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Are Ukip The Real Conservatives?

Many former Conservative voters are so fed up with the Cameron coalition that they will turn to UKIP as the party which comes closest to a traditional Conservative agenda, and a reasoned position on...
12:22 Wed 01st May 201337 answers, last by ichkeria 15:53 Thu 02nd May 2013
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Boris Says Rise Of Ukip Good For Tories - Is He Right?

//  Well, I would humbly submit that there are better ways of tackling the Ukip problem, if indeed it is really a problem at all. The rise of Farage and Ukip tells us some interesting and important...
08:36 Mon 29th Apr 201321 answers, last by modeller 19:24 Tue 30th Apr 2013
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Stamp Quiz.

The Royal Mail have issued a set of stamps today with one or two hard to recognise Britons. Here are some previous issues of famous Britons. How many do you recognise (without Googling)?...
11:51 Tue 16th Apr 201322 answers, last by vulcan42 20:04 Wed 17th Apr 2013
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Ukip On The Rise

Even before the Local Council Elections, UKiP has gained 30 more seats this year. Mainly they are Councillors defecting from the Conservative Party....
21:39 Fri 05th Apr 201338 answers, last by FredPuli43 14:17 Sun 07th Apr 2013
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Summer Riots?

I get the impression a lot of people are fed up with their lot at the moment, and they are angry and desperate. I would not be surprised if we see civil unrest on the streets again. When it warms up...
19:35 Thu 04th Apr 201359 answers, last by Gromit 20:35 Fri 05th Apr 2013
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Carlos Tevez Gets Community Service Order

Driving while disqualified and no insurance. 250 hours Community Service (probably teaching kids how to kick a ball). Is that usual?...
12:08 Wed 03rd Apr 201316 answers, last by Tizzi24 08:22 Thu 04th Apr 2013
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Ids Petition Nears A Quarter Of A Million Signatures

IDS has dismissed it as 'a complete stunt'. But 250,000 have signed it in 48 hours. He has rather shot himself in the foot with the comment he could live on £53 a week. Do you think he will take up...
17:00 Tue 02nd Apr 201343 answers, last by Steve.5 22:23 Tue 02nd Apr 2013
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'bedroom Tax' - Anyone Agree With It?

The so called 'Bedroom Tax' starts today. Anyone receiving Housing Benefit (HB) who has a spare room will have their HB reduced. Will it solve the housing shortage? or Is it a cynical stealthy way to...
08:03 Mon 01st Apr 2013412 answers, last by em10 15:43 Tue 02nd Apr 2013
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Lights Tsar

// The Coalition will this week begin recruiting thousands of workers for the organisation, which is to be headed by a dedicated “Lights Tsar”. Employees will be tasked with going door-to-door to...
07:10 Mon 01st Apr 201329 answers, last by em10 16:27 Mon 01st Apr 2013
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Milliband Quits - Again!

// Labour MP David Miliband has resigned from the board of Sunderland FC because of new manager Paolo Di Canio's "past political statements". Mr Di Canio has previously claimed to be "a fascist, not a...
22:26 Sun 31st Mar 201314 answers, last by DangerUXD 10:52 Mon 01st Apr 2013
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Christians An Muslims Share Church

// On a bitterly cold and snowing afternoon in Aberdeen, the doors of St John's Episcopal Church are open to hundreds of Muslim worshippers, arriving for daily prayers. The familiar sounds of...
19:34 Sun 31st Mar 20137 answers, last by jno 23:35 Sun 31st Mar 2013
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Grant Snapps

You may not have heard of him but he is Chairman of the Conservative Party. He also seems to have been doing a lot of briefing to the Daily Telegraph who quote him twice in two different lead stories....
12:07 Sun 31st Mar 201310 answers, last by Old_Geezer 14:43 Sun 31st Mar 2013
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Plebate: Mitchell Complains To Ipcc Over 'leak'

// Andrew Mitchell, the former chief whip, has issued a formal complaint over the apparent leaking of the police report into the “plebgate” row which forced him to resign from the government. In a...
01:44 Sun 31st Mar 20139 answers, last by douglas9401 12:58 Sun 31st Mar 2013
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Lottery Fraud

There have been a few instances of shop owners / workers scanning winning tickets and saying it was just £10. // A shopkeeper from Gravesend has been found guilty of trying to con a lottery syndicate...
11:13 Thu 28th Mar 201330 answers, last by tara20 20:56 Thu 28th Mar 2013
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Abu Q Staying

// Court of appeal rejects home secretary's attempt to overturn decision to block radical cleric's deportation The home secretary, Theresa May, has lost her latest legal attempt to deport the radical...
13:04 Wed 27th Mar 201343 answers, last by dave50 17:00 Thu 28th Mar 2013
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David Milliband, The Big Sulk To Stand Down As Mp

// David Miliband is planning to leave Parliament to move to the US to work for a charity, a close friend has confirmed to the BBC. He is going to take up what is described as a "big international job...
22:18 Tue 26th Mar 201331 answers, last by Prudie 09:53 Fri 29th Mar 2013
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Mortgage Aid - A Crock Of $Hite Says Treasury

// George Osborne’s £15 billion plan to underwrite mortgages and take stakes in new homes will drive up house prices without boosting housebuilding significantly, Treasury forecasters have said....
20:51 Tue 26th Mar 20138 answers, last by em10 13:49 Wed 27th Mar 2013
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So Farewell Daily Telegraph...

I have been reading you since I was nine. 40 years, but now you are going behind a paywall (like the Times did). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21946916 Seriously, I will not be subscribing. Would...
20:34 Tue 26th Mar 201347 answers, last by FredPuli43 21:35 Wed 27th Mar 2013
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Trainee Nurses To Look After Patients On Wards

// Nurses will spend a year on wards feeding and washing patients before they can qualify, under plans to be announced on Tuesday to ensure compassion in hospitals. Ministers believe that a return to...
08:28 Tue 26th Mar 201387 answers, last by grumpy01 17:52 Wed 27th Mar 2013
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Cameron's Immigration Crackdown Unravels

From the Daily Torygraph... // A major crackdown by David Cameron on immigration was unravelling rapidly today after it emerged that it would only affect a small minority of foreigners in Britain....
22:28 Mon 25th Mar 201316 answers, last by em10 17:52 Wed 27th Mar 2013

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