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Anyone Up For Investing In Cyprus' "investment Solidarity Fund"

Seems that Cyprus' alternative scheme involves nationalising semi-private pensions and a special investment fund http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21875246 Is this viable? How much a return would...
17:55 Thu 21st Mar 201323 answers, last by Gromit 00:17 Sat 23rd Mar 2013
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Laws With Supermajorities

The plans for the new press regulator seem to involve a clause that mean that it can only be changed with a super majority of 2/3 in both Houses of Parliament. Is there any precidence for this in UK...
10:32 Tue 19th Mar 201310 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:53 Tue 19th Mar 2013
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Would You Settle For £1?

If you were tortured would you settle for £1?...
15:36 Wed 06th Mar 201333 answers, last by em10 21:28 Wed 06th Mar 2013
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New Kipling Poems - Nothing Changes!

"Had you friend a secret Sorrow, shame or vice Have you promised not to tell What's your lowest price? All the housemaid fancied All the butler guessed Tell it to the public press And we will do the...
15:04 Tue 26th Feb 2013
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Has Ab Become More Racist?

I joined AB abut 8 years ago and perhaps it's my memory but I don't remember the constant stream of casual racism that we see now. Every day we seem to have some story picked out of the press -...
12:28 Tue 26th Feb 201354 answers, last by BruceBP 10:28 Sun 03rd Mar 2013
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Do We Need A Department Of Homeland Security?

With the security services success in twarting the bomb plot they are demonstrating a real ability to safeguard these Islands. On the other hand we are constantly hearing stories of lack of resources...
10:58 Fri 22nd Feb 201312 answers, last by ludwig 13:56 Fri 22nd Feb 2013
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Uk School Performace In Worlds Top 10

So if we are suffering from falling standards in schools why have English schools come out in the world top 10 for Maths Literacy standards were also high at 11th place...
09:54 Fri 22nd Feb 201315 answers, last by DTCwordfan 11:13 Fri 22nd Feb 2013
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Is Horsemeat In Beef A Prime Example Of A Problem We Need The Eu To Fix?

We keep hearing people say they bought the "beef" in good faith. - Frankly that just isn't good enough, Do we not need a Europe wide system of food (or at lleast meet) quality enforcement and...
10:59 Tue 12th Feb 201319 answers, last by weecalf 10:48 Wed 13th Feb 2013
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Afghan Translators - Asylum In The Uk Or Not

Not a political point here I'm genuinely interested to know what those on the right of our little group think Should those who have been helping our forces get asylum in the UK after we withdraw or be...
16:06 Mon 11th Feb 201342 answers, last by pdq1 22:02 Tue 12th Feb 2013
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Lincoln

Just saw this yesterday Very wordy and long - won't be to everybody's taste - Indeed a couple of people left after an hour but I loved it. Daniel Day Lewis is fabulous - he really catches everybody's...
19:37 Thu 07th Feb 201311 answers, last by B00 17:46 Tue 12th Feb 2013
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Eu Court Tell Ryan Air To Pay Up

Ryan air had been refusing to pay compensation to travellers stranded after the Icelandic volcano erruption. They claimed it was //so extraordinary that normal rules should not apply// But the...
17:22 Thu 31st Jan 201316 answers, last by FredPuli43 15:20 Sun 03rd Feb 2013
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Why Is Fear Of Crime Out Of Step With The Risk

In a recent News question AOG suggested the London Murder rate was growing when in fact it was shrinking. Putting aside a suspicion that people sometimes deliberately make such suggestions to promote...
17:27 Mon 28th Jan 201326 answers, last by birdie1971 02:53 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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New Citizenship Test

How to use a train timetable is out Knowing Stonehenge is in Salisbury is in http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21221773 What would you put in amd why?...
11:03 Mon 28th Jan 201328 answers, last by bazwillrun 16:11 Mon 28th Jan 2013
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Norway Warns Uk Against Eu Exit

Norway's Foreign minister has cautioned the UK against leaving the EU. Norway is not a member and is used as a model by Euro-skeptics of how the UK could continue after leaving the EU. "We are not at...
14:26 Sun 23rd Dec 201253 answers, last by venator 16:28 Mon 24th Dec 2012
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Winter Tyres

When exactly did this rather clever campaign start to get people to double the number of tyres they have? To have softer tyres better suited to cold conditions sounds great but they will obviously...
09:27 Tue 18th Dec 201218 answers, last by EDDIE51 22:40 Sat 29th Dec 2012
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British Policemen Had Solicitor Killed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20662412 RUC officers proposed Mr Finucane, 39, be killed, said they passed information to his killers and failed to stop the attack and then obstructed...
15:24 Wed 12th Dec 201239 answers, last by sandyRoe 20:25 Thu 13th Dec 2012
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Where poppy day money goes...

£139m spent out of which Membership support services: £8.5m Spent on campaigning: £10.2m fundraising: £24.8m staff costs: £25m (2007) 'Pathway For Growth' plans...
11:06 Thu 29th Nov 201234 answers, last by anotheoldgit 15:46 Fri 30th Nov 2012
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What is going on in our schools?

They have been ranked 6th in the world http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20498356 Higher than Germany, the US, France - Finland is the only Western country ahead of them. Won't you join me in...
09:33 Tue 27th Nov 201220 answers, last by sp1814 00:06 Thu 29th Nov 2012
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Do we hav the right not to be upset?

Should it be an arrestable offense to post an image on facebook that upsets people?
09:39 Mon 12th Nov 201246 answers, last by chrisgel 19:19 Fri 16th Nov 2012

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