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More troops for Afghanistan?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/14/gordon-brown-davidcameron The prime minister said that he had agreed in principle to increase the size of the British force, from 9,000 to 9,500,...

finn13

what was the nickname of king richard 1

jonah hart

My sons teacher .

My son is dyslexic An obvously really struggles with his school work. His head of year sent a memo out to all his teachers saying DO NOT make my son read out in class! The other day his history...

pussy

To be or not to be .......... gay

I am just curious and I know its a common question but are people actually born gay or is it factors in their life experience that make them gay? I remember at school there was a very camp 8 year old...

anotheoldgit

Maybe a little too late.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220222/Pledge-help-white-middle-class-stop-driven-arms-extremism.html Is this an attempt to level out the playing field at last, or measures from a frightened...

spitza

MP'S in pact to fight expenses payback

In todays news they are going to unite about paying back expenses, do you think we also should fight about paying council taxes? MP'S get payments for having gardens attended to when I was at work I...

Sqad

So others have the same problem

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5166734.stm...

lucca

Aga problem

Greetings to the Builder, Buildersmate and any clever Aga engineers. My sister's Aga is misbehaving:- even on a setting of less than 1 it is very hot. Is it something she can fix herself or does she...

wolfman999

whats your favorite supercar/s

favourite supercar/s: My personal favourites: Ferrari F40 Lamborgini murceilago SV Lamborgini Diablo SV Ferrari enzo Mclaren F1 Pagani Zonda Ford GT40 - New version TVR Griffith TVR Tuscani Aston...

GrumpyPom

ethnic minorities

we have lived in NZ for the last 6 years and have taken a lot of friendly banter about being "Poms". Our 11 year old daughter started a new school this week and when she introduced herself...

gazzawazza

Car keeps going

My daughter has a Peueot 306 (M reg I think) and she's just told me about a problem. The other day, after driving about 35 miles she said that when she turned off the ignition the car continued to...

bubbles4920

sour grapes

is there another phrase for sour grapes which can be used in a formal document?

R1Geezer

So we can't even decide who we can let in now!

Would you accept it if your neighbours could force you to let in someone you don't like? Looks like we've signed up for similar! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8304926.stm...

Pufflette

David Starkey: The Feeble Nations Of Scotland, Wales And Ireland. He May Be Right.

David Starkey might have got boos for saying this on Question Time but he does have a point and I am speaking as someone who is from one of these 'feeble' nations. I mean Scotland, Wales, Northern...

Hugh Spencer

The unexplainable

Last night , before going to bed, I put my Lifeline pendant on the bedside cabinet and this morning, putting it on, found that it had been tied into a loose knot. I have had table lamps switch on on...

jake-the-peg

Naked Scanner

Would you have a problem going through it? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8303983.stm...

flip_flop

Is a Troy landslide inevitable?

I'm not so sure. The long term useless have a vested interest in Labour staying in power. The vast number of people in public sector non-jobs created by Labour have a vested interest in them staying...

bazwillrun

So thats alright then !

So Jacqui Smith gets a damning report into fiddleing and lying about her "homes" and expenses but as long as she apologises everything is tiggedy-boo !. "I didnt think i was doing...

kweenii

How much energy can one wind turbine produce?

I am writing an essay about the positives and negatives of wind farming. Does anybody know how much energy is produced from one wind turbine, working at full capacity, a day? And, if possible, how...

birdie1971

Global Warming: The BBC finally admit that the debate is NOT over!

Amazing. The BBC have finally admitted that Global Warming may not be caused by humans after all. After years and years of insisting that “the debate is over”, we now get this story......

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