Forum: Politics & Debate

Let's face it, this place (as well as hundreds of others on the web) is DEAD. I remember visiting here years ago, maybe 2005/2006 and it was a hive of activity. Is it time to collectively accept defeat and hang up those forum boots? People just ain't interested any more it seems

The Coalition so far What do people think about the Coalition, Cameron, Osbourne, Clegg etc. What are people's views ?

The government and PM Cameroon wants young adults who lose their job to go back to the safety of mum and dad, when money runs out to pay rent by proposing to stop housing benefit in such cases. Spare the State from paying out and emphasising the family's role http://www.coalitionwatch.info/2012/04/send-young-unemployed-back-to-mum-and.html Is this fair?

So, the new generated image has just been released . Does anyone think she's going to be found?

for further information, I once worked upgrading the servers for a school and know for a fact that the school in question had webcams in changing rooms and toilets. What do you guys think? Is it part of a schools duty of care to monitor areas where teachers can't be in case something happens? Is it a step too far?

Hey :wave: "If you feel like you really got nowhere to turn - online is the not the place that is going to save you" What do you guys think? I'll keep quiet for the mo

So after the deaths in the Grand National today, what are peoples opinions on horse racing? I have to say I agree with it, I've been brought up with it, going to races since I was tiny, my dad loves it. Alright, yes there are deaths, but there are with human sports too, cyclists, various winter sports (the tea-tray ones) etc. Opinions? Nina x

I remember a few months ago I found out that it was actually taught like a fact that relativism's weakness is that it holds no absolute values. I think this is beyond stupid, because it's also taught that absolutist values are also weak because they aren't adaptable enough because they lack relativism. Really though, I don?t see the point in absolutist values to start with. If you think about it,...

Hi, I think political compass is the term I'm looking for, but what I mean is how do you work out where you are in terms of your views eg left of centre. I know a bit about politics, but I'm not in a political party unlike one of my friends who is a paid up conservative. I think I have views on different things, but there are many things I don't know about and haven't studied yet. ...

:wave: One of my friends sent me this article by email, as essentially I'm an introvert who is on occasion mistaken for an extrovert :) I kind of wish someone had written and sent me this article when I was about 12 years-old, but at the same time, there does seem to be something amiss...so I was wondering what you guys think... ...

Hey peeps :wave: Just saw this article in the Guardian about the WWF Earth Hour this Saturday. This year an astronaut from the International Space Station will be sharing photos of earth and providing live commentary on the event, pretty cool I reckon but then I love anything to do with the ISS :) Will any of you be switching off? Are you bothered about reducing your own carbon...

I have often wondered about this, and so far have not found an answer. In our system of government, the PM is the leader of the party that has the most MPs elected to parliament. But what happens if that leader didn't get elected in his own constituency? I assume that they wouldn't be allowed to be PM, but is that the case? What happens in the interim while the party in power elect a new...

Hey guys, I've just come across this from the guys at the SHM Foundation (some of you may remember them from the AV debate we had last year) and I thought it might be of interest: http://www.shmfoundation.org/documents/Youth-led%20inquiry%20into%20the%20August%20riots%202011.pdf How are people feeling about this summer - reckon it will be a more peaceful one?

This is a little sad, I know, but something has been bugging me for a while. Not only because I want the answer but also it bugs me that I don't already *know* the answer... At the moment, once the Queen dies then Charles becomes monarch and William follows. Hence why we are always being told that William is our future King. But the question I have is, what happens if Charles dies first? ...

Having fostered through an agency in London for a number of years I have been shocked at the disregard for both carers, who do rewarding and worthwhile work, and birth families, who suffer unnecessarily and sometimes horribly. Social workers are lazy, incompetent and frequently spiteful but the real problem is they are completely unaccountable. They do not have to defend their words or...

What do people think about the Coalition, Cameron, Osbourne, Clegg etc. What are people's views ?

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Another race between libdem Brian Paddick, serving Mayor Boris and old timer Ken Livingstone for the top job at London's City Hall Does Boris Johson deserve a second term? anyone wants Ken back and what about smaller parties like BNP and the Greens after seats on the London GLA Assembly?

So what are people's thoughts on Chris Brown? A volunteer writer has made his views very clear on this rant. http://www.thesite.org/community/reallife/rants/chrisbrowndomesticviolence Read it and tell us what you think. Holly

Watch this Sound great doesn't it? Then read this and this I totally believe that Kony needs to be caught and tried, but I'm not sure the US goverment sending troops in is going to do more than anger the LRA so that they retaliate against innocent civilians. If it was UN peace keepers, a de-arming program, helping the goverment and army sort it out themselves then I would be all for it,...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17242956 2 police forces are planning to allow private security firms to deliver frontline policing, including street patrol and responding to incidents, as well as managing major incidents. 2 words, oh dear.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100858/Sean-Penn-blasts-UK-refusing-hand-Falkland-Islands-Argentina.html Is it really any of his business.......?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-16980025 Should councils be allowed to pray at meetings? Or is this kind of leftover from Victorian society unacceptable in today's multicultural Britain? Personally, I'm surprised this has gone to the courts. It annoys me that there are some extreme atheist busybodies who don't have the manners or patience to sit through a bit of religious...

We've seen all the gumph in the papers about wether Scotland should remain part of the UK or not, so what do you guys think? I think we're better off as a United Kingdom, but if they're so anxious to go, let them. And let them go completely. No phases, no staggering, if the referendum is a YES for independance then grant it immediately, the very next day. Any support the UK gives to...