Why is our government so desparate to keep our troops in Iraq after being told we are no longer welcome there? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7 794646.stm
The Football League has voted overwhelmingly in favour of implementing new quotas on home-grown players from the start of next season. At least four players in every 16-man match-day squad will have...
I'm not saying it should, I'm just curious. The Daily Mail is ultra-right wing, patriotic, anti Europe and anti-foreign. Yet they stop short of support for the BNP, a party with whom they share most...
Ailing car firm Jaguar wants a Government bailout. Sales are down for the luxury car maker that employs 15,000 in the UK. The company was sold by Ford earlier this year for ?1billion. The carmakers...
Assuming the country is 'going to hell in a handcart' (immigration issues, financial meltdowns, housing market woes etc etc), why aren't the Tories doing better?...
OPEC have agreed to cut oil production by a quarter with the intention of forcing the oil price up. Prior to the recession oil increased to nearly $150 a barrel but because ot the recession is now...
Now we see a Dutch Company up for a third of the Royal Mail. Unions reckon 50 000 out of 170 000 workers will be axed. I have no doubt they are right. And surprise surprise who is behind this - Oh our...
The Hooper Commission Report into the Royal Mail has paved the way for it to be part privatised. It is intended to look for a commercial partner for Royal Mail. Unfortunately, it is very badly run and...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-109558 3/Blind-man-turned-away-Indian-restaurant-owne r-says-guide-dog-Muslim-beliefs.html Should they be allowed to get away with this? But oh dear! The Daily...
..........I've lived in Manchester all my life, originally quite near the City Centre, just off Oldham Road. As the traffic has increased over the years, the council has done the best/worst, it can,...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/15/trans port-railtravel Further to my last post regarding today's train travel, I thought Gromit might want to read this? Gromit was last seen going into Spec...
Windfall tax or not, isn't it time that the Goverment took our utilities out of private ownership and nationalised them once again? http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/75736...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-109397 5/Rail-Britannia-Newly-pictures-reveal-train-t ravel-glorious-experience-shabby-ordeal.html Ah! A touch of nostalgia. After one has been packed into a...
I'll be the first to admit that Gordon Brown has messed up on some occasions. I am a Labour supporter yes its all true. But I also work in th financial sector and speak with a little bit more...
Not news but certainly current affairs. I've just watched Question Time on BBC1 and the final question was whether it is now time for Britain to ditch the pound in favour of the euro. I know that the...
Last night's games were embarrassing. Qualification had already been settled in the previous round of games and all that was up for grabs was top spot or third place. We were watching reserve teams in...
Just been in my local branch in Plymouth and the prices are exactly the same as yesterday. Those prices yesterday and all of last week which are supposedly 50% are not even 50% its just 10% 20% or 30%...
I overheard the girls in loos saying that ... With the arrival of the fab new Sports section, ... the obsolete Section called "ChatterBank" will soon close down.