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'Scarcely a day passes without a newspaper story about some absurd ‘language guide’ issued by a public body. This week the Daily Mail reported that Wokingham Borough Council had told its staff not... ...
And I did nothing because I wasn't eligible Then they came for the benefits for the unemployed and again I did nowt Nothing to do with me. Now they're after disability living allowance The... ...
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/xl-bully-attack-west-bromwich-145546973.html I thought these dogs were banned in England and Wales. Toleration is unfair to other kinder breeds worth their weight in... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/trump-government-attempts-to-rip-up-31-environmental-protections-and-reviews-damage-of-greenhouse-gases-13327636 No one doubts climate change, the planet is continually... ...
//The boss of online clothing brand Snag has told the BBC it gets more than 100 complaints a day that the models in its adverts are "too fat". The brand was cited in an online debate over whether... ...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2024610/ghost-town-on-fire-63-years-dark-tourism You'd think the no 1 nation would find a way to extinguish this fire. ...
Trump this week doubled down on his claim that Biden doled out £8million on research to make mice transgender. The fact checkers have since shown he got the wrong end of the stick bigly. The... ...
https://swedenherald.com/article/usa-asks-denmark-for-help-in-the-egg-crisis<br /> they keep saying how they want to nab a Danish territory and then expect help with their egg shortages? the USA seems to... ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly3mdlk70no It's almost as if there is fear of a growth inhibiting budget about to kick in! Who'd have thunk it eh? ...
What with all the big world issues this may have passed under the radar but the Employment rights bill is on the way. Essentially it makes any pub banter a possible offence. Basically anything the... ...
//It's because refuse collectors have been striking on and off since January - and it shows. Many streets are littered with the contents of the bins, with rubbish strewn everywhere as animals have... ...
A story from BBC teievision news. Police checking insurance on vehicles seized a car. The driver called his partner to come and pick him up - who arrived in an uninsured vehicle so that too was... ...
In the wee small hours tomorrow (14th March), a partial eclipse of the moon is due. Will you be looking out for it ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8jkzlj03o . ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2r3d0r8z0o Hardly anyone lives there, almost no GDP, almost no infrastructure, surely if a superpower wants you on board it's a no brainer? OK so they have... ...
The latest phrase of choice of Yvette Cooper to be deployed when she's ducking and diving during interviews on illegal immigrants and the failure of UK... ...