This year the state will pay out more in social security benefits than it raises from workers in income tax. I find this shockingly depressing - it also makes me very angry that I'm schlepping my...
The B of E wants to print ?bns of monopoly money in the hope that the banks will lend to businesses. It is hoped that by buying up the banks bad loans and decreasing the interest paid on government...
I am a 39 year old man abused as a child mentally, physically and sexually. I've been depressed for as long as I can remember. I finally got away from my parents aged 28. Since then I've somehow...
Last week, England and Tottenham star Jermain Defoe announced he was going to sue Essex police for unlawful arrest and imprisonment because of the number of times he'd been stopped whilst driving his...
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/12128 6/Sick-fanatics-cheer-body-bags Shouldn't these homegrown "jihadis" be hunted down and convicted, with the same enthusiasm as other internet criminals...
I find this totally unacceptable, do they think we are stupid? http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/MPs- Expenses-Conservatives-Sir-Patrick-Cormack-And...
The sale of arms worth over 22 million dollars by the British government to Sri Lanka in the ended war is public now. A statewment from the British Foreign office states "We do not grant export...
http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/ Only vaguely news-related but I found it quite funny. My favourites include: WILL YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL GIVE YOUR CHILDREN CANCER? HAVE LESBIANS HAD SEX WITH YOUR...
We are shortly moving house and our buyer does not want the ceiling lights. If we remove them, do we have to have an electrical certificate saying it was done properly?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/arti cle-1206618/Extremist-banned-entering-UK-BNP-f estival.html Preston Wiginton, a close associate of BNP leader Nick Griffin was refused entry into the UK,...
When I try to dip my bare arm in a tub filled with water at 17 degree Celsius, I immediately shiver (my arm at least). However, when I am walking in the street when the air temperature is even less...
Who would rather have a US style healthcare system To help decide: The NHS budget is roughly all of the National Insurance take - so that would be entirely abolished The average US familly spends...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8198766.st m News today that France and Germany have emerged from the recession while Britain is still deeply in a slump. Brown did say we would be one of the first...
Hi, I was kicked out of my local park today because i was testing out my new metal detector, there was no signs saying i couldnt do it, but the park warden said there was sings, when i asked him to...
Has anyone here actually been a volunteer for a clinical trial ?
Any inside information on what to expect?
I am thinking of volunteering, (no job, no cash, whats to lose)
Any comments welcome.
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/443298/Ro w-upon-row-of-desperately-needed-armoured-vehi cles-are-lying-idle.html Why can't these vehicles be shipped out forthwith? If we haven't the transport,...