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A view of life in the UK.
Maximum prison sentences: possession of some leaves (cannabis): 14 years, sustained assault on a person (battery): 6 months.
In the UK there are annually up to 100,000 smoking-related deaths, 10,000
alcohol-related deaths and 2,000 drug-related deaths. Which one of the three is
illegal?
If you pay tax in the UK (VAT, income tax etc.) you are subsidising all the airlines that
use UK airports as there is no duty on the fuel they use.
Who is the Huge Farmer's Market Stall? (Clue: UK TV cook).
If it is possible for a Government Department to make significant savings by
eliminating waste then it is being run incompetently.
Rather than wrecking the planet in pursuit of ever-increasing food production,
might it not be better for the existing human inhabitants of this wonderful
planet to limit their own population growth?
Has ITV given any consideration to the possibility that it is losing
advertising revenue due to the quality of its schedule. Just because their
business is failing does not entitle them to licence-payers' money.
Drizzle, fizzle, schmizzle, balls-pizzle.
Why is "Thought For the Day" (BBC Radio 4, Today Programme) closed to non-religious commentators?
If Gordon Brown led the world through the economic crises and out of
recession, then why is the UK so far behind the others in escaping from the
forces of recession?
Has the One Show (BBC 1) found the Loose Seagull yet?
The most dangerous threat to the human species is the human species.
Football highlights on ITV: a series of interviews, sponsorship, intros, shots of managers, shots
of the crowd, substitutions, replay after replay after replay and adverts rarely
interrupted by football.
Gordon Brown was going to cut unnecessary spending. If it was unnecessary, why
was it happening in the first place?
If we are the result of Intelligent Design then we need to demand our money
back.
The House of Lords is an anachronism in a modern democracy. It should be
emptied and replaced by a democratic body elected on the basis of Proportional
Representation.
In an over-populated world why do the developed nations subsidise their
people to have more than 2 children (the natural replacement level).
When the Church of England asks for money to repair the church roof, bear in
mind it is one of the largest land owners in the UK.
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