Land Reform Bill Scotland: Will It Be Radical Enough?

June 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Scottish Government has launched new proposals for land reform in Scotland . The Move comes following the publication of a report by The Land Reform Review Group last year and a subsequent consultation which took place between

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Unique Ceremony Remembers Fallen Police Officers

June 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Last week on June 16th a commemoration took place at the cemetery in Rawson in the Chubut Province of Argentina that had a unique Celtic connection Police officers, including the Deputy Chief of Police for Chubut Province ,

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Kernow Branch on the March Against Austerity

June 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Protesters travelled by the coach load from Cornwall during Saturday 20th June, 2015 in order to participate in the march through London. Joining the tens of thousands of other people, several members of the Kernow Branch Celtic League

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Manx Branch Hold Successful AGM

June 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Annual General Meeting of the Mannin Branch of the Celtic League was held in Peel on Monday 22nd June at St Patricks Hall, Peel. The meeting began with the Minutes of the last branch AGM (held on

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Wales : Assembly Petitions Committee Issues Report on Schools Recruitment

June 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE ‘the armed forces are unique in that they are the only employer where recruits accept, as a normal function of their employment, that they may need to harm or kill other human beings’ The Welsh Assembly Petition Committee’s

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Forceswatch – ‘Scrutinises the Ethics of Armed Forces Recruitment’

June 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE One aspect of the many and varied roles of the Celtic League is our opposition to militarism and specifically recruitment from the Celtic countries into the British and French armed forces and also the British military cadet forces.

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When Will NIO ‘Openness’ Be Mirrored by Other State Bodies?

June 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The ‘ Northern Ireland Secretary’ Theresa Villiers has responded to a query sent to her Office by the Celtic League following the airing of the recent Panorama programme about collusion during the troubles (see link): After BBC Panorama

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Air Safety: ‘Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?’ When It Comes to UKAD No One

June 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE We reported on enquiries we were making recently about the UK Aiprox Board which is the body that monitors near-miss incidents involving aircraft both civil and military across UK air space. With thousands of aircraft movements over UK

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Mann: Another Govt Member Quits in Week of Resignations

June 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Just over two week after the Celtic League suggested, in the wake of the decision of Chris Thomas MHK to quit the Office of Fair trading, that others might follow his lead another junior Departmental figure has ‘jumped

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CPT Respond on Scottish Death in Custody

June 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Council of Europe (CPT), the body which inspects and sets standards for prisons, police stations, and other places of detention in Europe, has written to the Celtic League thanking us for the information we forwarded about the

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