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Just not cricket or football either for that matter.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-113386 3/Cricket-team-told-Crusaders--case-offends-Mu slims-Jews.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/eu rope/article3035438.ece

Oneeyedvic

It's time to vent your anger again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7860869.s tm "Drunken sailors" have been removed from the lyrics of a nursery rhyme in a government-funded books project." What shall we do with the grumpy pirate?...

Nosha123

My heart goes out to this mans poor family

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7860 342.stm Just awful.... what is wrong with these scum bags? I had a conversation with the Husband recently and pleaded with him that if he ever gets...

gromitdoo

Autism Bill

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE can everybody who has a loved one or knows someone on the autistic spectrum go to the following website and campaign for the Autism Bill. It will make a tremendous difference to...

anotheoldgit

Influx of foreign workers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-113170 8/Stop-stealing-jobs-Thousands-oil-workers-Bri tain-walk-row-influx-foreign-labour.html Do the hand wringers on this site believe that these workers are...

carolegif

Funerals

Yesterday in Watlington Bill Stone was buried. He was 108 and had served in both World Wars to bring peace. Yesterday in Plymouth at the same time they buried a young soldier aged 19 who was killed in...

rov1200

Car Industry layoffs

Honda cars made in Britain have been given a 4 month layoff because of falling sales. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7859863.st m In France and Germany the motorist has been a massive trade in...

soicowboy

british jobs for british workers

not a question obvioulsly..just speading the word............

T.A.

Microeconomics

At the beginning of the 2000s, the United States imposed high import taxes on a number of European goods due to a trade dispute. One of these goods was Roquefort cheese. Show how this tax affects the...

tamborine

Cull deer - not likely!!

An excuse for more meat...... Put up anti-deer fences to save the deer. One electric strand is hardly price prohibitive!

docspock

Correct use of words ???

On TV this morning some lady was talking about whatever and said, "we shall deliver results" IS THAT CORRECT. Surely results are "obtain" "produce" What is the correct word Ethel.

Oneeyedvic

Charity begins in Iceland?

Meanwhile people in Iceland - a country currently in desperate economic trouble - have shipped jumpers and blankets to pensioners in England this week, to keep them warm in the winter. A container of...

spacechimp

What happened the talk of ousting Brown?

I am incensed. Has everybody in the Labour government suddenly decided to become as moronically loyal as Hazel Blears? Why are they allowing him to continue his spree of absolute ineptitude? Are they...

Lonnie

Jews in Britain

I know this a bit on the poitical side, but i'd like to know, if you don't mind, what is your conception of Jews in this country?. I ask this, because some of the replies and posts in the news...

jeffrider

ocens force

how deep can humans swim before getting crushed by the force of water

Mani Hussain

Islam

A question about people's feelings towards Islam. It's pretty obvious that there is quite a lot of anti-Islamic rhetoric on answerbank, (especially in the news section). I don't think it particularly...

naomi24

David Attenborough and hate mail

Not really a question, just an interesting article. Any thoughts? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/ 4345830/Sir-David-Attenborough-I-get-hate-mail...

coccinelle

Sitting room

Hi, this cropped up in one of my English (ESL) lessons today; a boy used 'sitting room' which he's learned at school. Is this still used in UK? When I was a kid (up north, like) we had a back kitchen,...

flobbergob

Bye Bye Britain....

An absolute disgrace http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-113006 6/They-say-old-care-grandchildren-Social-worke rs-hand-brother-sister-gay-men-adoption.html - and it's not just the Mail, it's being...

allen

Have you seen these pics?

No, not a 'proper' question, but I wanted to share my amazement at these photos from Mars, which after some investigation do seem to be 'real' photographs, not simulations:...

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