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Council Tax

has anyone heard or read of proposals to cut the 25 percent council tax discount that single people get, as i can't find a direct link. It was reported on in my local paper, but not sure this is a...

anotheoldgit

The Queen's Speech.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22437884 /// If passed, the bill would ensure illegal immigrants cannot get driving licences, and change the rules so private landlords have to check their...

jake-the-peg

Are We ever Going To Get Over Wwii ?

Yet another commemoration - this time 70 years of the Atlantic campaign http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22434753 Given that WWII lasted about 5 years by the time you've commemorated a VE day anniversary...

anneasquith

Pineapple Juice With A Hint Of Lime.

re the above, from morrisons,,,,,,,,,,lovely :)

Khandro

China; Should We Be Bullied By Them?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/10040319/David-Camerons-rift-with-China-could-cost-UK-billions.html Should we allow China to dictate to whom our Prime Minister may or may not...

John-Francis

Is There Such A Thing As Absolute Rotation?

My understanding of General Relativity is that there are no absolute frames of reference and therefore all rotation is relative. Is this in conflict with the quantized rotation that occurs with...

emmie

Books You Couldn't Finish

have you any books you picked up, put down, then thought this is rubbish, not working, or can't get into. I have tried with a number of books, one was Gullivers Travels, but somehow i don't actually...

secsee1

Drink Prices

I know that pubs are going out of business fast these days but I wonder if they are bringing it on themselves, I say this because over the weekend I offered to drive so that others in our group could...

Gran67

Integration Doesn't Seem To Be Working

"Census figures show white Britons are leaving areas where they are minority"...

LochNessMonster

Wahts Your Favourite Television Advert Of All Time?

Always loved this one below, pity they can't show it these days. http://youtu.be/dYPGyhOzdsI...

VHG

Tuart Hall To Be Sued - What A Surprise

I did say a week or so back on this forum that many of these people who are bringing up old cases like Stuart Hall's case are doing it mainly to extract money from the "rich and famous". Well here we...

Togo30

Getting Pooed On By Birds Or Stepping In Dogs Mess, Who Made Up This Rubbish That It's Good Luck?

You often hear people after they've been pooed on or stepped in poo say "hey it's good luck" Where did this twaddle come from? How is an animals diseased and parasite filled waste which can blind you...

saxy_jag

Adolf Hitler

This may sound a bit weird, but I have always been interested in this man - what made him tick, how he became what he was and, in particular, why he seemed think that what he did was absolutely the...

Khandro

Isaac Newton Bbc4

I have just watched the above, and thought it was a very poor and chauvinistic programme. Newton was a great genius and indubitably altered the course of scientific knowledge, but it portrayed him as...

DTCwordfan

North Korea And Panorama Tonight

Who is watching? (I am) Do you agree with the BBC's position as to the LSE students? (I don't - I think that there has been major duplicity here) However the programme is too valuable (content...

Lie-in King

Can You Tell Me How To Sell A Car?

Hi all - I have a problem that I hope someone can solve for me. I'm the sole executor of a will, as a result of which I find myself the owner of a car. I know nothing about cars. I've never driven, so...

AB Editor

Religious Self Identification

Sqad

The Sally Bercow Farce.

i am always amazes that they have stopped a widespread past practice of interviewing wives when the husband is applying for a prestigious post. To me, the wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons,...

FredPuli43

Oxford Man To Turn His Back On Funeral

An Oxford student plans a protest of getting people to turn their backs on Lady Thatcher's cortege. The Mail sees this as "disrupting". Do you? Should it be stopped? Should he not live in a £700,000...

sandyRoe

Have Ikea Shot Themselves In The Foot With This Blatantly Anti-Gnome Advertisement?

Do those Scandanavians not appreciate that Gnomes are held in great affection here in the UK?

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