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Land Reform Bill Scotland: Will It Be Radical Enough?

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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 2nd December 2014 and 10th February 2015. The result is the LAND REFORM BILL.

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Unique Ceremony Remembers Fallen Police Officers

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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 , Marcelo Gauna, gathered to pay tribute to officers killed in the line of duty over the years.

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Kernow Branch on the March Against Austerity

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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 were amongst the demonstrators peacefully protesting against the government’s ongoing austerity measures.

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Manx Branch Hold Successful AGM

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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 9th June 2014) this was followed by reports from the existing Officers covering the past year with Mark Kermode, who chaired the meeting, providing a detailed update on the National situation.

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Wales : Assembly Petitions Committee Issues Report on Schools Recruitment

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‘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 report on its investigation into armed forces recruitment visits to schools in Wales has finally been published.

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Forceswatch – ‘Scrutinises the Ethics of Armed Forces Recruitment’

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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.

I only wish the Celtic League had enough time and resources to address this area more thoroughly but with finite resources we can only do so much.

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

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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 League Say Open Files on Dirty War

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

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In light of the continued growth of interest in Manx Gaelic and the international recognition it has engendered for the Island, Culture Vannin's Manx Language Development Officer, Adrian Cain, has been invited to join the Guernsey Language Commission.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has called for an end to explosives being detonated in the sea around Scotland. This follows The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) report into the deaths of 19 whales in 2011.