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So Very Sad

It has been reported that the nurse who answered the phone and was duped by the prank regarding Kate in hospital has been found dead. Such bloody sad news.

anotheoldgit

Is it safe to travel by bus in broad daylight?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243588/Shocking-moment-London-bus-passenger-strangled-scarf-passes-unprovoked-attack.html Dare I say it again? What is this......................? And no it...

jackthehat

It never used to happen in my day....

What is the world coming to? When I was younger, the senior citizens knew how to behave themselves....

youngmafbog

Why is it all quiet from the left on here?

Where are all the posts from the resident lefties on this site berating GO? Or is it perhaps they realize what a 'Balls' up labour made of the economy and that is why we are in the brown stuff still?...

anotheoldgit

Autumn Statement.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/budget/9723355/Autumn-Statement-Everyone-must-make-contribution-towards-deficit-says-Cameron.html With only minutes to go before the Chancellor gets to his feet in...

Gromit

£2bn of UK aid to help Third World go green

// Britain yesterday pledged almost £2 billion in “climate aid” to help finance foreign projects including wind turbines in Africa and greener cattle farming in Colombia. Each...

youngmafbog

End of an Era

Or just moving to the next ? http://news.sky.com/story/1020174/dandy-comic-publishes-its-final-print-edition...

anotheoldgit

The sad disapearence of little April Jones.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241003/April-Jones-Heartbroken-parents-missing-schoolgirl-release-fresh-pictures.html Why hasn't the tragic and sad disappearance of this little girl been...

pdq1

Is the Middle East peace process dead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20552391 How can Israel be so provocative just a day after Palestine has joined the UN?...

ChillDoubt

UKIP Second In Rotherham By-Election

More alarmingly, BNP were third. Is the UKIP place a result of a knee jerk reaction to the recent foster parents case there or a broader wake up call for Dodgy Dave and his poodle?...

ludwig

Leveson

Is it gearing up to be a half baked whitewash? Will the press still be 'marking their own homework' (as Leveson put it) without a statutory validation of the independent press complaints authority? Or...

youngmafbog

This could get intersting?

http://news.sky.com/story/1018731/savita-abortion-death-widower-to-sue-ireland So if the ECHR rules against the Irish Government it will effectively also rule against the Catholic Church. Me thinks...

anotheoldgit

Benefit applicants to face lie detector tests.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9711368/Benefit-cheats-to-face-lie-detector-tests.html Are Southwark Council citizens known for their lies, or is this just another frightening Labour...

ZedBloke

Why are we abstaining here?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20524115...

sandyRoe

Rogue newspapers face 1 million fine...

Is that enough? Some years ago The Sun fabricated a story about Elton John. They eventually paid him a million in compensation and didn't seem too distressed about doing so.

ZedBloke

Only the Germans......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20523950 "It is unthinkable that any sexual act with an animal is punished without proof that the animal has come to any harm," he said, adding that...

anotheoldgit

Should our 'free press' be shackled?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239466/David-Cameron-Dont-shackle-free-Press-say-86-MPs-peers-eve-Leveson-report.html Or would this be the thin end of the wedge, where we would finish up with...

pdq1

Extradition to USA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20514000 Why is it that this Iranian diplomat cannot be extradited to the US on arms charges when just recently a British citizen Chris Tappin was extradited without a...

ZedBloke

My town is twinned with various towns...

Oddly enough they all seem to be in holiday destinations! Can anyone explain the purpose of these Twinnings beyond the common "Councillors junket" theory?

anotheoldgit

What is happening to South Africa?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238586/British-engineer-Chris-Preece-stabbed-death-South-Africa-thieves-took-mobile-phones.html /// Since the country's first fully democratic elections in...

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So Very Sad

Is it safe to travel by bus in broad daylight?

It never used to happen in my day....

Why is it all quiet from the left on here?

Autumn Statement.

£2bn of UK aid to help Third World go green

End of an Era

The sad disapearence of little April Jones.

Is the Middle East peace process dead

UKIP Second In Rotherham By-Election

Leveson

This could get intersting?

Benefit applicants to face lie detector tests.

Why are we abstaining here?

Rogue newspapers face 1 million fine...

Only the Germans......

Should our 'free press' be shackled?

Extradition to USA

My town is twinned with various towns...

What is happening to South Africa?

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