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Should we let them all in?

Following WWII many commonwealth soldiers and their families would like to come to Britain, retire and draw government pensions but are prevented from doing so. If the law was changed to allow this it...

Ethel

Age of Consent - too high, too low, just right?

The Coronation Street story line has got me thinking about this. (For those who don't watch a major character's father fathered a child 30 years ago with his daughter's 14 year old best friend). The...

chaperon2005

Edge of our Universe

Does our Universe have boundries and if are there any theories about what is outside those boundries

eltelioni

expansion of the universe

I have some knowledge of Physics but I am perplexed by this. If space itself is expanding and this causes the galaxies to move apart, why doesn't the Moon move away from the Earth? Why isn't our...

wizard66

big bang theory

Can anyone explain to me, in simple laymans terms, the big bang theory. I really can't get my head around it. Does it mean that at some point everything in the universe was condensed and then exploded...

nix-j-c

whats outside the universe?

For the purposes of this part of the question lets say that there's one universe. If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? Is it the same nothingness that was here before the big bang?...

anotheoldgit

Why no response?

We get a Muslim that talks some sense for a change, and yet no one seems bothered to comment. See: Dr Taj Hargey for PM?

jed-jedi

Cigarette Smoke

What percentages of chemicals are there in cigarette smoke?

claymore

do something for your country

do you think that Britain should introduce two years compulsory military service for everyone turning 21?

Ankou

Iraq Oil

Ok, this isn't a Daily Mail Link so please forgive my temerity. Is this right for us now - economic return etc - or was this the plan all along and just your usual destroy it then charge to make it...

mikeetalb27

GBH with intent (PLEASE READ)

In September 2008, two men knocked on my door and threatened me, in front of my four children, it turned out to be two heavies that had been paid by my cousins ex boyfriend. The children were...

flip_flop

The Battle of Ventnor

Thought I'd share this. I asked a youngster in the office (well, I say youngster, he is 28, so only 10 years younger than I am) this morning where another one of our colleagues has gone on holiday....

sumorgan

need help helping a muslim lady

Hi I work for a confidential help service and my latest client has been put in touch with me, and her situation is one which is unfamiliar to me. Basically without going into detail (as I am not...

rov1200

Downsizing

Now that Chrysler are to be taken over by Fiat will the American consumers buy it?

sqad617

The Cheating Game

This site is full of: 1) Cheating boyfriends 2) Cheating girlfriends 3) Cheating husbands 4 Cheating wifes Answers on many occasions are voluminous and full of good...

amoxon

centre of gravity in people

How is the centre of gravity measured in people. How can you imporove your centre of gravity and what happens to the body when you do?

chaperon2005

Time

How can time exist, if it allm started with the big bang,what came before and when did that come into existance and how?

nix-j-c

evolution/technology.

i reckon that humans have stopped evolving because of technology ie medicine allowing many more people to survive rather than survival of the fittest. but if technology was developing slower than the...

SuDFB

Stupid Pig Flu...

''NHS officials are being issued with special masks but these are only effective when used by trained personnel exposed to the virus - other precautions must be taken to prevent infection'' How...

sp1814

Status of the Ghurkas

Can someone please explain to me what the Ghurkas are in relation to the 'regular' British army? I ask, because in a thread over the past couple of days, I read that they were no more entitled to stay...

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