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Why high tax doesn't work

A lesson for all you pinko's out there that just want to grab every penny off everyone. If you do that, those that can will avoid it just like amazon. We need a fair and simple tax regime, one that...

Scylax

Faraday cage

Does sitting in a car during an electrical storm provide protection by acting as a Faraday Cage ?...

robert551069

Making petrol from air and water

Reported in the Independent Newspaper today is the news that scientists have made petrol from the carbon dioxide in the air and hydrogen in water. Air Fuel Synthesis, of Stockton-on Trent, have...

sandyRoe

Should the charges against Chris Huhne, of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, be dropped...be withdrawn

...for fear that he may do something silly? This chap, another of the great and the good, asked his wife to 'take the points' and ended up doing an Anna Kerenina. Though admittedly here the points...

LazyGun

The science of chance

God documentary on BBC4 right now - the Science of Chance...

sp1814

Was Nick Griffin in the wrong to tweet the home address of the 'B&B gay couple'?

Cards on the table - I think he was wrong and very misguided to do this. His tweet read: [i]''So Messrs Black & Morgan, at (their address). A British Justice team will come up to Huntington &...

anotheoldgit

Case of the missing toddler Ben Needham.

http://www.dailymail....ler-Greek-island.html Why has it took the police 21 years to decide to dig up a mound of earth close to where the toddler went missing? /// Ben's file was re-opened in May...

malagabob

Ben Needham

Police are to search mound of building rubble for 2 year old Ben, who went missing in July 1991. It was at this time workmen were with the aid of a JCB clearing a site near Bens grandparents house.

anotheoldgit

Should we retain the right to insult others?

http://www.dailymail....-words-behaviour.html Well such controversial people as Peter Tatcell also thinks so, do they realise the can of worms they may be opening? /// Section 5 of the Public Order...

pdq1

Have our equality laws gone a bit too far?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19991266 Shouldn't it be up to the owners who they admit into their homes....

deggers316

thank god our police arn't armed

the police who taserd a blind man with a white stick "with no verbal warning" want sacking,if you cant tell the difference between a white stick and a samurai sword at 30ft it (there very...

anotheoldgit

What is the answer, what will become of Greece?

http://www.dailymail....wastikas-streets.html It is frightening that the dreaded face of Nazism is again rearing it's ugly head, and in an EU country. So much for a united Europe, with it's dream of...

anotheoldgit

Why is Cameron continuing to support his ex-international development secretary Andrew Mitchell?

http://www.dailymail....ole-model-Rwanda.html /// The Prime Minister said the Government was right to restore £16 million of aid to Rwanda - hailing the regime led by President Paul Kagame as a...

bazwillrun

If Skintland

get independence then what happens to the 10% of the UK forces that are Scottish ? will they want to protect Scotland and leave whats left of the the UK, would they want to remain in the UK military,...

Euphemia

Logic washing machine

After many years of reliable service, my Bosch washing machine is at the end of its useful life. We are looking for a replacement and taking into consideration the fact that we are now on our own, and...

bobbie22

Eggheads

What on earth is happening in Eggheads? Today the old team is back on

joeluke

Would you want this monstrosity in your town?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...ainment-arts-19881524 A 66ft bronze statue of a naked heavily pregnant woman, with half of it showing 'her' insides I'd be embarrassed if this was in my town, it's an eyesore...