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mikey4444

Ethiopian Airways Dreamliner

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23298349 I am a bit confused here. How can a country like Ethiopia possibly afford to buy an extremely expensive airliner, when its population is constantly moving from...
08:48 Sat 13th Jul 201340 answers, last by FredPuli43 20:12 Sat 13th Jul 2013
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sandyRoe

Bomb Attack On West Midlands Mosque?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23291268 Looks as though a 'nail bomb' was used....
18:32 Fri 12th Jul 201344 answers, last by mushroom25 19:54 Sat 13th Jul 2013
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mikey4444

Bigots On The March In Northern Ireland Again ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23286891 What other reason could there be to play a sectarian tune outside a Catholic Church ?...
16:54 Fri 12th Jul 201345 answers, last by poortony 22:48 Sat 13th Jul 2013
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Steve.5

A New Chamber For Members And Peers Only ?

http://news.sky.com/story/1109798/house-of-lords-to-get-100000-new-toilets No sign of austerity here m.luds...
19:42 Fri 12th Jul 20138 answers, last by infundibulum 17:00 Sat 13th Jul 2013
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sp1814

Data Roaming Charges

I can't help feeling that Orange are not to blame here: http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/11/done-roaming-girl-runs-up-3800-bill-using-facebook-on-holiday-3879684/ What are your feelings?...
11:25 Fri 12th Jul 201329 answers, last by mikey4444 18:19 Fri 12th Jul 2013
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Gromit

10Th Death By Police Taser.

// Eye-witness Lee Wilkie, 25, who lives nearby on Mount Road, said: "Three Transit vans came storming up to the house then they bashed his door down and you could hear all sorts of shouting and...
13:36 Thu 11th Jul 201374 answers, last by Orderlimit 18:30 Fri 12th Jul 2013
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albaqwerty

Jaunty Little Tune

which is on a trailer for a new BBC foody type programme, however it's also the music for Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. Obviously am not entering the correct words into various search engines,...
15:25 Thu 11th Jul 201311 answers, last by albaqwerty 14:06 Fri 12th Jul 2013
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anotheoldgit

Absent Fathers

Someone said in a previous thread: /// "Heterosexual people have various partners and manage to bring up unconfused children". /// Perhaps they should read this? /// Absent fathers are a common factor...
10:06 Thu 11th Jul 201383 answers, last by em10 15:38 Fri 12th Jul 2013
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sir.prize

Doesn't Add Up

New proposals for MP’s salary increases being unveiled are expected to see a 12% rise from the current level of £66,000 up to £75,000 in 2015. Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority chief...
10:49 Thu 11th Jul 201353 answers, last by infundibulum 20:48 Thu 11th Jul 2013
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Kromovaracun

The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Was interested to see the following article in The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-public-wrong-about-nearly-everything-survey-shows-8697821.html It seems that the...
06:40 Wed 10th Jul 2013147 answers, last by Quizmonster 07:24 Fri 12th Jul 2013
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Peter Pedant

Danny Nightingale Guilty Of Possession Of A Firearm

Verdict just in.... Guilty. [This time round] He changed his defence for his retrial - and I have to say I thought it was obvious he was lying.......
15:55 Wed 10th Jul 201316 answers, last by Gromit 22:02 Wed 10th Jul 2013
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ToraToraTora

Post Office Flotation....mistake!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23249466 Generally I agree with privatisation but certain things should remain under state control and I think the post office is one of them. Rather disturbingly...
09:54 Wed 10th Jul 201327 answers, last by sandyRoe 12:01 Thu 11th Jul 2013
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RobKep

Europen Court Of Human Rights Ruling

How incensed do you think Chris Grayling is and how much influence do you think Theresa May or any puppet minister has. Would it be better to decide our own laws?...
20:44 Tue 09th Jul 201385 answers, last by ichkeria 16:54 Wed 10th Jul 2013
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fbg40

Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights has decreed in their infinite wisdom that 3 murderers currently being detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure in this country, have been wrongfully sentenced - the then HS...
18:57 Tue 09th Jul 201347 answers, last by naomi24 22:16 Thu 11th Jul 2013
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mikey4444

Tories Lose Ex-Mp To Bnp-Lite

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23239814 There's a phrase with the words ship, sinking and rat here somewhere but I can't quite put my finger on it !...
16:50 Tue 09th Jul 201320 answers, last by FredPuli43 20:46 Tue 09th Jul 2013
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anneasquith

Egypt ?

via bbc news, not good situation, in fact worsening hourly ( sorry cant do links )...
09:58 Sat 06th Jul 201322 answers, last by ichkeria 10:52 Tue 09th Jul 2013
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naomi24

Teaching Evolution In Faith Schools

Under the new science curriculum evolution will be taught in primary schools. How will faith schools that currently teach creationism deal with this?...
09:42 Tue 09th Jul 201346 answers, last by solvitquick 23:15 Mon 15th Jul 2013
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sp1814

Sensible Idea?

Rossett Acre school in Harrogate have given parents the option to allow their 4/5 year old girls to wear jogging bottoms rather than skirts/pinafore dresses to school due to the amount of physical...
10:01 Tue 09th Jul 201338 answers, last by LazyGun 14:04 Tue 09th Jul 2013
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naomi24

Helmand's Top Female Police Officer Shot Dead

Once the international community leaves, what hope is there for women? Should we, as Heather Barr, Afghanistan researcher for Human Rights Watch says, do more to ensure women's rights are protected -...
18:20 Sat 06th Jul 201370 answers, last by Gromit 09:09 Tue 09th Jul 2013
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mikey4444

Another Example From The School Of The Bleeding Obvious ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23223751 Not putting your kids to bed at the proper time isn't good for them apparently...well, well, well ...who would have thought of it !...
08:08 Tue 09th Jul 201337 answers, last by LoftyLottie 16:33 Tue 09th Jul 2013

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