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Gay Marriage …. Again

With the gay marriage debate taking place tonight in parliament, despite the numerous threads on the subject, I’ve yet to see one valid reason for opposition. Does anyone have one? Please, if you...

idiosyncrasy

A few years ago God was very much part of the lives of people. Even if one had doubts they were kept to oneself. Today there is almost as much pressure not to believe in God as there was to believe in...

Steve.5

Fao Aog

Looking at your avatars am I to take it you are still harbouring the delights Empire and WW2 ? Or perhaps yearning for the past which for you were the so called good old days.? You appear to give the...

anotheoldgit

Breaking News Abu Qatada: Cleric Refused Bail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22593258 Now will we see an end to him?...

Khandro

Compression Of Water

I'm reading Leonardo's notebooks, and in "The Nature of Water" he writes, "........., seeing that water cannot be compressed within itself like air." No pun intended, but does this assertion from the...

AB Editor

The Marriage Equality Bill

anotheoldgit

Should This Woman Have Her Sentence Shortened?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327053/Mairead-Philpott-set-appeal-length-jail-sentence-killing-children-defence-lawyer-says-role-substantial-judge-assessed.html...

sir.prize

We Are All In This Together . . .

Really? http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mps-line-20-000-pay-rise-105535655.html#0ShTcyq...

mikey4444

Beginning Of The End For Dave ?

Its all unravelling, just like it did for Mmmmmmajor Bumble ::: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22585228 How long will it be for a Tory MP, in a nice safe seat, to fall on his or her sword, and...

mrs_overall

Ivf On The Nhs

Another post on population growth got me thinking about this. The NHS is already stretched to capacity and infertility is not a life threatening illness. IMO no one has the "right" to have a child and...

mikey4444

Mac Farage

Have the Scots found a way of dealing with Mr Farage and BNP-lite, that the rest of us have missed ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22566183...

anaxcrosswords

Blue John Stone

Just bought a lovely Blue John necklace for my daughter, thoroughly worth its £25 tag. Lady who sold it to me said that prices for similar items on sale in Castleton are going to rise sharply because...

joko

Location Of Horn In Steering Wheel In Most Cars...

when did this start? it seems like a really daft design to me - i cannot see any logical reason to put it in the middle of the wheel. its awkward, and hard to use - because often, the moment you need...

sad old git

Old Age

Hi.I recently posted a question on here about the age and deterioration of tyres and was given some very helpfull and informative information about that. However that brings me to the question of what...

TWR

Would You Say It Still Is?

If friends from abroad asked you this Question, would you say Great Britain is still Great?...

eeyore84

Short Division

How do i work out 35/4 as a written sum please - it's bad when your child's homework gets the better if you!

ToraToraTora

Down To The Hard Core Now....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22567778 Numbers of smokers seem to be stubbornly fixed, are we now down to the hard core that only extreme measures would effect. What measures do you think would...

ToraToraTora

To The Office Workers Here....

We used to have cupboards now we have "credenzas" what happenned?...

Kromovaracun

Is Bo-Go Our Future?

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2013/05/dream-ticket I'm not a regular reader of the New Statesman, but was interested by the above opinion piece that a friend sent to me. "There are...

iloveglee

Car Insurance In Eu

Does anyone know how to obtain insurance to cover the cost of car hire in Europe in the case of accident. We are taking our car to France and Spain and our policy covers us for cost of damage to our...

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