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I heard from someone that: whenever you are stuck in issues of life, get guidance from a wise person. I am 24 year old, I belong to a small city, I have 4 sisters, I am eldest, no brother. My father...
I am listening to a radio phone-in, subject being Boris Johnson maybe easing the lockdown today, the presenters is asking what listeners want. Some people are so selfish and short sighted, one is...
Ahead of the govt announcemnet today, I give you this quote from The Sunday Times of Feb 14th: "The deaths from Covid have been, across the year, not much more than double the number of excess winter...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/womens-abuse-charity-rise-loses-5m-contract-for-not-supporting-men-2tzfxm28r?shareToken=0ab286d5d379548a2614cb7897c6ebe7 Hope the link works. I’m all for LGBTQ+...
https://news.sky.com/story/alex-salmond-accuses-officials-in-snp-and-scottish-govt-of-concerted-effort-to-damage-his-reputation-12226213 what's the mood of our resident SNPers on the Salmond Witch...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56182272
Just to be aware if you have purchased a 4G smartphone in the last few years....you may get a few quid compensation....
First, I'll nail my colours to the mast. I'm a dyed-in-the wool remainer who cheered when Ted Heath 'saved' the UK economy by joining the EEC in 1973. I haven't lived in the UK since 1987 but still...
Amongst the PM’s ‘great news’ about the roadmap for coming out of lockdown I saw no mention of university students. I know most unis have already said no F2F learning or socialising until September,...
Are you in favour??
The way I look at it, I can understand businesses & shops wanting to protect their customers, but to me the unvaccinated are taking the biggest risk....
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/23/holiday-bookings-uk-lockdown-exit-plans-easyjet-tui Whilst there is no surety and only guesstimates about the lockdown roadmap and also no real...
....not the details of the easing of lockdown. I couldn't see any mention of facemasks. You know, those things that have served no purpose. There was no requirement to wear them in the first lockdown,...
frankenstein meat no thanks, i wonder if he eats it.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1400264/bill-gates-news-climate-change-synthetic-meats-cows-greenhouse-gases-methane-microsoft-ont...