BHA NewsIf you have a few minutes on your hands (well OK, several minutes) you may want to head over to the US of A and check out this post on PZ Myers’ site (he’s a well known free thinking blogger and biologist). He has given us a wonderful ‘plug’ in this post…and with well north [...]
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Pyers Symon is keen to meet up with fellow Conservative Humanists in the Midlands Area – with a view to forming a branch. If you are interested, please contact me and I’ll pass your details on to Pyers and he will be in touch. Meanwhile, Pyers has passed this Humphrey/Hacker exchange from Yes Prime Minister, [...]
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The philosopher, AC Grayling, once wrote, “Democracy should not aim to to reduce people and their achievements to a common denominator; it should aim to raise them, as close as possible to an ideal. And that means, among other things, having institutions, especially of learning, which are the best and most demanding of their kind.” [...]
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By Jeffrey Peel – As the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill continues its passage through Parliament, the Labour MP Diane Abbot has tabled an amendment that would extend the provisions of the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland. I, for one, would support the extension of the Abortion Act to Northern Ireland and the BHA [...]
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We are delighted to announce that Richard Dawkins address to our launch fringe at the Conservative Party Conference 2008 is now available on the Conservative Humanist Association YouTube Channel. Here you can watch an interview with Richard (and yours truly) prior to the event plus Richard’s presentation in 3 parts.
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By Jeff Peel – I was interviewed for the BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme last week about the formation of the Conservative Humanist Association. Hopefully they will use some of it on tomorrow’s edition. The programme is hosted by Roger Bolton and starts at a gulpingly early (for a Sunday) 7.10am. For those of you [...]
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Well over 100 people packed into our fringe meeting at Party Conference on Monday evening. Unfortunately, several attendees had to be turned away because of safety regulations. In short, the room was packed. Why? Well, Richard Dawkins was in town. The room bristled with expectation. And the mood was more than positive – it verged [...]
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