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Immigrant workers work harder and are more reliable

Immigrant workers are both higher paid and more reliable than their British counterparts and contributed ?6 billion to economic growth last year, a Government study said yesterday....

manealca

Emmerdale

Is it me,or do other viewers find Emmerdale is going a bit OTT with the Debbie Dingle storyline, one minute she's a trainee mechanic,the next she is in charge and driving around in an expensive...

beryllium

What next? Now then all you/us middle working your socks off lot!!!! Stop your drinking. How dare you try and relax after a long hard days work. It's dangerous you know!!! The liver is evil and must...

Mani Hussain

Climate Change

Every scientific institution of the planet thinks global warming is at best a very serious problem. The IPCC has now jointly won a Nobel Peace Prize for their work. Australia, amongst many other...

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Telegraph price increase

Just recently the Telegraph slipped through a 14% increase from 70p to 80p without so much as a murmour of objection. Maybe other papers did too, I wouldn't know. How can they justify this when a...

Loosehead

Death on the Pavement??

Just reading about the death of a pedestrian by a cyclist on the pavement. This has been a bug bear of mine in the past. Why do cyclists think it's fine to cycle in the pavement? Why do the police not...

sydmayne

Royal command

The report this morning that the Queen has ordered that all employees on the Balmoral Estate must walk or cycle to work only proves again that the Royal family have no idea of normal life in this...

dingaling

dvd recorder

Could anyone tell me what I should be looking for in a dvd recorder please. I need easy to use (very) I would like to be able to lend the occasional recording to a friend. Is a hard drive necessary,...

EricaNurney

should nurses be allowed to wear their uniforms outside

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7037657.stm in addition to the measure mentioned in this article i also think that all medical staff should not be wearing their uniforms outside the hospital...

Loosehead

Who are the biggest fans of the Tories??

Well New Labour of course, step up Darling! I suppose we should be delighted, immitation is after all the sincerest form of flattery! Has there ever been a more blatant ideas robbery?

legend758

the postal strike

watching sky news this morning and they had a guy from the union on. a mr barret ( sorry if i spelt it wrong btw ) anyway getting to the point . eamon holmes told him the results of the sky viewers...

SpiderPig

&Quot; instead of " quotation marks "

I'm sure this has been answered before, but I can't find it. Can anyone explain in as non-technical a way as possible, how people can stop their typed " quotation marks " coming out as &Quot; As you...

carsonking

Gordon Brown

He says that there wont be an election this year or next, who said this country wasn't turning in to a junta. the horrid little dictator is going to turn this country into a European puppy. Its a...

anotheoldgit

Should these firemen have been disciplined?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=485404&in_page_i d=1770 Should these Firemen have been disciplined in such a way? And should the money raised from the...

cambus

We are the lowest.

Where have all the traditional Tory party faithful gone? Watching the end of the conference, it seemed to be dominated by all those young men in trendy suits, sat at the front in the audience. They...

MrsT

Should society do more to help the sad gits??

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?fo rumID=3635&edition=1&ttl=20071005155501

angel12

what do you think Ian Wright

what do you think to Ian Wright just standing there while his mate beat up a traffice warden ? should he be made to appologise for not helping the traffic man?

velvet lady

why are so many AB people so aggressive. ROAR

its only my 3rd evening on here and i`m saddened by some of the aggression, swearing and nasty comments thrown around. Is there any other site where people are a bit more pleasant? think its time for...

Shadow Man

Diana vrs Maddie

If the courts find Dianas death was Royally linked on the same day Maddie is found alive or dead, what story would the tabloids run first?