want to enforce the rules against those who disagree with them politically? The paper reports that Tory MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith has said that he backs the 'blade runners' who are vandalising ULEZ cameras, om the rather spurious and debateable grounds that his constituents have been 'lied to': Sir [Iain Duncan] Smith said: 'A lot of people in my ...
Updated: 2023-08-30 08:47:00
Leaving the EU would not mean that the country will relax its environmental protections, they said. More recently, Ministers made a specific pledge to "not lower environmental protections or standards". And yet, that is precisely what they have done. The Independent reports that environmental campaigners have hit out at Rishi Sunak's government after it confirmed that EU-era restrictions that force housebuilders to mitigate the impact of new developments on rivers will be scrapped. They say that levelling up secretary, Michael Gove has defended plans to scrap "clunky" EU-era environmental protections on nutrient neutrality - hailing it as a Brexit benefit ...
