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Quote: Originally Posted by jmclaugh Well as the WTO has consistently ruled against the EU with regard to banana tariffs I suppose after 16 years it appears they couldn't hold out much longer. Well, these things take time to negotiate. We wouldn't want to be ruled by the WTO, after all

Quote: Originally Posted by lucky74 Edit I did indeed think you had posted the thread and for that I sincerely apologise. No problem.

Quote: Originally Posted by The Snakes And who is it who shuts down reasoned debate by throwing meaningless insults like "racist" and "fascist" around? That's right. The fuzzy-minded people. I have suggested countless reasonable policies that should be enacted to make this country a better place, and time and time again fuzzy-minded people shout them down on spurious grounds. And when you call for G...

Quote: Originally Posted by BRMB Indeed. Labour have always been big on control, but I don't recall any Tory governemnt repealing any of Labour's repressive legislation. No previous Labour government has ever passed as much repressive legislation as this one and as the Tories haven't been in power since any of it was passed that would be rather difficult to do.

Actually they are running second to the Monster Raving Loony Party.

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content...4/15472244.jpg Interesting story in The Mirror tomorrow. They really are doing Labour's work for them

Quote: Originally Posted by Jellied Eel Agreed. I've been looking for an angle to perhaps write more on this and there are interesting parallels between religion and AGW as a religion. Wrong way round. In the other thread, I likened the discovery of the sacred emails to the finding of religious iconography inside pieces of fruit: the "sceptics" are queuing round the block to glimpse them, for some sign that their...

Quote: Originally Posted by kmx1974 The earth is a closed system. Ermm.. have you been reading Stephen King's latest by any chance? I have, quite enjoyed it, and includes a microclimate.

Quote: Originally Posted by pauli89 Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Cameron, exposed: Tories admit David Cameron Islamic schools claim 'had mistakes' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6933158.ece Bit slow today - I said that Cameron had got some of the facts wrong in his question to Brown. (2nd post of this thread) However the complaint that titles this thread is essentially true. The head of the Charity has spoken on Hizb ut...

Quote: Originally Posted by welwynrose and what about people like these sisters http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/ne...ct_over_house/ Interesting story, and a sad indictment of society that people are put in such situations. If they were a gay couple inheritance tax wouldn't need to be paid when the first one died, but as they are sibling spinsters living together it does. Seems extremely unfair. I wonder what became of those sisters as...