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And so it begins(Or carries on) .....
Francois Hollande announces French tax grab on holiday homes - Telegraph
Approximately 200,000 Britons own second homes in areas such as the Dordogne and other parts of France, particularly those serviced by budget airlines.
Now, however...
Terrorism
Terrorism
I think defining terrorism shouldnt be by cause but by action. Blowing up a tube in London to further the agenda of Al Qaeda is terrorism as well as a guy blowing up a bar full of off duty policeman even though it could be argued that policeman are legitimate military...
Terrorist
Terrorist
Its Africa, the difference between a freedom fighter or a terrorist or a rebel is only relevant in the newspapers.
I think its important to remember that negotiations for his release where started quite a while before he was actually released.
The "terrorist...
Mandela
Mandela
Mandela was a man and not a saint, but he was fundamentally a good man with fair, reasonable and unflinching principles in what he wanted he wanted to achieve, which I am sure everybody present would say is a characteristic sorely lacking in todays politics
A political career...
Labour demands to know who bought access to No 10 - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
Now cash for access. I think this is going to be quite bad.
Then again, if someone donates 250K to the conservative party and then receives a dinner invite, from a legal perspective is their anything wrong...
Septacaemia
Septacaemia
I think the puritanical approach is more about preserving the existing system of drug enforcement which has been going on for such a long time, that there are too many people with vested interests in fighting the "war on drugs" in its present form.
As has been pointed...
As much as I cannot stand the man, I think he(or the findings of this body) are pretty much on the button on this one
I hate to say it but it may take a cheeky so and so like branson to change ingrained ideas about drug enforcement policy.
It’s time to end the failed war on drugs - Telegraph
Difference
Difference
The difference is that if you say the former everybody thinks you clever and educated and handling the situation, if you say the latter evrybody thinks you are incompetant and you will get fired
HTH
Difficult
Difficult
Although in practice, any work experience could result in gainful employment, a system which forces people to work for free or lose their social security is open to abuse.
53 GBP per week JSA is the equivelent of (Lets make it partime 20 hour week) about 2.65 GBP / hour...
Boring Doom
Boring Doom
I dont know about all of you here but IMO "Euro Doom" is getting quite boring.
I think the points thats have been proved once again are, in no particular order
a) Politician are useless self serving cnuts.
b) Economists are about as much good as long term weather...
Peter Oborn
Peter Oborn
I think he has a point, considering that many of the politicians dishing out condemnation and sombre statements regarding the moral health of society, where not so long ago, pilfering from the public purse by abusing their expense accounts.
What actually makes their...
Gun
Gun
No? What if he has a gun must they wait for him to start shooting them?
If a suspect you apprehended produced a firearm, would you wait for him to use it or shoot him before he shoots you or one of your colleagues? Do you expect a police officer to take that chance?
Although the...