Forum: Politics & News

A friend of mine was (surprisingly) voted in as a County Councillor for his area of Lincolnshire. He was representing UKIP and I am sure he will do his best for the area he represents. I'm not a big fan of Nigel Farage but I am also not happy with the way the European Union has been working out...

So Osborne thinks giving £1200 a year per child to couples earning over £5000 a week is a good use of our taxes? Why should I be surprised any more? sp_na Andy

Hi all, A tasty treat I thought it worth recording the current situation with a number of firms like Tesco and their amazingly fast moving burger products... This is what they are said to have done: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21258773

Hi all, I have spent most of my life in South Ruislip - I was born in a house half a mile from where I am sitting now. It has been neat to see the area develop over the decades. As a lad I felt that the massive local South Ruislip American Air Force base was special and added a lot to the...

The big news this morning is of the helicopter crash in Vauxhall... A bit close to home for me as I made a flight along the Thames only a few weeks ago. Especially now that I learn that the helicopter had flown this morning from Redhill - the same airport as our flight. It's very sad to hear...

Hi all, It is sad to see what is happening on the High Street at present.. with most of the Building Societies now seeming to be foreign owned.. and with two more large well known store groups said to be going into receivership. BBC Story here:...

See this current BBC story here: Town centres 'must adapt to online shopping' What do you think about what they say? Personally, I think it mostly tosh! It contains lines like these...

Wow, wasn't that great. Congratulations to all involved. I hope everyone else loved it as much as I did. Steve

I notice today in the news there was a boy who managed to get on a flight to Italy from Manchester without even a passport! It seems unbelievable that with the Olympics just a couple of days ago and security supposedly at an all time high that this could have happened.

I wonder if anyone here would like to comment on the new French taxes? Their new socialist leader seems to be trying to drive Brits and other foreigners out of his country, with very high taxes on things like 2nd homes in France. Some say it also affects those who just happen to choose to...

John, made this a new thread as I took the other one about French taxes a bit off track there...:) The fine I like is the one for driving into an Olympic Lane...£130 a time! I tried yesterday to stay out of them for practice..but found it pretty impossible. Some roads are now quite...

£10,000 payout for man held after taking picture of bank Read more: http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/06/06/10000-payout-for-shrewsbury-man-held-after-taking-picture-of-bank/#ixzz1xL21vDR1

Hi all, Amazing I know but the hosepipe ban was only lifted TODAY in my area of London! The supplier page stating that is here: https://central.veoliawater.co.uk/drought.aspx I would like to change water company, or force mine to merge with one with different ideas/capabilities.. It seems...

I was one of those Lib Dem Councillors caught up in the massacre last night. 21 years on the Council now over.

Hi all, The BBC has a system online that aims to tell you some things about yourself. Try it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515 Any comments on your results.. fire away! All the best,

I guess few here are unaware that hurricane Irene is sweeping up the east coast of the U.S. and that for the first time in many years, New York is likely to take a hit from this weather system as it passes on up towards Canada. ukexpert member Paula lives in the vicinity and may well be too...

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Hi all, I have sadly just learnt of the sad death of David Welch. It seems David died almost a couple of months back and I just hadn't seen it on the news or heard about it until now. David was only 63. An obituary that gives details of his life is here:...

Hi all, I'm sitting here typing this with two versions of London's Burning playing in the background, all seems very surreal! I do recommend doing a search on itunes for London's burning and downloading London's burning by The Genius Baby Players, and perhaps also the version by the Clash....

Hi all. Most of us know of the letter from the Queen when you reach 100. How many know of the letter from the Mayor when you reach 18??? Here is what has arrived here, from our beloved Mayor Boris, for our Alice who is now 18...

Hi all, Those who watch football will have spent a lot of time watching or listening to Andy Gray. He is perhaps the No1 football commentator. He has been sacked by Sky, Some media reports mention someone called Barney as responsible for that - Barmey may be more like it. The BBC story...

Is WikiLeaks a good or bad thing? I'm not sure myself.. and I have to admit I haven't spent time thinking about it. The media seem full of the vast number of leaks of US 'secrets' - and that is the strangest thing to me.. how these days the US seems to have everything from Biological...

Bob, You for some reason started this in the Wiki Leaks thread.. when really it needs its own thread if people are to see it and choose to read it or join in with their views. I'd never hesitate to start threads on here.. tis what all of this massive system is for of course.. In...

Hi all, It has occured to me that 'British' seems to be coming over as some sort of Hollywood villian of late. I wonder if others agree? For years Hollywood has used British actors to play the bad guy, and we have laughed it off as one of those strange things Americans seem to need to do -...

Labour have chosen their new leader, and also their candidate to stand as London Mayor in 2012. Do you think they are good or bad choices I wonder? Steve