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Minister not guilty?

It looks like Tessa Jowell is going to be cleared of any wrong doing over this Italian money affair. Anyone surprised? I remember blair saying in 1997 that his goverment would be whiter than white,

smudge

RIP - Oliver's Atrful Dodger

Just heard that Jack Wilde 'The Artful Dodger' has died, ages 53. I can't actually remember seeing him acting in any films other than 'Oliver' - can you? RIP

livk

New Labour - New Sleaze?

The amount of sleaze that Tony Blair has presided over with his cabinet ministers continues to rise. He and his own family have also come under the microscope. As he seems unable to take hard...

LionNo4

Is anyone else apart from myself sick of hearing about this man.He gets so much coverage it sickens me.A low life self desstructive drug addict who deserves no pity.I blame the tabloids to a point for...

Loosehead

Yet another minister in a sleaze row...

With the latest New Labour sleaze row, will the Tories now admit that when it comes to sleaze they are a bunch of amateurs and pay hommage to the masters?

Whickerman

Free Speech

With so much of the news being taken up with cases of Free Speech being denied, what's your take on the issue? Personally, i believe that no-one has the right to dictate how someone thinks, so long as...

jump79

Wage-Gender gap

Is anyone surprised that the gender wage gap is still an issue in 2006? The discrimination in the workplace means not only are some women pushed into the lowest-paid jobs, but those who are qualified...

sp1814

"What A Dump"

In which Bette Davis film does she say that line?

Loosehead

Monckton Murder Case...

Just what are the probation service and social services thinking? I mean are they staffed by idiots with no common sense, surely anyone can see what is needed in this case and yet they are guilty of...

milkybarkid

racism

is it racist to call a black person "coloured"? another ABer said it and i thought that wasn't very politically correct. is this right?

foulecamp

Racism

Can we keep the remarks about relations with sheep out of a serious website - for Welsh, substitute any other race or religion and see how far you get. May I remind you that Anne robinson's remarks...

flip-flop

Nutter who killed the baby.

As a rule I disagree with the death penalty, but in this particular instance, try as I might, I just can't see a reason for keeping him alive - he is evil personified and has no redeeming features...

Ric.ror

Slade/ABBA

Someone has just told me that both bands may be re-uniting for a Live aid gig later this year. Is there likely to be any truth in this

adamthomas

Old lynx

There was an old lynx advert where a guy and girl retraced their steps getting their clothes back to a supermarket. The song is a cover of over the rainbow in a quite reggae-ish style, who did it?

madein1978

Telesales Calls

Are you fed up with the constant pestering of these people on the phone trying to punt you anything from Conservatories to Mobile Phones? I'm sick of it, they always phone at the wrong time!

laurence2

its saturday

Well surprise surprise another muslims march today, this one is due to the Golden dome being blown up in Iraq. Now much that i have sympathy with what has happened, who picks up the police bill...

snook

Hold the front page... George Michael takes drugs shock!

Good grief! George Michael's a drug user, according to the news this morning. I can hardly believe it. Next thing, they'll be telling us he's gay. Is this the most pointless news story of the year so...

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Why do Burton employ old women?

Why do Burton employ old women? This really can't do much for their image as a cool and trendy clothing store can it?

Ward-Minter

am i alone.....

am I alone in thinking this is good justice for the PC who has got off batonning a pro-hunt supporter here If PC Grant ever reads this (you never know with google searches etc!) all the best and keep...