DATE : 16 January 2023 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
Despite MPs having voted overwhelmingly to reject measures that would legalise assisted dying in 2015, and a similar private members bill proposed by Baroness Meacher failing in 2021, due to mass opposition from her fellow Peers (https://righttolife.org.uk/news/meacher-assisted-suicide-bill-debate), activists are once again pushing for the law to be changed – to allow doctors, as they say, […]
READ MOREDATE : 9 January 2023 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
According to latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), around 2.8% of the population of England and Wales, aged 16 or over, currently identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, with a further 0.3% identifying as ‘Other sexual orientation’, bringing the grand total not identifying as heterosexual up to 3.1% (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality). Now […]
READ MOREDATE : 5 December 2022 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
The 2021 census has for the first time recorded a drop in people identifying as Christian in England and Wales – down from 59.3% in 2011, to 46.2% last year. A further 37.2% were recorded as saying they had no religion, while people identifying as Muslim rose from 4.9% in 2011 to 6.5%. It is […]
READ MOREDATE : 28 November 2022 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
A while ago, I was invited to speak at a conference in Parliament this coming Tuesday (27th November) on the subject, Ending violence against women and girls; Progress and remaining challenges. The conference, being organised by the Women’s Federation for World Peace UK and chaired by Paulette Hamilton, Labour MP for Birmingham, was scheduled to commemorate the UN […]
READ MOREDATE : 24 November 2022 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
Only last week, Gwynedd Plaid Cymru councillor Beca Brown was complaining of abuse from parents because of her support for implementing the new RSE code in schools in Wales. She claimed she had suffered unacceptable online abuse and been called a paedo lover, alleging that she had also been threatened, with someone tweeting that her support for […]
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