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Why Do Labour Despise The Middle Earners So Much?

The left of Trotsky, Mad John McDonnell, has said the 'rich' earning over £80,000 will be taxed at a higher rate than others - John Ashworth this morning said we are asking (as if it would be a...
07:42 Mon 08th May 201755 answers, last by naomi24 18:51 Mon 08th May 2017
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Sgt Blackman - Hurrah

No question from me - just a heartfelt hooray. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39740931...
07:20 Fri 28th Apr 201749 answers, last by naomi24 08:30 Sat 29th Apr 2017
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Rhetoric Question Alert - Alesha Dixon

Is Alesha Dixon just about the most perfect looking woman ever? The only acceptable (for acceptable read correct) answer is a massive YES....
23:31 Sat 22nd Apr 201749 answers, last by Barsel 14:14 Sun 23rd Apr 2017
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Sargeant Blackman

The lunatic on Westminster continues, quite rightly, to be the main topic on the news at the moment, but let's hope for some good news that Sgt Blackman will be released today. Having seen the recent...
09:03 Fri 24th Mar 201765 answers, last by ChillDoubt 21:17 Fri 24th Mar 2017
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Should Alleged Victims Of Rape Be Allowed To Trestify Via Pre-Recorded Video?

Is Sarah Vine correct that this is worrying? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4337254/Law-brand-men-rapists-SARAH-VINE.html If a man is accused of rape, personally I think it is absolutely...
08:53 Wed 22nd Mar 201786 answers, last by andy-hughes 17:26 Wed 22nd Mar 2017
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When Does A Cult Become A Religion?

Is it just simply a matter of numbers? Are Jehovah Witnesses a cult? Given their weird beliefs (accepting the fact that believing in any religion is weird - that's a given, obviously) it suggests they...
09:02 Fri 10th Mar 201731 answers, last by allen 13:26 Thu 16th Mar 2017
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Jeremy Corbyn's Tax Affairs

I do not believe for one minute that Jeremy Corbyn has tried to conceal income - he doesn't seem the type, and in fact seems quite decent. But Given that he is taxed at source and doesn't appear to...
13:48 Mon 06th Mar 201719 answers, last by Peter Pedant 09:23 Tue 07th Mar 2017
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Diane Abbott - Coward?

Diane Abbot wasn't 'too ill' to make a statement about Donald Trump at 5pm, but was 'too ill' to vote in possibly the most important vote of her parliamentary career. She had a choice: (1) follow the...
08:38 Fri 03rd Feb 201740 answers, last by Smowball 02:06 Sat 04th Feb 2017
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Don Hale - Champion Of The Wrongly Convicted

I was aware he was the driving force behind the Stephen Downing case (but only because I watched the TV drama), but had no idea he was also instrumental in the Barry George and Ched Evans...
09:22 Thu 26th Jan 2017
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Private Plate

I managed to write off my bike recently which had a private plate. The V5C with the private plate was sent to my insurance company and they sent me a letter to retain the plate to send to the DVLA....
19:05 Sat 07th May 20162 answers, last by Deskdiary 07:24 Mon 09th May 2016
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Help Needed With Tax And Ni Deduction!

If somebody has an annual salary of £90000, and then receives a bonus of £60000, what should the net amount of the bonus be after the deduction of Tax and NI? Its not me (I wish!) Thank you very...
11:08 Thu 06th Aug 20158 answers, last by fiction-factory 07:24 Fri 07th Aug 2015
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Heathrow Protestors

If you have saved up all year to take a well-earned family break and your flight was cancelled because of these morons, on a scale of 1 to 10 how painful would their torture to be?...
08:20 Mon 13th Jul 201516 answers, last by Deskdiary 14:08 Mon 13th Jul 2015
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Drunken Consent

If approved it appears men will have to carry a breathalyser with them to ensure any woman who consents is under a certain limit allowing them to consent. Presumably, going forwards, a Consent...
07:42 Wed 03rd Jun 20157 answers, last by Haggisdj 12:20 Wed 03rd Jun 2015
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Home Page Poll - Parking Outside Your House

30% (102 people) voted 'Yes' and 22.06% (75 people) voted 'It Depends Where You Live', none of whom have provided a rationale. I'm especially intrigued by the 75 people who voted 'it depends' -...
11:49 Fri 22nd May 20151 answer, last by Buenchico 14:11 Fri 22nd May 2015
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Labour's Record On Unemployment

I have no idea whether this is true, but I read over the weekend that every Labour government we've ever had has left the country with more unemployment when they left office than when they entered...
08:04 Tue 05th May 201525 answers, last by naomi24 11:10 Tue 05th May 2015
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Groundswell Of Support For Cameron And The Tories

Is it me (it probably is) or does there appear to be a groundswell of support for Cameron and the Tories the closer we come to election day? Are the 'undecideds' growing to realise that the economy,...
08:12 Fri 01st May 201531 answers, last by jomifl 17:57 Sat 02nd May 2015
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Major Feat Of Logistics To Get A Fat Person To Hospital

What are people's thoughts on this? Sympathy? Contempt? Outrage at the cost?...
08:26 Thu 30th Apr 201513 answers, last by askyourgran 22:57 Thu 30th Apr 2015
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Protein World - Twitter Row

Exception has been taken to a Protein World ad, with Juliette Burton stating; "When signing the petition, I wrote: "I spent my life feeling I wasn't good enough" and allowed it to be tweeted. The...
07:42 Wed 29th Apr 20153 answers, last by jno 00:57 Thu 30th Apr 2015
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Businesses Back The Conservatives

Further to the letter to the Telegraph a few weeks ago from the leaders of many of the UK's biggest firms, many small businesses have also endorsed the Conservatives....
08:42 Mon 27th Apr 201550 answers, last by New Judge 15:12 Mon 27th Apr 2015
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Last Night's Debate

So what are people's verdicts? For the first time ever I have a grudging glimmer of respect for Milliband. The way he slammed the door in Sturgeon's face was very entertaining. Sturgeon then came...
07:32 Fri 17th Apr 201558 answers, last by anneasquith 16:25 Fri 17th Apr 2015

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