If a newspaper prints something about an individual that isn't true, they are bound by rules of defamation, and may have to retract or pay damages. However, if a newspaper prints untrue stuff about a subject, or object, they can do so with impunity. I am thinking in particular about their...
I overheard someone say that humans each produce around 3 litres of methane per day. Is this true, or just a load of *****?
There was a bin man on the telly last night telling Nicola Sturgeon that he got £20,000 a year. My question is, is that a basic, or is what he makes after his shift allowance etc.
Any thoughts on this one? Looks like classic internal Labour Party politics. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8566867.stm The NEC documents are well worth scanning over. :greengrin
Say the SNP do end up holding the balance of power at Westminster, and manage to get the concessions they are after from the UK government. Scotland is hardly going to be popular in England is it? Let's face it, there's a thinly veiled contempt for Brown's Scottishness as it is. He is going to...
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/quiz/election/ It would appear it did rather well although I’ll readily admit more than a couple were guesses. 10/10 Way to go Jack! :thumbsup:
stop talking about change. i don't believe you.
He's on question time at the moment and it reinforces my view from last week that he looks like he's had a polish up job in the image stakes. Thoughts?
I've just seen off a Spanish student who was lodging with us. She was supposed to leave on Sunday, but wasn't able to fly. Her party are now getting a bus to Portsmouth, a ferry to Caen, then bussing it all the way down to Granada - a three day haul. Anybody else got stories about guests that...
A week ago, Clegg dive bombed his way into the election. A week ago, the restrictions on flying over the UK came in. For 7 days, the news has been dominated by the Volcanic ash. This in the middle of a closely fought election campaign. Since then, Cameron has plummeted in the polls, and it...
Read more and there's a photo!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/3598490/Gangland-figure-Carl-Williams-dead Anyone who watches the show might be interested in this one :agree: After watching the show and reading the book all about it I am pretty shocked :shocked:
It would get more people voting but it could be abused if people get other people's details. Having said that you can sign up as an organ donor by text so it is possible. I would say it is the way to go.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8621407.stm Woke up this morning and heard this had happened, didn't believe it at first until I heard it again... I had thought why would flights be grounded because of this, it explains it a bit as to why they've shut the airports. Crazy stuff:agree:
First of all I should point out that I'm not one of those tossers that hates women, thank god they exist. Also, by intelligent I don't mean academic intelligence, as there doesn't seem to be any evidence that one is better than the other in that sense. My point is this, as sexist as this sounds...
how much worse would these parties have to get to loose your support? :confused:
:wtf: http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/school-allegedly-spied-via-web-cams-19196035 :wtf:
apart from my belief that real people would never vote for them anyway (:wink:), there's one really important thing to take into account - if they get in there is NO WAY they will reform the voting system. labour MIGHT, and would probably be forced into it by the lib dems in a coalition. FPTP...
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/election2010scotland/2930018/Three-MPs-will-receive-legal-aid-for-their-expenses-trials.html I think this an utter disgrace...£60k a year n they cant afford a lawyer..........bulls*it!!! :grr: :grr:
YouTube - The Streets - Dry your eyes 'boo hoo, I wasn't invited!' :boo hoo: :bye::bye::bye:
not because of anything clegg said (although he was alright) - because they seem like they might actually have an outside chance now. it would be interesting. **** the tories and fork labour
At last they're taking off! :agree: Over the last couple of week I’ve seen quite a number, maybe about a dozen, really big bumble bees. They all had one thing in common – they were all walking along the pavement! :confused: Nae shoppin’ like, just dondering along looking hard! :grr: ‘Mess...
...whilst pissing all over Labour's manifesto. i thought they were supposed to be impartial? :grr:
The English have responded to the ABE T-Shirt with with a SNP - Scotland NOT Playing T-Shirt. It would have been funnier if they thought of it a month or two ago! I wonder if there will be a probe into racism on this one? I suspect not because it's stating a fact rather than they're saying...
This is NOT an anti English thread, it is about the funny expressions people in different parts of the country use. At least, I think they're funny. I think it is stange when they say someone was "on Widnes station", eg "Paul Simon wrote the lyrics for Homeward Bound on Widnes Station". In...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8619329.stm Granted the article is about them rightfully withdrawing the products from sale, but my point is this. Which absolute berk in their Marketing/New Product development team decided that "ooohh yes, padded bras for 7 year olds, that's an acceptable...
What channel is it on? I've hunted high and low!
possibly the most repulsive footballer ever. in his career he has done the following... - served community service for causing a car crash whilst driving without a licence. - spat in the face of a fan. - spat in the face of a number of players - racially abused a ball boy - accused...
can't really see how it does, myself:confused: i really don't get the use of the term 'controlled' - how can you control something when people's main source of accessing it is the black market? :dunno: (meant to add a poll :doh: )
Wikileaks have released video footage today, obtained from a source in the US military 3 years after launching a freedom of information request. Shows the killing of two reuters journalists from an apache helicopter. The Pentagon now class wikileaks site as a 'threat to national security'. ...
How the effing hell do they decide only 12 months in jail for this pair???????? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8610948.stm It beggars belief, it really does :grr:
It's not all bad news folks: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8602967.stm :party:
Has anyone seen the new poster? I see what they're doing with the back to the 80s and that but does anyone else think they've picked Gene Hunt due to the word his surname rhymes with? I really hope that was part of their thinking behind the choice. :greengrin
Absolutely rediculous :bitchy:
Anybody tried any of the Horse steaks at E'scargot Bleu?:greengrin
To fall for this? No wonder they're considering suing the newspaper - I'd be trying anything to detract from my humiliation at falling for such a rediculously obvious "prank". Deary me :faf: As an aside, when I read the headline, I thought it was in reference to Jordan aka Katie Price -...
Please follow the link and have a look at the photo and keep an eye out for my friend Libby. If you see her please follow the link for number to call. http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/165323-police-step-up-search-for-missing-musselburgh-woman/ Libby is an old friend of mine and has...
How did you go about it? Did you use a lawyer or an online firm?
It is surely wrong for over 90% of a workforce of 14000 to vote in favour of strike action only for it to stopped by a high court judge. Reason behind it is an administrative technicality which would not have effect the outcome. The union can not even appeal in less there is legal error. Why are...
Could be the biggest news story since 9/11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8587082.stm Pope accused of failing to act on sex abuse Victim Arthur Budzinski says Vatican members knew about the scandal Pope Benedict XVI has been accused of failing to act on complaints from...
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