The UK government’s long-awaited Magnitsky legislation getting Royal Assent Law will allow sanctions to be imposed on those linked to human rights abuses Campaigners and MPs want ministers to make immediate use of the new powers Ministers are facing demands to hammer Russian oligarchs with tough sanctions today as the…
Read MoreFed up with everybody banging on about Brexit yet? Me too. But hang on a moment because, no matter how bored you’ve got with it since the referendum 2 years ago, it turns out there’s some stuff which might gladden your heart if we handle it right after we leave.…
Read MoreThe ‘Magnitsky’ powers which are being proposed in Parliament next week aren’t just welcome; they’re essential in the wake of the Salisbury nerve-agent poisonings. We’ve clearly got to get a lot tougher with anyone – not just Russians – who tries to use the streets of Britain for ‘hybrid warfare’;…
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OK pay attention at the back: who’s heard of the Blue Belt? Not the Green Belt. Blue. I suppose the clue’s in the name, particularly for the millions of us who’ve been glued to David Attenborough’s Blue Planet 2, which highlighted the awful damage caused by plastic polluting our seas.…
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