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Vehicle gridlock on our roads

With the population of England to increase by 1/2 million a year is it time to introduce some form of vehicle use? For instance we could allow vehicles with odd number plates on certain days and even...
07:55 Fri 23rd Oct 200913 answers, last by jake-the-peg 08:27 Mon 26th Oct 2009
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Banker's wages to be cut by up to 90%

http://news.bbc.co.uk.../business/8319674.stm Obama has decided to cut the wages of top bankers in the US that received government assistance by up to 90%. Brown is refusing to do so. Why?...
16:19 Thu 22nd Oct 20098 answers, last by rov1200 18:44 Fri 23rd Oct 2009
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Postal strike

Should the management be told to act as posties for one week using their new pegasus system to see if it is workable before hoisting it on the workers?
08:29 Thu 22nd Oct 200918 answers, last by rov1200 16:13 Thu 22nd Oct 2009
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Iraqi Asylum seekers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8310572.stm Now that Iraq has refused to take back Iraqi nationals who claimed asylum in Britain but were refused who should take responsibility for them as they can be...
19:48 Fri 16th Oct 20094 answers, last by buildersmate 10:18 Mon 19th Oct 2009
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Human Rights Act (EHCR) to be scrapped

Who was the politician recently who said that they intend either to modify or scrap this European Law? Now that we have a supreme court can we not make our own decisions based on the security of this...
18:43 Fri 16th Oct 20097 answers, last by Gromit 11:06 Sat 17th Oct 2009
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What else might be lurking there in our DNA

When we take a antibiotic it kills off the bacteria in our body including the good ones that we need in our gut to breakdown the food we eat. However once the affects have worn off they reimpose...
08:48 Thu 15th Oct 20093 answers, last by rov1200 17:01 Thu 15th Oct 2009
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James Dyson

This great British inventor has just come up with the bladeless desktop fan. Why have we suffered for years with the old type when this new invention is said to be superior? Are there any likely flaws...
14:19 Tue 13th Oct 20098 answers, last by wheaten 22:26 Thu 05th Aug 2010
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Nobel Prizes

It was announced this week that a British physicist working for STL, a British company who invented Fibre Optics for transmission only 50 years ago has received the Nobel Prize. Why did it take so...
14:34 Sat 10th Oct 20093 answers, last by Cheeris 20:39 Tue 13th Oct 2009
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Earths attraction

Having heard about the new ring millions of miles from Saturn how many miles from the Earth would you have to travel before any attraction is lost and does it depend on the mass?
21:13 Thu 08th Oct 20097 answers, last by jake-the-peg 13:12 Fri 09th Oct 2009
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Retirement Age

If 50% of babies born today are destined to reach 100 what should the retirement age be set at?...
10:25 Sat 03rd Oct 200928 answers, last by New Judge 10:59 Tue 06th Oct 2009
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Are troops worth the sacrifice in an unwinnable war?

Brown like Obama is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan on the behest of a US commander. The head of NATO was on TV this morning saying the situation is so complex there is not just one...
12:16 Thu 01st Oct 200912 answers, last by I.Don No 10:37 Sun 04th Oct 2009
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Weight loss in a vaccum

Is the weight fractionally less if all the air is taken from one of those plastic containers that contain bedding or clothing?
19:32 Tue 29th Sep 20095 answers, last by Bert 14:55 Sun 11th Oct 2009
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Overseas Students

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8271287.stm In just one year 2007/2008 250,000 students from outside the EU came to Britain to study. The number each year is rising exponentially so it may...
19:43 Thu 24th Sep 20097 answers, last by rov1200 18:51 Fri 25th Sep 2009
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Child allergies

What method is used by Doctors to test a six year old for allergies especially when he has had symptoms of a swollen face and unable to breath properly. Adults usually have a blood test. Also is the...
13:58 Thu 24th Sep 20098 answers, last by Sqad 18:26 Fri 25th Sep 2009
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Obama snubs Brown 5 times in succession

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8272061.stm Does it matter if Brown is snubbed by Obama? The American president has had face to face talks with Japan, China and Russia but the overtures from...
13:51 Thu 24th Sep 200917 answers, last by Gromit 15:48 Fri 25th Sep 2009
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Fitting Hardboard in Loft

I want to attach some sheets of 1/8" thick hardboard to the rafters on the underside of the roof. What is the best tool for this? Hammer and nails seems a bit tedious. Would a staple gun be OK...
18:47 Tue 22nd Sep 20094 answers, last by rov1200 13:29 Thu 24th Sep 2009
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Our beautiful planet

Did God create the wonders of nature for our benefit? If not for whom? It is well known fact that the colour of flowers is to attract bees and insects that use the pollen. Some deep sea fish and...
18:12 Sat 19th Sep 200924 answers, last by jake-the-peg 12:38 Wed 23rd Sep 2009
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Is the banking industry a dead weight on our economy?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8256519.stm Of all the European countries we are said to have suffered the worst in this recession. Not only do we have the highest amount of personal debt but the...
11:17 Tue 15th Sep 20095 answers, last by rov1200 20:04 Thu 17th Sep 2009
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Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

According to the press the LHC was supposed to start operating this month but so far there has been no countdown to the switch on. Why? In 1993, the U.S. Congress voted to cut off funding for what...
15:05 Fri 11th Sep 20098 answers, last by Prudentia 19:40 Mon 14th Sep 2009
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Should terrorist trials be handled with juries?

11:15 Tue 08th Sep 200914 answers, last by mushroom25 15:32 Thu 10th Sep 2009

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