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I think Ann Widdecombe....

Says it very well... http://www.express.co...posed-a-bigger-threat...

naomi24

Horizon BBC2 tonight

Fascinating! Did anyone watch it? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rgg31 Your thoughts?...

chakka35

Am I very clever or is it a coincidence?

At least ten years ago I predicted that the EU common currency system would show its first crack early in the second decade of the 21st Century, when one of the PIIGS countries (Portugal, Italy,...

JimT

Satellite images of a place on a specific day?

Is it possible to search for salellite images of a location on a particular day? I know you can get the sat images on google maps but what if i wanted to find the same kind of image but for a specific...

R1Geezer

When will public safety override the whole "rehab" idea?

Time and again lowlives are released into the public domain to rape and murder again. All in the belief presumably that these people are rehabilitated and no longer a danger. The latest of course...

R1Geezer

Compulsory Insurance for all dogs......

http://news.bbc.co.uk..._politics/8556195.stm As usual the law abiding masses have to pay for the minority of scum. OK it's not a bad Idea to have insurance but does anyone think the owners of...

Gromit

Poll shock for Tories - still behind in marginals

// Labour and the Conservatives are almost level in their battle for the marginal seats which will determine which party wins the general election, according to a new poll. In the key marginal seats,...

VHG

Mentally ill killer escapes from SECURE hospital

" A mentally ill killer has escaped from a SECURE hospital in north London. On 8 January, Fida Mohammed Utmanzi, 20, was detained indefinitely for the manslaughter of Rasool Khan, stabbed to...

Henry-Vlll

King of England.

Who really was the best? Henry Vlll for the reformation? The Magna Carta bloke? The Domesday bloke? I dunno....

EDDIE51

Venus, Solar system newcomer ?

I saw on another web site refrence to a theory that Venus is a relative newcomer to the solar system. I do not belive this and think it is a load of b@lls but I have never heard of it before, any one...

anotheoldgit

Operation Moshtarak

http://www.telegraph....n-in-Afghanistan.html In the space of a week, we hear the very sad news of the fifth soldier to be killed in the Sangin district of Helmand Province in Afghanistan.....

anna-gorokhova

Do proverbs mirror national character?

Thanks for sharing your ideas in advance. In fact I need this information for my scientific project. That's why would you be so kind as to expand your answers a bit (probably point out why you think...

April21

Bishop appeals for abuse donations

A Catholic bishop in charge of an Irish diocese plagued by sex abuse scandals and cover-ups has asked parishioners to help fund compensation. Dr Denis Brennan, from Ferns in Co Wexford, said the...

modeller

Public school types are they fit to govern.

Many would be MPs go from top public schools to University and then straight into politics without any experience of working in the real world or knowledge of how most people live. Are such people fit...

flip_flop

Church and Schools

I went to church yesterday. I don't believe in god, but I do find it fascinating how people who appear to be normal intelligent people can believe in something as absurd as a greater being. I went to...

Theland1

Alcoholics Anonymous - The Higher Power.

The 12 step programme of AA consists of a recognition of a higher power, God, a universal spirit, or even the group strength of AA itself. The God as YOU understand Him, or, the God of my...

airbolt

Is there a civilian salute?

I would like to know if there is an equivalent to the salute that a civilian is entitled to use. ie to show respect to the armed forces.

naomi24

The difference between religion and spirituality

Leading on from Theland's question below, it seems to me that believers confuse man's innate spirituality with religion. Even the most ardent atheist is capable of experiencing spirituality, but he...

chas2008

microchipped wheelie bins

http://www.dailymail....an-pay-throw-tax.html if these plans are true surely it will encourage flytipping on a massive scale......