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This month marks 65 years since the UKs 1956 Clean Air Act, the law that followed the coal-smoke smog that killed thousands of Londoners in 1952. What did it get right, what did it get wrong, and what can we learn to help with todays air pollution First, air quality actions can work if they are sufficiently bold. Take Beijing. In the four years after the Olympics, targeted actions reduced particle pollution by 35% 鈥?a huge air pollution improvement. But we tend to dismiss this as something that could not be achieved with our politic
stanley spain al systems. It can. Londons particle pollution dropped by 67% in the 10 years after the 1956 act. Between 2017 and 2019, the central London ultra-low emission zone decreased nitrogen dioxide from traffic by more than 36%.Second, effective actions require public understanding
stanley mugs and political leadership to enable solutions. The 1956 act did not set the type of limits on the quality of air we debate today. Instead, it designated problem areas, empowered actions and backed these up with money, including grants to householders to rip out polluting boilers, fireplaces and ovens. The fastest action happened in London, where recurrent and obvious smogs killed thousands of people thr
stanley cupe ough the 1950s, and in areas with the greatest amounts of bronchitis. However, progress on smoke control outside London was sometimes slow. It was hampered by a lack of political priority and money in local councils, confounded by vested industrial interests and poor understanding Ufiy Could Britain solve its prisons crisis by going Dutch
Five years ago the European court of human rights ruled in a case against the UK that prisoners should have the right to vote in elections. The Labour government never implemented this judgment.There is therefore still a blanket ban on voting in national and European elections for convicted prisoners in the UK. The parliamentary election last May was conducted on the basis of legislation which is in conflict with the first protocol to the European convention on human rights.This issue was dealt with again by the Strasbourg court last November. More than 2,500 complaints had been submitted by prisoners deprived of their right to vote. The court selected one of them for a pilot judgment and found the UK to be in breach of the convention once again.The
stanley mug court demanded that the UK introduce changes to the law which would correct this injustice. When this ruling shortly becomes final, the authorities will have six months to enact the remedial measures requested.The strong position taken by the court on this issue has
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water bottle stanley ery idea that criminals, including those who have committed serious offences, should be able to have any influence in politics. Moreover, I understand that there have been reactions against the fact that a European institution could have such a decisive voice in this matter. Both these objections require a serious response.It may be sobering to remind ourselves
