British military operations risk being undermined by human rights laws and health and safety red tape applying to troops in the field, according to the 'Fog of Law' paper issued by the Policy Exchange think tank on 18 October. In addition to favourable newspaper coverage and a more cautious welcome from the BAFF Chairman in a BBC radio interview, the paper was covered in two video reports by BFBS BritishForcesNews. This is the first of their reports:

British military operations risk being undermined by human rights laws and health and safety red tape applying to troops in the field, according to the 'Fog of Law' paper issued by the Policy Exchange think tank on 18 October. The first of two BFBS video reports is available here. The second video features an interview with one of the paper's authors, Tom Tugendhat:

This is an archived page from 2013. For the April 2015 BAFF statement on the SNP manifesto pledge in the General Election please click this link:

• General Election 2015: SNP manifesto pledge on armed forces representative bodies

 

This is the archived text dated 18 October 2013:

The Scottish National Party (SNP), at its annual national conference 2013, approved a plan to improve conditions for service personnel after independence. The plan includes "Official representation of service personnel". Unlike the UK government at present but in line with countries like Ireland, the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands and Germany, the SNP would recognise the right of association for armed forces personnel.

While remaining neutral on the independence referendum question, BAFF welcomes the support of another political party for the principle of representation for service personnel.

The text of an SNP press release is below.

After 18 members of 7 PARA RHA reportedly tested positive for a banned substance, believed to have come from a supplement, the Army's head of personnel strategy says that soldiers who fail their compulsory drugs test will be kicked out of the Forces.