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Stop and Search.

To what extent are the current Stop and Search rules responsible for the rise of knife and gun crime in London ?

Iran Hostages allowed to sell their stories

Cannot believe what I just heard on the news - the hostages (or their families) are to be allowed to take money for selling their stories to the newspapers. This is disgusting - it is also very...

flip-flop

This Q possibly shouldn't be in this section - but it is news in my house at the mo and I'd like opinions from the wider community that appear to populate the news section. The first three choices for...

legend758

being married

Just read in the paper today that married couples have 65% less sex than single folk do.So if they dont marry for sex and only for love,can someone explain why when married folk have affairs they...

AB Asks

Should Apes and Humans have the same rights?

Apes should have the same rights as humans. At least this is what organisation The Great Ape Project is claiming. What with a lady in Austria trying to adopt one, and so have the same rights as a...

liquidspace

damaged society

Do you feel that today's images portrayed via music videos is damaging to society generally? I am talking about the soft porn that makes up a large proportion of the latest music videos. These are...

Fingerprint

What will be seen as acceptable in 200 years time?

I've just finished reading an article on the slave trade and it made me realise how slavery was seen as perfectly acceptable and universally beneficial only 200 or so year ago. Even many of the slaves...

adam3132

Green issues

Like everyone else i do really believe that there is a need to addreess global issues, however I would love the government to answer my question which is Just how many energy saving light bulbs am I...

Bubble

Sociology of sport

I'm looking for an interesting sociological issue related to sport because I have to research one and write an essay, but I don't just want to do the typical ones like racism, violence, etc. Thanks!

spaced

What the next british thing to be banned?

A call for a ban on the Red arrows? Whats next? St Georges day?!?

johnlambert

Should we send a gift to Iran?

How about a cruise missile for each sailor/marine delivered straight to mr im-a-dinnerjacket's chair in the Iranian parliament?

Gromit

Freddie Starr ate my Animal Welfare Act!

The Animal Welfare Act, which will become law in England soon (it already is in Wales), includes harsher fines of up to ?20,000 and jail terms of up to a year for cruelty. People will be legally...

vehelpfulguy

immigrants sleeping in hyde park

Yet again we see immigrants reducing this country to a third world status. Immigrants from Eastern europe are setting up illegal camps in Hyde Park, london as they cannot find work and have nowhere to...

DJerba

British hostages freed

Has anyone else just read that the British hostages are now to be freed?! Although the Iranian President had this to say "Unfortunately the British government was not even brave enough to tell their...

don1

Iran situation critical says Blair

What's critical about it, the answer is to bomb every mosque and every government building in Iran off the face of the earth. What is the point of being a superpower if you bow to neanderthals

AB Asks

Women guarding Buckingham Palace

For hundreds of years it has been a job for the boys. But that is no more. Women soldiers have taken up posts guarding Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Women stood proud with their male...

anotheoldgit

Africa

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1 258762,00.html http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1 252349,00.html Millions upon Millions of Pounds/Dollars are pumped into Africa ever year,...

dancunian

Why are people so angry ?

The frst time I came on this message board it contained interesting questions and a wide range of generally well-informed opinions and fact-based answers. But more and more it seems like only the...

10ClarionSt

Tony Blair the actor

Did anyone read the article in The Observer about Tony Blair starring in The Crucible later in the year? He's conned his way into everything so far, so why not the West End? A good April Fools Day...

theleeroy55

War in Iraq

Hi, the other day my little sister asked me why we and America went to war with iraq, I could not answer the question as i did not know ! I have heard so many different reasons and theorys but still...

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