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Working For You - Or Working For The Bankers

The retiring Governor of the Bank of England reckons the Chancellor George Osborne was working too much for the bankers // Speaking in the House of Commons, the Chancellor did not deny claims that he...
07:33 Wed 26th Jun 20137 answers, last by mikey4444 11:03 Wed 26th Jun 2013
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Missing Indian Girl Foud In Scotland

The Indian girl who went missing in Oxford Streetfor found 10 days later in Perthshire. Apparently she made her own way there....
15:11 Sun 23rd Jun 201326 answers, last by Steve.5 14:58 Mon 24th Jun 2013
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Osborne's "we Are Borrowing Less" Turns Out To Be Untrue

New figures reveal public borrow rose last year. This was despite a windfall from Switzland and £billions of Quantatitive Easing coming into the Chancellors coffers. // Changes to accounting methods...
16:01 Fri 21st Jun 201333 answers, last by em10 08:28 Mon 24th Jun 2013
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Older People Have Never Had It So Good

// Pensioners in their 60s and 70s have seen their incomes rise steadily during the recession years - and now they are less likely to be poor than any other group in society, according to a new...
11:04 Tue 18th Jun 2013121 answers, last by em10 14:36 Fri 21st Jun 2013
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Do The Moderators Get Monitored

It is always a pity to return to AB to find a question has been deleted or a post has been removed. It is especially annoying if you have read the deleted item and found nothing wrong with it. I...
10:28 Mon 17th Jun 201360 answers, last by Connemmara 03:55 Fri 21st Jun 2013
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Daft Post On Facebook - That's A Four Month Jail Sentence

A nutter who posted a stupid message on Facebook after the Lee Rigby murder, has been jailed for four months....
06:46 Thu 13th Jun 201351 answers, last by Gromit 14:37 Fri 14th Jun 2013
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Should You Go To Prison For Sending A Tweet?

This young woman nearly did. The Tweet was an horrible thing to say. But it was her opinion no matter how ghastly. It reflects extremely badly on her. But it seems over the top to jail someone for a...
13:45 Sat 08th Jun 201337 answers, last by jno 10:38 Sun 09th Jun 2013
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Labour Feeding From The Trough

// The Sunday Telegraph reports Patrick Mercer convinced Keith Vaz, Valerie Vaz, Julien Brazier, Mark Field and Fabian Hamilton to join his Fiji APPG. And the Sunday Times has stung Lords Laird,...
04:24 Sun 02nd Jun 201325 answers, last by Sqad 15:07 Mon 03rd Jun 2013
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£347,000,000

...paid City fund managers for Local Authority Gold Plated staff pension funds. The overall cost of the fees would be the equivalent of adding £15 to every council tax bill in England and Wales. //...
10:14 Tue 28th May 20134 answers, last by em10 15:43 Wed 29th May 2013
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Gamekeeper Turned Poacher...

Or Poacher all along? Dave Hartnett, retiring head of HMRC is to join Deloitte, a City firm who advise Starbucks on Tax Avoidance. The much criticised Hartnett has been in the news quite a bit in his...
02:38 Tue 28th May 20137 answers, last by beegeebee 16:54 Wed 29th May 2013
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Did The Security Services Fail This Time?

The Security Services do a very difficult job and I know they have thwarted several terrorist plots and for that we are greatful. But the more that emerges about the Woolwich murderers, it appears...
08:55 Sun 26th May 20136 answers, last by Old_Geezer 17:46 Sun 26th May 2013
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Boris' Lovechild

The appeal court has rules that it it is on the public interest that details about Boris Johnson's 'secret' lovechild can be revealed....
12:15 Tue 21st May 201312 answers, last by mikey4444 08:01 Wed 22nd May 2013
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Are You A Mad Swivel-Eyed Loon?

// Grassroots Conservative activists are “mad swivel-eyed loons” who are forcing Tory MPs to take extremist positions opposing gay marriage and Europe, one of David Cameron’s closest allies has...
09:51 Sat 18th May 201324 answers, last by RobKep 20:26 Sun 19th May 2013
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Boris Assesses The Country...

// “If we left the EU, we would end this sterile debate, and we would have to recognise that most of our problems are not caused by “Bwussels”, but by chronic British short-termism, inadequate...
08:26 Mon 13th May 201326 answers, last by mikey4444 18:40 Mon 13th May 2013
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Conservative Party In Disarry?

The Conservative Party is split over Europe, and plan to embarrass Cameron. // Downing Street said it would tell ministers to abstain this week from a key vote that effectively calls for Mr...
10:48 Sun 12th May 201331 answers, last by modeller 13:27 Mon 13th May 2013
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Abu Qatada To Return To Jordan Voluntarily.

// The radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada will voluntarily go back to Jordan if and when its parliament ratifies a new deportation treaty with Britain, his lawyers have said. The disclosure is a major...
10:29 Fri 10th May 20137 answers, last by Orderlimit 19:47 Sat 06th Jul 2013
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Will Mourinho Be Manchester United's New Manager?

SAF has retired. Who will replace him?
11:23 Wed 08th May 20135 answers, last by bibblebub 08:34 Thu 09th May 2013
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David Cameron, A Liar Or An Idiot?

Last Wednesday (before the local elections) he said... // //  The Prime Minister, said that he was prepared to introduce legal safeguards before the end of the current parliament to guarantee that a...
08:54 Wed 08th May 201343 answers, last by modeller 19:28 Wed 08th May 2013
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Who Are The Real 'fruitcakes'?

//  The Prime Minister, who has described Ukip supporters as “fruitcakes”, said that he was prepared to introduce legal safeguards before the end of the current parliament to guarantee that a...
07:39 Thu 02nd May 201318 answers, last by RobKep 19:43 Sun 19th May 2013

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