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Shami Chakrabarti

Said on 'Any Questions',tonight, that MPs were 'forced' to fiddle their expenses because of poor wages. She went on to say that they should get their 11% pay rise so they don't 'have' to fiddle their...

anotheoldgit

Could This By Any Stretch Of The Imagination Be Classed As Tory Propaganda?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523198/Anger-parents-Tory-councillor-used-photo-children-sledging-Christmas-card.html /// Parents have complained to David Cameron after a Tory councillor used...

FredPuli43

Iphone And Ct Scanner

I went for a CT scan today. My iPhone was charged and fine when I went in for the scan and left it with my coat on a chair a short distance from the scanner. Afterwards the battery was flat and now I...

BlueToffee

North Korea

Glad I don't live in North Korea.... //The execution of the once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has rekindled fears of instability in the secretive nuclear-armed state. South Korean...

unbalanced_42

Legal Rights If Building Work Was Done Without A Contract

Hi everyone, I'm needing a bit of advice. I had a building company come to my property to demolish my kitchen to the rear of the property, dig new foundations and build it back up so that they could...

anotheoldgit

Question Time

Can anyone understand the BBC's decision to broadcast last night's Question Time from Johannesburg, South Africa?...

emmie

Damned If You Do

so now it's the west's fault for asking Assad to dispose of the chemical weapons, what else could they have happen? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24868533...

anotheoldgit

Syrian Refugees

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25345923 /// European leaders should be ashamed by the paltry numbers of refugees from Syria they are prepared to resettle, human rights group Amnesty says....

malagabob

C P P Not To Prosecute Officers

The C P P has decided not to prosecute 4 high ranking detectives after they were sacked over their car buying scam. The scam involved them ordering high spec cars to be used on covert operations,...

emmie

Segregation In Education

so Michael Gove doesn't like it either according to another paper, don't understand this at all. of affairs to...

Tommy_Thumby

Humour In Court!

We've been studying 'unusual' instances in court and they are received. It got me wondering then - Making a joke in court should never go down well, but how about if someone such as a witness is...

Prudie

Filming School Nativities

A colleague is taking the pm off to watch her young grandson in his school nativity play. They've been told no filming and no photos (only those taken by the school can be bought). Is this now the...

Caran

Gregg Wallace Supermarket Secrets

Did anyone see this tonight? Which supermarket had the cake with nuts and cherries etc on the top, looked superb but missed where it was from.

Wharton

English Placenames

1 Unknown goddess (4) 2 Popular with yachtsmen? (5,7) 3 Arch, but not a bishop (6) 4 Prison (5) 5 Alternative home for an animal (6)...

ChillDoubt

Mandela Memorial: From Bad To Worse?

With yesterday's news that Archbishop Tutu's house was burgled whilst he was in attendance at the service, we now have more news regarding the signing 'interpreter':...

sherrardk

Feeling Sorry For Myself

Girl has informed me she is appearing in the school's talent show tomorrow - I will now have to endure hours of awful 'turns' from other people's children. It starts at 1 and doesn't finish until 3.15...

humbersloop

Ashes, 3Rd Test Perth

02.30 gmt, I just did it so no one else has to: feel free to carry on. On the plus side, they'll still be playing when we wake up... ...[i]puts head in hands[i]...