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State Pension question

Hi, Please can someone advise re this ? Married couple - Husband under 65 and currently claiming his private pension which is taxed at source. When 65 does he again pay tax on his state pension also?...

anotheoldgit

Trade union boss Derek Simpson,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-115815 0/Trade-union-chief-used-399-night-Waldorf-sui te-save-35-minute-journey-home.html While thousands of his members have lost or face losing their jobs,...

boingboing

Foreign body in Tesco ready meal

Hi, just returned from France last night, couldn't be bothered to cook so bought a ready meal at my local Tesco Express only to find an inch long bit of plastic in it as I ate. I don't really want to...

mountainboo

9 Year old predicts the end of the world?

Did anyone hear this story on the news? I only caught the headline.

youngmafbog

Was Brown behind the FSA 'going easy' ?

Lord Turner , chairman of the FSA admitted yesterday it failed to monitor baks properly but suggested there was government pressure to keep regulations light. This smacks of Brown knowing exactly what...

VHG

Bank boss �650,000 a YEAR pension.

And this is for a guy that FAILED. Next time you wonder where your bank charges have gone ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7911532.st m (I know this is not a question, just wanted to have a rant)

youngmafbog

Will Noo Labour stoop lower than we have ever known

Sad news today, for most of us regardless of our political beliefs, David Camerons son has dies. But what is the betting, given Noo labours record, that some sicko will take the opportunity to 'bury...

sunchime

Privatising the Royal Mail

What are the arguments for and against the privatisition of the Royal Mail? what does everyone think of it on here? Will it lead to mega job cuts? Thank

sp1214

Complicity in Torture

MI5 have been accused of complicity in torture. Milliband, the Foreign Secretary, has denied that we never indulge in such things. Do you believe MI5 conspired with other countries to torture? Are the...

rov1200

Record of achievements during the credit crunch

Do you think that copying Obama's published website announcing initiatives which will benefit the country during this credit crunch is a good idea? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7905279 .stm...

anotheoldgit

Would this solve the immigration problem?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/24/fewer -polish-migrants-coming-to-uk We just need to re-introduce National Service now, and our immigration problem would be solved forthwith.

anotheoldgit

Will we ever learn the truth?

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/86221 /Straw-will-veto-quot-Iraq-minutes The Government will exercise veto powers to block publication of key Cabinet minutes under freedom of information...

rov1200

Ethiopean illegal immigrant

Binyan Mohammed has arrived at Northolt today from the US today met by his lawyers. He has alleged the British security services were complicit in his torture. If true therefore what level of...

pauliwauli2

Climate change and ozone depletion

Hello, I'm doing a project on how human health is affected by climate change, and I have found some interesting information about how ozone depletion will cause increase skin cancer etc. The thing is,...

anotheoldgit

What gifts will he bear?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/22 /brown-obama-visit British officials stressed that the meeting was proof that the "special relationship" between Britain and the US remained as strong as...

andy-hughes

anotheroldgit

I follow the threads posted by this gentleman with interest, but I have to say - and have said before, that they do seem to follow a distinct pattern - AOG seems to scour the press for instances of...

anotheoldgit

Simple Arithmetic?

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/85785 /Storm-over-the-Muslims-with-up-to-four-wives- If each man has four wives, and each wife has 4 children each, how long will it be before there are more...

anotheoldgit

Welcome Home, come on in.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news /guantanamo-inmate-free-next-week-1628237.html Yes so nice to have him back under the protection of the Mother country, but I wonder who he will sue for...

rov1200

Emails

Can anyone explain why e-mails sent almost at the speed of light take hours for them to arrive? Even if I send it to myself it still takes just as long

anotheoldgit

Ban on travelling to Pakistan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/pol itics/defence/4736032/British-Muslims-providin g-Taliban-with-electronic-devices-for-roadside -bombs.html Measures should now be introduced to prevent...

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State Pension question

Trade union boss Derek Simpson,

Foreign body in Tesco ready meal

9 Year old predicts the end of the world?

Was Brown behind the FSA 'going easy' ?

Bank boss �650,000 a YEAR pension.

Will Noo Labour stoop lower than we have ever known

Privatising the Royal Mail

Complicity in Torture

Record of achievements during the credit crunch

Would this solve the immigration problem?

Will we ever learn the truth?

Ethiopean illegal immigrant

Climate change and ozone depletion

What gifts will he bear?

anotheroldgit

Simple Arithmetic?

Welcome Home, come on in.

Emails

Ban on travelling to Pakistan

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