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High Street Sales Slumpm Government Borrowing Higher Than Predicted

Retail sales fell for the third month in a row, with no signs of improvement. Inflation at an 8 month high. Government borrowing £2b more than predicted. Yesterday I went to Asda and Aldi,... ...

barry1010

Christmas In The Good Old Days

When I started work most people had two days off for Christmas, Christmas Day and Boxing (or Monday and Tuesday if it fell on the weekend). No day off for New Year's Day either. Now it seems to... ...

fender62

Water Bills Going Up

i cannot fathom out why, the companies have been paying themselves millions+ and dupming raw sewage regularly, is it like a thumb in the dyke? legal... ...

brainiac

Where Was I? Dec 15Th

I'm in the unusual position of having solved the two required questions, but don't see the connection linking the clues. Any ideas?

webbo3

School Asks Pupils To ‘Fast’ For Gaza

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1987301/reform-blast-uk-school-asking-gaza-fast-labour https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/school-asks-pupils-to-fast-for-gaza/ar-AA1vCyr9 would you let your... ...

naomi24

If There Was A General Election Tomorrow …

... which party would you vote for?

renegadefm

Has Bt Just Made A Terrible Mistake?

With the current storm my Mums house and surrounding areas have been left without power since 11.53am, and its still has no power at the time of writing this. One of our neighbours, who is a... ...

nailedit

The Paranormal

I know this subject has been done to death at times on AB but I would be interested to hear... 1) If you are a believer (maybe had some unexplained experience) what would convince you that there is... ...

naomi24

Trump - An Apparent Warning To Hamas

//US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to pay" if hostages held by the Palestinian group in Gaza are not released by the time he returns... ...

Khandro

Gb News, Advent, Christian Message

Some will say this topic should be in Religion & Spirituality - maybe? But this is something quite unprecedented & really newsworthy. GB News is giving a daily advent, short talk/sermon... ...

sandyRoe

"He's A Barman's Idea Of Posh."

Words of Matthew Parris on Radio 4 this morning talking of Jacob Rees Mogg. JRM has made money but without blue blood can he really be considered posh? And will Parris' insult be considered good... ...

sandyRoe

Mps Have Voted In Favour Of Assisted Dying.

I hope the safeguards around any proposals are as strong as can be.

webbo3

Petition For Another Election

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143 Call a General Election - Petitions Call a General ElectionI would like there to be another General Election.I believe the current Labour Government... ...

Bazile

Snowy Roofs

If i said that my neighbours roof is free of snow while the other houses have a carpet of snow on them . Has he been busy this morning and shovelled off the snow off his roof ? Why go to all that... ...

naomi24

Food Shortage Plan Being Drawn Up To Thwart A Farmers’ Strike

//A senior minister has revealed that plans are being drawn up to deal with food shortages if farmers go ahead with their threat to strike over the controversial family farm tax....Farmers are set... ...

Khandro

'Abuse' What Does It Mean To You?

In no way do I wish to condone the Archbishop's silence, but I was amazed tonight listening to the man who had instigated his downfall, being introduced as someone (forgot his name) who, as a... ...

naomi24

Did Covid Change Your Lifestyle?

We don't go out nearly as much as before and we don't have as many people here for dinner now. I know people who no longer go to the hairdressers or have given up going to hobby clubs they used... ...

New Judge

A Very Different World, Indeed.

I’ve just been watching the Remembrance Ceremony. David Dimbleby interviewed a veteran of D-Day. He is 100 and one of the few still alive who took part in the 1944 landings. He was explaining how,... ...

ToraToraTora

What's Happened To Poppies?

I can't get one with the plastic stalk to attach with a pin, they all seem to have a sticky pad that's useless. I had to heath robinson my own solution. It wasn't broke, why did they "fix"... ...

ToraToraTora

74 Million "Uninformed Horrible People" .....Time For A Rethink?

If one was of the opinion that anyone who voted for Trump was an "uninformed horrible person" how many of those would it take for the opinion holder to think he/she may be wrong?

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High Street Sales Slumpm Government Borrowing Higher Than Predicted

Christmas In The Good Old Days

Water Bills Going Up

Where Was I? Dec 15Th

School Asks Pupils To ‘Fast’ For Gaza

If There Was A General Election Tomorrow …

Has Bt Just Made A Terrible Mistake?

The Paranormal

Trump - An Apparent Warning To Hamas

Gb News, Advent, Christian Message

"He's A Barman's Idea Of Posh."

Mps Have Voted In Favour Of Assisted Dying.

Petition For Another Election

Snowy Roofs

Food Shortage Plan Being Drawn Up To Thwart A Farmers’ Strike

'Abuse' What Does It Mean To You?

Did Covid Change Your Lifestyle?

A Very Different World, Indeed.

What's Happened To Poppies?

74 Million "Uninformed Horrible People" .....Time For A Rethink?

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