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Another U-Turn: Defence Spending Rise Or Cuts

There seems to be some confusion. // Amid accusations that defence policy is now a shambles, Downing Street attempted to “clarify” an apparent promise by David Cameron that overall spending on the...
21:39 Thu 31st Jan 20133 answers, last by jake-the-peg 09:02 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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Sunday Times Anti Semitic Cartoon

Is it? http://www.barenakedislam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/TIMES-CARTOON-e13593581196941.jpg Murdoch has apologised http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21239917...
11:00 Tue 29th Jan 201343 answers, last by naomi24 09:58 Wed 30th Jan 2013
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Triple Dip - It's The Economy, Stupid

Dave's vision before the election, from the Conservative Manifesto. // But the real prize for britain is to create a new economic model, one founded on investment and savings not borrowing and debt....
11:18 Fri 25th Jan 20136 answers, last by askyourgran 20:48 Fri 25th Jan 2013
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Plebgate To Be Concluded By 2017

// Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe asks Greater Manchester police to review investigation into saga surrounding Andrew Mitchell. A team from Manchester police is likely to come to London in the coming weeks to...
23:54 Thu 24th Jan 201324 answers, last by em10 15:44 Fri 25th Jan 2013
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Time For Plan B Says Imf

// George Osborne should curb Britain’s austerity plan within months, the International Monetary Fund warned today. The Chancellor was told the economy still ‘looks bad’ and the Budget in March...
21:47 Thu 24th Jan 201339 answers, last by modeller 18:34 Sat 26th Jan 2013
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Aaa Credit Rating Under Pressure.

The Government's yearly borrowing looks set to hit £130billion, £10billion over Osborne's forecast. There is speculation this would be enough for the Credit Agencies to downgrade our AAA rating....
21:21 Tue 22nd Jan 201319 answers, last by Gromit 20:33 Thu 24th Jan 2013
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Julie Birchill Upsets Transgenderers

// The brilliant writer Suzanne Moore and I go back a long way. I first met her when she was a young single mother living in a council flat; she took me out to interview me about my novel Ambition...
00:14 Sun 20th Jan 201321 answers, last by sp1814 09:59 Mon 21st Jan 2013
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10Th Rochdale Abuser Sentenced

I waited for someone to post on this last week knowing the Rochdale Sexual Abuse case is a great favourite of ABers. // A teenage girl who was forced to pay her rent with 'sexual favours' to an...
15:08 Fri 18th Jan 201318 answers, last by jno 18:32 Fri 18th Jan 2013
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5 Years Ago Today

A link to the posts 5 years ago today in popular sections. What were ChatterBankers discussing? What was upsetting News Folk? What were Body and Soulers concerned about? A little unobtrusive symbol...
21:31 Sat 12th Jan 20136 answers, last by RATTER15 08:44 Mon 14th Jan 2013
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What Does Rt Stand For In Windows Rt?

I consider myself quite knowledgable in tech but when a friend tonight asked what RT stood for, I realised I didn't know. I know it is Microsofts Tablet Software where what used to be called 'Metro'...
20:17 Sat 12th Jan 20134 answers, last by methyl 01:24 Sun 13th Jan 2013
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Who Is Suspended? Who Is New?

Often a user is suspended before we can say our goodbyes. And new users join and we do not notice so cannot welcome them. Sometimes new users join immediately after a naughty user is suspended. Why...
20:00 Sat 12th Jan 201325 answers, last by factor30 11:49 Sun 13th Jan 2013
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Triple Dip Recession - It's Coming,

This is what Osborne promised at the last election. 1. Eliminate the bulk of the structural deficit over a Parliament. 2. We will create the conditions for higher exports, business investment and...
17:25 Sat 12th Jan 20138 answers, last by Gromit 23:34 Sat 12th Jan 2013
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No Death Star Leaves Us Defenceless

A petition on the US Government website urging the Building of a Death Star gained 34,000 signaturies which meant it had to be seriously responded to. Here is the official response:...
16:37 Sat 12th Jan 201318 answers, last by woofgang 20:29 Sun 13th Jan 2013
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Savile Prosecutors Could Lose Their Jobs, Says Downing Street

Anyone think for one minute that will happen? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9795565/Jimmy-Savile-prosecutors-could-lose-their-jobs-over-fiasco-says-Downing-Street.html...
12:32 Fri 11th Jan 201313 answers, last by New Judge 17:35 Fri 11th Jan 2013
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Which Monopoly Token Should Get The Chop (And Why)?

The makers of Monopoly are to introduce a new metal token which means one of the existing ones will be discontinued. Which token could uou do without: Battleship Boot  Car  Hat  Iron Scottie Dog ...
14:48 Wed 09th Jan 201331 answers, last by McMouse 10:57 Thu 10th Jan 2013
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Probation Services Privatised

// An overhaul of the probation service in England and Wales will see low-risk offenders supervised by the private sector, the government is to announce. // After the fiascos with G4S and the...
09:53 Wed 09th Jan 201319 answers, last by ChillDoubt 15:01 Wed 09th Jan 2013
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How's The Coalition Government Doing?

Cameron and Clegg have given their mid term assessment, what is yours? Also, Monday's report had a section missing. They were hoping to quiety release an annex to it today which lists all the election...
09:36 Wed 09th Jan 201321 answers, last by Kromovaracun 18:32 Thu 10th Jan 2013
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Keep Piers Morgan In The Usa Petition

You can sign here: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/keep-piers-morgan-usa/cbpHr9R2?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl...
02:25 Thu 27th Dec 20129 answers, last by Duncer 20:29 Tue 01st Jan 2013
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Wishing You All A Happy Christmas

Hope you have a good one.
01:55 Tue 25th Dec 201212 answers, last by sp1814 11:45 Thu 27th Dec 2012
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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...
03:13 Mon 24th Dec 20126 answers, last by Duncer 16:58 Mon 24th Dec 2012

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