Liberty (advocacy group) activist group, and Paedophile Action for Liberation became affiliated to the pressure group. Shami Chakrabarti, the former director of Liberty, issued an apology about the links between the NCCL and the PIE. In December 2013, she said: "It is a source of continuing disgust and horror that even the NCCL had to expel paedophiles from its ranks in 1983 after infiltration at some point in the 70s." Gay rights and censorship NCCL acted for the owners of "Gay's the Word" bookshop, whose stock was confiscated by Customs officers in 1984. All charges were dropped in 1986. Miners' strike During the
N-56 (pressure group) N-56 (pressure group) N-56 is an independent Scottish business pressure group established by Dan Macdonald in 2014. N-56 aims to provide a new locus for Scotland’s business community to work with government and others to ensure Scotland attains a position among the top five advanced economies in the world. N-56 derives its name from Scotland’s coordinates. The World Atlas Latitude & Longitude coordinates of Scotland are 56.49067119999999 N, 4.2026458000000275 W. N-56 launched its main analysis report, "Scotland Means Business", in June 2014. The report was published as two documents: "the FACTS" and "the STRATEGY."" "It was prepared over 15 months