Four "cities" are attempting to become the City of Culture 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22967259 Who do you think should get it? Here's your choices: Dundee Hull Leicester Swansea...
"Fifa and Uefa have lost an appeal against a European ruling that the World Cup and Euro Championships must be shown on free-to-air TV in the UK. In 2011, the European General Court said the UK could...
// the minimum entry requirement for new recruits [in the armed forces] is "entry level 2", which is the equivalent to the standard expected of a seven- or eight-year-old in literacy and numeracy. //...
// Britain may need millions more immigrants over the next 50 years to reduce the "unsustainable" pressure that the ageing population is putting on the economy, the Office for Budget Responsibility...
A Muslim terror fanatic banned from Britain for being a threat to national security has been given legal aid in a bid to win a UK passport. Tory MP Douglas Carswell said: “Foreigners must think we...
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news/editorial/2013/07/16/6466.html
As always though in Pakistan, most of the attacks in India recently were inside job by their own intelligent services....
I really like this genre, classical music done in a rock band, or rock (/good pop) done in a classical style. It really sits well in my ear, but I don't know that many. Any ideas?...
Tories 36% Labour 36% UKIP 7%.(Haven't got Lib Dems) [Sky News] If you were Labour's campaign manager, would you be worried? Why is Labour not doing better? My opinion is that the leader doesn't come...
It looks like UKiP peaked too early a couple of months ago. They did well in the local elections, but the are rapidly declining. // ...the continuing collapse in support for Ukip, down from 18% in May...
I am an total left-wing liberal yoghurt-knitter (whatever that means), I am in a minority who actually has a modicum of respect for Our Glorious Leader Cameron... But it seems that every time he takes...
This has really upset and worried me. I know they have to face terrible conditions in Afghanistan, etc., but surely there should have been more supervision and observation on a training exercise. What...
We have been told by a Muslim ABer that the people of Islam are coming to the west, not for a better life, but to show us ‘the way’. Most of the major problems the world is currently experiencing...