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Does Eton College really deserve to be a charity?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/ed ucation-news/tax-threat-could-hit-hundreds-of- public-schools-1744947.html And if the only test for a charity is "public benfit" shouldn't drugs...
12:46 Tue 14th Jul 200913 answers, last by New Judge 15:18 Wed 15th Jul 2009
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Could you be a hangman?

On last nights program on homelessness the actor Bruce Jones, in a rather emotional state, offered to be the nations executioner for all the paedophiles and murderers. But the difference between an...
17:11 Fri 26th Jun 200949 answers, last by charliechan 15:20 Thu 23rd Jul 2009
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Cuts and Cuts

It's pretty clear that whatever government is elected next year there will be cuts in public spending. However there are rumours that the Tories are still at least considering cutting if not...
14:20 Mon 15th Jun 200913 answers, last by rov1200 19:42 Mon 15th Jun 2009
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Electoral reform

As part of the reforms to Government should we make it a legal requirement for any party standing for election for the UK government to allow membership of their party to any UK citizen? No elected...
14:14 Mon 08th Jun 200934 answers, last by fredpuli47 18:36 Wed 10th Jun 2009
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What would you see?

If, heaven forbid, you found you had a rapidly degenerating sight problem and that in a month you'd be blind - how would you use that last month of vision? What would you do or go and see while you...
08:53 Fri 15th May 200916 answers, last by Ankou 17:12 Sat 16th May 2009
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"The" Easter question

How exactly does this Jesus saving everybody by dying on the cross work? I'm seriously interested because I've never quite gotten my head around how it is that Christians think this works. Is it that...
13:22 Mon 06th Apr 200960 answers, last by Octavius 18:50 Thu 09th Apr 2009
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Sea of faith

I saw an anglican priest on the history of Christianity program last night who was a member of this group http://www.sofn.org.uk/sof/index.html They see religious faith as a human creation. Ideas,...
08:41 Mon 23rd Feb 20096 answers, last by naomi24 08:25 Thu 26th Feb 2009
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Dumb idea of the week?

Baroness Warsi wants the state to do more to prevent polygamy http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7900779.stm But wait a minute - the state doesn't recognise multiple marriages and it's against the law to...
09:30 Fri 20th Feb 200910 answers, last by New Judge 13:33 Sat 21st Feb 2009
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Not more smear politics!

Lets get it started then: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-113878 2/Expenses-row-Jacqui-Smith-faces-sleaze-probe -116-000-expenses.html Do they point out that under the rules to 2004 this was...
08:36 Tue 10th Feb 200915 answers, last by naomi24 07:38 Wed 11th Feb 2009
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3 strikes and you're out

A lot of Newspapers seems to think this is a good idea in criminal justice. But should it apply to them? 3 sucessful libel cases against them in a year and they lose the right to publish?
13:30 Mon 26th Jan 200917 answers, last by fredpuli47 16:26 Tue 27th Jan 2009
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Is Dyslexia a myth?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/ 7828121.stm Labour MP Graham Stringer thinks so do you agree?
16:08 Wed 14th Jan 200937 answers, last by NiceCupOfTea 01:13 Sun 25th Jan 2009
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What's really happening in Gaza

After the posting of blatent propaganda this really is worth reading http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/new s/gaza-civilians-endangered-military-tactics-b oth-sides-20090108 Amnesty is...
17:26 Mon 12th Jan 20093 answers, last by youngmafbog 13:38 Tue 13th Jan 2009
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The first Christmas

No not all that tommy rot about the ox and the ass and the wise men. The real first Christmas - the first time that December 25th was used to celebrate Jesus' birth. When was it? who decided to do it...
08:47 Mon 22nd Dec 20085 answers, last by ruby27 12:41 Mon 22nd Dec 2008
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Why must we always do our kids down?

News item: British 10 and 14 year olds are out performing almost all other western countries in maths and science How is it reported? School children in the UK lagging behind the Far East!...
13:36 Wed 10th Dec 200822 answers, last by Sgt.Rock 10:29 Thu 11th Dec 2008
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Muslims boycott moonpig.com

Muslims are calling for Moonpig.com to cease trading. They have called it an Insult to Islam to link the Pig ( a dirty animal in Islam) with the Cresent moon - a potent symbol of Islam Where will this...
16:47 Fri 05th Dec 200874 answers, last by terambulan 04:00 Thu 11th Dec 2008
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How strong is your faith

You are in an airliner and the captain and co-pilot have collapsed. Amoung the passengers are a retired pilot (atheist) who has not flown a jet but and is a bit out of practice and a priest / rabbi /...
14:18 Thu 27th Nov 200842 answers, last by no.knowledge 15:04 Fri 28th Nov 2008
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Who was the first Christian to deliberately kill somebody?

Whilst we're on the theme of war and religion. Serious question though - Obviously Jesus didn't I can't recall any of the Apostles having done so. Do we have to wait until Constantine adopts...
12:40 Sun 09th Nov 200812 answers, last by jake-the-peg 09:09 Mon 17th Nov 2008
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Sat Nav for the older driver

My father (mid 70s) has decided he needs a sat nav system. Whilst his driving's fine he's not the world's greatest computer user Can anyone suggest a model with most user friendly interface, limited...
16:44 Wed 29th Oct 20086 answers, last by jake-the-peg 20:19 Thu 30th Oct 2008
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Time for Osbourne to go?

What qualifies this man to be chancellor of the exchequer? His degree in History? The fact that he was a member of the same upper class dining club at Oxford as Cameron? Even the Telegraph commenators...
17:31 Wed 15th Oct 200828 answers, last by Kromovaracun 16:08 Thu 16th Oct 2008
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What's the Tory Alternative?

What alternative to the proposed resucue bid are the Tories suggesting? Surely there's no suggestion that they would have come up with the identical complicated plan had they come into power a year...
13:04 Thu 09th Oct 200810 answers, last by jake-the-peg 16:55 Thu 09th Oct 2008

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