Whenever somebody starts a thread on the lowering of standards covering items such as manners, spelling, behaviour, speaking etc, invariably somebody else will add to the thread and say in effect that...
In todays Telegraph a Somali family none of whom speak English or work left their semi in Coventry where they had been for 3 years and went to Labour Camden who put them in a £2 million house...
morals upbringing, values, & respect, alas he forgot to mention a lack of resources to deal with the problems. Maybe if there had been a lack of Thatcherism things may not have turned out as bad?...
// The Bullingdon Club was founded in the 19th century as a hunting and cricket club, but is now devoted to drink and dining. Membership is by invitation only and normally limited to alumni of leading...
David Cameron has said contingency plans are now in place for the use of water cannons if needed. On BBC News at about 11.45 this morning. Just seen it on internet site. So water cannons are possible...
That word 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v]. It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning,...
Yes, I know there's a Finance category on AB and that websites such as moneysupermarket exist, but I was hoping for a more personal response. I wondered whether anyone could recommend a specific...
We laugh at the way (some) Leicestershire people talk .........present company excluded!! Say these out loud: Shlatternipomferit (I will have to go back home to fetch it) Shadderaredun? (has she had...
Is it not wonderful to see that researchers have proven and published the fact that Scottish brains are larger than the rest? Is this not, however, something we all knew already? How else could we...
Ms Mills says she told the Daily Mirror journalist in 2001: "You've obviously hacked my phone..." Did the expression 'hacking' with regard to phones exist 10 years ago? I can't recall...
I say that it rhymes with 'hole', 'pole', 'mole' etc...not as some folk say 'roll' which rhymes with 'bowl' 'soul' and 'scroll'... as examples.
Ron....
American politicians seem to have agreed a (temporary?) solution to their financial default problems. One can't help wondering, though...what if they hadn't? Meltdown there would certainly have had a...