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Organ donation - should we have to opt out?

In this country, once you die, your organs are unavailable for donation unless you have expressly asked for them to be used. In 14 European countries, it's the other way round. It is assumed that your...

kwicky

Has Blair redeemed himself?

On his fairwell tour he has just visited Libya. In doing so he has secured contracts not only for our defence industry but also for BP. As it was Blair who introduced BP to Russia by investing ?5...

rdv

Greenhouse gas

I've asked this before on other sites and never had a definitive answer. Everyday we are told that we have to cut our output of CO2 a major greenhouse gas responsible for global warming, In 1992 the...

samueljr99

Drink driving?

Well, im 17 my mate is also 17 we got ****** n drove my car neaither of us have a licence but i am insured on the car, he was driving when we got pulled over, i am now being charged with " use of a...

DocSausage

Carbon Capture

There has been a lot in the press recently about capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground by pumping it into depleted north sea gas fields. As CO2 is obviously so dangerous as to require...

flip_flop

VC Hero

Tul Bahadur Pun, who fought for us for 18 years and was decorated by Mountbatten in 1944, can't afford medical treatment in his home country and would like to come to Britain for treatment on the NHS....

pauliwauli2

book that changed your views on life

Have you read a book that changed your outlook on life? What was it?

redhead23

not waving but drowning

by stevie smith is one of my favourite poems ever what is yours and why ?

Scylax

Gallic Wars ?

For the third time I have just read Julius Caesar's 'Gallic Wars'. What a guy, what a story. Can I recommend it as, in my opinion, the best war story ever told ?

kath_s

original flagstone flooring

I've just had the building survey back on my new home and it says that there's no damp-proof membrane under the flagstone flooring. The report recommends taking the floor up and replacing with...

mrspask

who are the biggest employers?

who are the top 6 employers [numbers of employees] in the world.[eg General Motors,Korean army etc maybe] and where do the British government come on the league table?

Toureman

2 new stealth taxes for motorists and motorcyclists

Are all you motorists happy about this? ?15.00 surcharge on motoring offences, to pay for victims of crime, victims of crime? Over ?100.00 charge or the police will not properly investigate if your...

xud

The planets

Why are the planets in our Solar System all spherical. There are millions of irregular shaped ateroids and stuff but all the planets are round - why? Also, Pluto is no longer classed as a planet. For...

Pappyuk

Richard Akerman

Hi, does anybody know what an original Richard Akerman painting would be worth. I have searched all over the web and even contacted Christies and Bonhams with no luck? Many thanks

Neilzulu1

Missing terrorism suspects.

In the news last night , it was reported that three suspected terrorists had gone missing. In the current climate of fear, i find it amazing that these people only had to sign on at a police station...

DONNA1458

lewis carroll-through the looking glass

does anyone know where i can get an early addition of this book valued?

Theland

End Times Bible Prophecy

I believe that the Bibles' descriptions of events leading up to the, "End Times," have remarkable parrallells to what we see and hear daily in the news bulletins. Israel, and particularly Jerusalem,...

fender62

sham marriages

watching the news about sham marriages, another illegal immigration scam, seems to me when ever the government try to make a law it gets overturned because of the human rights act again, criminals...

lwa99bgp

Extra aerial

Does anyone have a rouhg idea how much it would cost to have a new tv aerial put on my chimney with the cable going in by the window of one of the bedrooms. The house is a standard 2 storey semi....

Hugh Spencer

Global warning again

Can you dismiss these comments made by a meteorologist, Augie Auer, from New Zealand so lightly? Man's contribution to greenhouse gases is so small, almost ineffective, it will be a joke in 5 years...

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