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Should Alleged Victims Of Rape Be Allowed To Trestify Via Pre-Recorded Video?

Is Sarah Vine correct that this is worrying? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4337254/Law-brand-men-rapists-SARAH-VINE.html If a man is accused of rape, personally I think it is absolutely...

allen

George Osborne

He's going to trouser £600,000 a year as 'consultant' to some city gang, for 4 days 'work' per month. Who else feels they're in the wrong game?...

mikey4444

Marine Has Murder Conviction Reduced

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39278929 I seem to recall that this case has raised a few hackles here on AB....this is the latest news....

emmie

Will You Be Donating To The Current Africa Fund

for the drought that has spread across Africa. Matt Baker made a heartfelt plea for help earlier....

mikey4444

Girls 'too Poor' To Buy Sanitary Protection Missing School

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39266056 This seems terrible to me...what does everybody else think ?...

youngmafbog

Will This Be A Vote Winner For Labour?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4309204/Jeremy-Corbyn-vows-tax-triple-whammy.html...

anotheoldgit

Political Correctness At It's Worse, Woman On Trial For Raping A Man Twice.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-4305270/RACHEL-JOHNSON-woman-trial-rape-Really-No.html Woman on trial for rape, her sentence, she was granted bail, had to observe a curfew and was not...

Deskdiary

When Does A Cult Become A Religion?

Is it just simply a matter of numbers? Are Jehovah Witnesses a cult? Given their weird beliefs (accepting the fact that believing in any religion is weird - that's a given, obviously) it suggests they...

thesshhh

Women Who Pose Nude For "arty" Photos

I heard about this photographer who persuaded 110 women from his hometown Plymouth to pose nude for a forthcoming self-published book: https://www.photographybyjojo.org/ Apparently they're "arty"...

Togo

Is It Racist To Sing...

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot? The England RU fans are now accused of an ignorant appropriation of "slave lyrics" by an American "academic". Josephine Wright, a professor of music and black studies at the...

sp1814

Does Anyone Really Give A Monkey's About The Budget?

Serious question. Do you study details of the budget? I myself vaguely look at some of the headline figures, but really - does it make any material difference to your day to day lives?...

Deskdiary

Jeremy Corbyn's Tax Affairs

I do not believe for one minute that Jeremy Corbyn has tried to conceal income - he doesn't seem the type, and in fact seems quite decent. But Given that he is taxed at source and doesn't appear to...

anotheoldgit

Two British Medical Students Who Joined Isis Killed In Iraq.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-latest-british-medical-students-killed-iraq-sudan-ahmed-sami-khider-a7606466.html...

mikey4444

Farage Doesn't Want A Knighthood, Or A Peerage Apparently !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39126187 Its official now then....as Humphrys said, if Farage doesn't want these titles, then they won't offer one anyway. I am so glad he has cleared that...

Jackdaw33

Labour Hold Stoke, Right Wing Vote Split

As expected.

anotheoldgit

Has Political Correctness Gone Mad?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-4251306/Political-correctness-gone-mad-writes-TREVOR-PHILLIPS.html...

grumpy01

Cressida Dick New Met Police Commisioner

I have absolutely no anti woman bias and had any other woman been chosen I would not have commented.However, how can this woman with the blood of an innocent Brazilian on her hands have been...

ToraToraTora

What Does The Prince Of Darkness Mean By "throw In The Towel"?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39020252 I assume he's hoping the Lords will thwart the democratic will of the majority. Dream on Mandy!....

cassa333

How Can You Be Put Off Something Because Of Events You Know Nothing About?

I wonder this because Diane Abbott has been saying women are put off becoming an MP because of sexist/abuse. I think that is a rather simplistic view. Women are put off becoming an MP because of home,...

cassa333

Graduates In Nurseries

Have such a tiny impact that it doesn't seem necessary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38956554 I work in an infant school (only lunch times though) and from what I see daily has led me to...

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Should Alleged Victims Of Rape Be Allowed To Trestify Via Pre-Recorded Video?

George Osborne

Marine Has Murder Conviction Reduced

Will You Be Donating To The Current Africa Fund

Girls 'too Poor' To Buy Sanitary Protection Missing School

Will This Be A Vote Winner For Labour?

Political Correctness At It's Worse, Woman On Trial For Raping A Man Twice.

When Does A Cult Become A Religion?

Women Who Pose Nude For "arty" Photos

Is It Racist To Sing...

Does Anyone Really Give A Monkey's About The Budget?

Jeremy Corbyn's Tax Affairs

Two British Medical Students Who Joined Isis Killed In Iraq.

Farage Doesn't Want A Knighthood, Or A Peerage Apparently !

Labour Hold Stoke, Right Wing Vote Split

Has Political Correctness Gone Mad?

Cressida Dick New Met Police Commisioner

What Does The Prince Of Darkness Mean By "throw In The Towel"?

How Can You Be Put Off Something Because Of Events You Know Nothing About?

Graduates In Nurseries

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