A week totally overshadowed by the Prime Minister’s announcement of her forthcoming resignation…

… and with few substantial news items in law and religion, our posts featuring the views of readers, More answers to readers’ queries and comments – late April/May and an announcement from the CofE of a review of the Bishop Whitsey case. Nevertheless, there were several “non feature-length” items which came to our notice: read on…

UK ambassador for the promotion of human rights

The Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has appointed Rita French, formerly his Principal Private Secretary, as the UK ambassador for the promotion of human rights. This is the first appointment to such a post in the UK, but other countries including Germany, France and the Netherlands already have ambassadors for human rights. Continue reading →