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Blair resigns!

After all the fighting and arguments and rows Sir Ian Blair has resigned as head of the Met. Do people believe that after all that history he is really stepping down because Boris Johnson hasn't...
16:34 Thu 02nd Oct 200813 answers, last by Yorkie580 15:46 Fri 03rd Oct 2008
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Five Commandments (for God)

1/ Do not allow evil in the world to go unpunished 2/ Do not allow the innocent to suffer 3/ Do not give man free will and then set out to test him 4/ Do not give certain people particular sexual...
15:28 Thu 02nd Oct 200815 answers, last by beso 12:34 Fri 10th Oct 2008
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Boris Hug-a-banker Johnson

Apparently Boris Johnson thinks we should be thankful for the Banking industry and not whinge about rising house prices and city bonuses. He also doesn't think the square mile should be shackled with...
15:12 Fri 26th Sep 20087 answers, last by brionon 11:17 Sat 27th Sep 2008
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Well done CERN!

20 years in planning Multi billion pound budget Tens of thounsands of engineers The Worlds most complex machine And it works! A real indicataion of what we can do in Europe - Let's hope it inspires...
09:35 Wed 10th Sep 20087 answers, last by R1Geezer 09:42 Thu 11th Sep 2008
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religions accepting gay lifestyles

Following on from the make me a Christian question - are there any religions that accept gay lifestyles as acceptable. I'm just back from India and there the papers are talking about decriminalising...
09:32 Mon 18th Aug 20086 answers, last by Whickerman 17:49 Mon 18th Aug 2008
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Why is Answerbank spamming me!!?!!!

Not having checked the I'd like to receive newsletters, and other mails ya de ya option under my profile I'm a bit peeved to have just received a mail from AB offering me ways to "beat the energy rise...
16:10 Thu 31st Jul 200813 answers, last by Clanad 04:14 Sat 02nd Aug 2008
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Bye Bye acre

Can anyone come up with a good reason for keeping the acre? At 4,840 square yards (be honest did you actually know that) it isn't even a square number! Shouldn't we welcome this EU directive with open...
11:52 Mon 21st Jul 200826 answers, last by Panic Button 22:10 Tue 22nd Jul 2008
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The Historical Qur'an

Watching the Channel 4 program the other night was rather dull until 90 minutes in there was a facinating piece. Apparently in 1972 in Yemen a large quantity of manuscripts were found that were...
17:14 Wed 16th Jul 200832 answers, last by keyplus90 16:47 Mon 21st Jul 2008
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Women bishops

Why is the right wing of the CofE opposed to women bishops? Or women priests for that matter. Is it entirelly doctrinal? or are there other objections and what are the doctrinal objections? Is it just...
15:26 Tue 08th Jul 200821 answers, last by naomi24 19:47 Thu 10th Jul 2008
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What is obscene?

Reading this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7439740.st m Reminded me of the legal definition of obscene "content whose effect will tend to deprave and corrupt those likely to read, see or...
15:47 Fri 20th Jun 20084 answers, last by ruby27 12:53 Sun 22nd Jun 2008
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Journalism without due care and attention

Journalists have to be careful not to libel people but often show a total contempt for accuracy in other stories in their haste to report their stories the way they want them to be seen. Should we...
15:26 Thu 05th Jun 20086 answers, last by ludwig 10:01 Fri 06th Jun 2008
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More expensive petrol under Cameron?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/migrationtemp/ 1527682/Tories-would-bring-back-fuel-duty-'esc alator'.html Or will he do a U-turn?
15:49 Wed 28th May 200810 answers, last by jno 23:10 Wed 28th May 2008
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Boris ends cheap fares

http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idU KL2570113320080525 Boris Johnson has decided to kill the agreement that resulted in Londoners on income support getting cheap fares! Was this in his...
13:42 Wed 28th May 200825 answers, last by New Judge 14:41 Thu 29th May 2008
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Benefit Supervisor sleeping

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/05/13/freu d.art/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail ?17 million makes Lucian Freud the most expensive living artist. If you were given it and not allowed to sell it would you...
08:32 Wed 14th May 20089 answers, last by woofgang 13:55 Sun 18th May 2008
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What will you spend your extra �120 on?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7397705 .stm I imagine though that many of the Tory supporters on here will be so disgusted with the cynicism that they'll be donating theirs to charity! Tell us...
17:04 Tue 13th May 200891 answers, last by LoftyLottie 19:47 Wed 14th May 2008
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Is the Mail getting dizzy?

It seems half the Poles have gone home (Will we ever get a plumber now?) Have a read of Reuters http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idU KL3059035020080430 Compare and contrast the Mail...
15:26 Wed 30th Apr 20086 answers, last by Octavius 11:31 Thu 01st May 2008
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a "simple" change

How would this country change if there was the simple change of making all parliamentry votes by secret ballot?
09:49 Fri 04th Apr 20085 answers, last by jake-the-peg 15:29 Fri 04th Apr 2008
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No questions on this?

http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idU KL2779818720080327 Britain's "Shameful" treatment of assylum seekers was big News yesterday yet nobody want's to express their outrage that we are so...
13:43 Fri 28th Mar 200833 answers, last by glenbar 22:26 Sat 29th Mar 2008
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Is patriotism just fear of change?

What does it mean to be patriotic? To love one's country? Many British people claim to be patriotic but lose no opportunity to have a dig at northerners, sotherners, the Welsh, Essex man etc. In short...
16:29 Mon 10th Mar 200821 answers, last by Steve.5 21:12 Thu 13th Mar 2008

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