There are persistent calls to better equip our troops (no general has ever gone to war with everything he needed) but heres the crux of the matter. Our enemy is armed with aging Kalashnikovs,...
I was watching the program on BBC4 about maps and the history of them. It mentioned Captain Cook and how he went round the world finding new land and "claiming" it for Great Britain. It got...
Rafa Benitez has officially left Liverpool by mutual consent as announced on BBC Radio Merseyside at 1550 pm. Is it about he went because after 6 Years in the job we are no nearer winning the Premier...
http://www.dailymail....Cabinet-children.html Are Cameron and Clegg 'modern men', modern politicians or just a couple of wimps? What is this all about? If they wanted to spend more time with their...
Russian spy ship saved the day.
Israel have had plenty of practice attacking ships in international waters
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Israeli commandos attacked a flotilla of ships carrying aid to Gaza. At least 15 peace activists have been killed. What would Israel have to do before it was condemned by the West's political leaders?...
http://www.timesonlin...me/article7140653.ece With all the recent news items attaching certain finds etc to a serial killer of prostitutes, and at the same time reporting that a certain person Stephen...
http://www.dailymail....etitions-history.html Last once again, should we now consider pulling out of the European Song Contest? We are either no good at composing the right type of music, no good at...
The Express reports “A Cake factory worker who was sacked after 17 years service for eating part of a hazelnut said last night: “I have been treated like a criminal. It’s a...
During this week's commemoration of the Evacuation of Dunkirk can we not only remember the bravery of the army, navy and little ships but that between 28th May and 3rd Jun 1940, 956 sorties were...
This is a terrible event and I feel there's a lot we've yet to hear about the police's case against the accused, but, I had to wonder at the superfluous comments in today's Metro, a local shop keeper...
In the current climate were motorists can be rude, discourtreous & downright violent towards these brave souls who trawl the streets in all weathers fighting the good fight. Should they be allowed...
http://www.independen...an-bombs-1981955.html Well I thought I had heard much of what goes off in this crazy country of ours, but this takes the biscuit. The Army in all their wisdom now decides to...
OK for all of you who go on about Gordon Brown selling UK gold reserves cheap - Here's a chance to prove it's not just 20:20 hindsight The Telegraph is claiming gold prices will double in 5 years...
With the Thai authorities declaring some areas of Bangkok as free fire zone, meaning live ammunition can be used against protestors, where are all the reports condemning it? When China had violent...
Did anyone watch Question Time last night? I thought that Mehdi Hasan was rude, arrogant, and not prepared to listen to anyone else's point of view. There he sat with not a smile on his face and eyes...
It varies so much. In the UK its 16, in Portugal and Italy 14, in California 18. So what should it be? We have to protect young people from predators but we also have to make them responsible for...
