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Starbucks, Amazon, George Osborne.

// The upmarket fabric and wallpaper group (Osborne and Little), in which George Osborne has a multi-million pound interest, recorded a loss of £301,000 for the year to March 2012, and paid no...

flip_flop

Rspca Spends £250K On A Fox Hunting Court Case

I have no opinion on fox hunting - I couldn't really care less either way - but this seems an incredibly large amount of money for a charity to spend....

paddy11

Oh , Giveme A Bloody Break !

our own special roasted nuts.... special dips , and how to make... the best turkey with wild berry stuffing ,,,, jeez ! We all love t' watch these progs .... but really.... ain't it just tesco/ sains...

ZedBloke

How Could The World End In One Day?

Ok in tandem with my news question I would like to get your ideas on how the world could end in one day and also what we mean by the world ending, I mean are we talking about the ending of life or the...

anotheoldgit

Four Killers Jailed For Teenager Party Murder In Ilford.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20796584 Do some hate the Police and justice so much that they refuse to help to bring killers in their own communities to justice, or is it a simple matter...

Bazile

Do You Recall The Big Freeze Of 1962 ?

It certainly is a good deal better nowadays ( although i appreciate that it depends where in the uk you are ) . I certainly remember awful winters as late as during the last two decades ; when for...

Booldawg

Cyclist Killed By 'car-Dooring'

The defendent was found not guilty of manslaughter. He acted with undue care and attention - surely there must be some charge? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20725496...

Prudie

Ban On Menthol Cigs

OMG this is enough to make me want to leave the EU. This is discrimination!...

Bluestone

What Is Council Tax For?

Genuine question, I have no idea. I always thought it was for the upkeep of the roads, taking away our rubbish, the police, etc? I have just had a conversation with a lad on the bins. I left some...

ladybird49

Drink Driving

Cant believe some people !...

Mrs.Sippy

Dates In History

We use AD and BC when referring to a year either before or after the birth of Christ but what did they use before he was born?

mciver1993

Good Or Bad Genetics For Building Muscle

im thinking about joining a gym im 19 what body type do i have http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh623/mciver1993/IMG00092-20121216-0204_zps1f8cc7bc.jpg...

anotheoldgit

Why Is It So Unsafe For Women In India?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/19/gang-rape-new-delhi-bus Note this is a Guardian report, so no chance of it being called a Daily Mail 'non-story' or of any charges at daring to enter a...

VHG

Ah The Joy Of Immigration

Sad decline of this country http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20769904...

sp1814

When A Politician Literally Makes You Say..."what The Hell???"

David Cameron was roundly castigated in parts of the press when he referred to UKIP as being a party of 'fruitcakes'. Now that we see the views of one of it's somewhat fruitiest of cakes, should we...

Coldicote

What Is Christmas?

Whatever one’s religious belief, most will know the symbolism of Christmas -the birth of Jesus Christ. It seems to me a travesty having religion mixed up with Santa Claus, reindeer and all the rest...

friedgreentomato

Classic Cars

At what age does a car become classic and get free road tax? Thank you...

mikey4444

Where Was God In Sandy Hook ?

Where was God, when that gunman was stalking the corridors of the school in Sandy Hook, killing all those people ? Was he away that day ? If the Christian God, that so many Americans are always going...

jake-the-peg

Winter Tyres

When exactly did this rather clever campaign start to get people to double the number of tyres they have? To have softer tyres better suited to cold conditions sounds great but they will obviously...