Good or bad? Yay or Nay? Bearing in mind they are 6 years away and we were only awarded them 18 months ago, it does concern me that the budget forecast has already been increased. I'm afraid I'm a...
Should we apologise? We abolished the trade over 200 years ago, and our navy were rigorous in intercepting slave ships after we had abolished the trade, so should we still apologise? Personally I...
Anybody else getting a little bit bored with this story? I know it is sad for those involved but, christ, it is only a few hundred quid at the end of the day - the way some of them have been reacting...
....you know the type of thing - something that years down the line still makes you cringe with embarrassment. I've got a terrible one - really really terrible, so much so I sought the poor girl out a...
Time to repeal? As every single day there is a report where one of life's wastes of space has used this piece of legislation to either hide behind or obtain compensation, the latest being the...
Is there a national number to report drink driving? A guy at work regularly drives home having had a skinfull at lunch time and I've had enough of it! He's been told on a number of occasions not to...
It has been reported today that one of the officers in the shooting of De Menezes has been involved in the shooting of an armed robber on Tuesday evening. There have been claims that the officer...
It has been reported today that the government are concerned that Britons are spending ?3.5bn on gambling online. Are they, as I suspect, 'concerned' because they aren't taxing the winnings? Or am I...
Watched this film recently until about 15 mins from the end and fell asleep - Apparently this film has one of the most famous unexpected twists in film history: can anybody enlighten me as to what it...
This Q emanates from a short story I read years ago...................if I was convicted of a murder that I did not commit and served my sentence - and upon my release discovered that my supposed...
In Bowie's Life on Mars there's the line "...Lennons on sale again..." Anybody any idea what this means? Was he referrring to John Lennon? And if so, in what context? (selling out possibly?).
On the radio the other day I heard Galloway saying that try as he might he could not recall one positive thing the Tories did during 18 years of power. Two questions. 1. Is this man a moron? 2. What...
Isn't it about time our service personnel operating overseas in the likes of Iraq and Afghanistan be exempt from income tax? They are not particularly well paid as it is, so shouldn't we help them...
A bunch of us 30 and 40 somethings who play for a vets football team are having our annual long weekend away in Prague this year - this is a blokes only thing. So, two questions; 1. What is there for...
Have just returned from this godforsaken place and felt I should warn people against visiting the place. Avoid if you don't like V busy resorts, eating in The Red Lion/The Kings Head etc and where...
I have always used the prase 'The Jump' when referring to a bar or a checkout - for example 'I was talking to the barmaid behind the jump...." I picked up this phrase from my father. Anybody any idea...