 Mourning the loss of a title
 10.06.2011 4:06  0 views  0 comments
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We had a name, a title that required perseverance to achieve. We contributed a substantial amount of hard-earned tax money to achieve this name. After all, it isn’t everyday that your street would be declared as the worst road in the entire county. We held this title for five months! They tried to knock us [...] Read more »
| Judgment Day, 21st May 2011
21.05.2011 2:42 0 views 0 comments
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So another fanatical religious group predicts the end of the world for tomorrow, 21st May 2011. I’ve heard many theories as to why doomsday soothsayers have been in abundance recently, and it only makes me shake my head in wonder. Supposedly, these fanatics are Bible readers. If that is so, doesn’t the Bible state that [...] Read more »
| Election analysis of the two-leg vs. one-leg race
02.05.2010 22:16 0 views 0 comments
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In the same great tradition of modern-day political journalists, I’d like to contribute my own analysis of the recent political debate between the three major candidates, using the photo above. The issues at stake in this election: the budget, jobs, immigration. Scratch that. Style, poise, eye contact, sound bites, tone. Nick Clegg sounded and looked [...] Read more »
| Unfair laws allow rapist to remain in UK
31.03.2010 21:47 0 views 0 comments
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I am still baffled by the idea of the EU. Despite not having lived in Europe all my life, or maybe because of it, I find it difficult to understand the concept of the EU. It does not help that sometimes the EU and the individual countries may have different laws, or at least a [...] Read more »
| Is going paperless a savings?
21.03.2010 14:47 0 views 0 comments
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So, the government wants to go paperless. That is, if they still remain in office. Having said that, they have put the pressure on the next government (whatever it may be) to either scrap the idea or to push forward. There will be criticism regardless, just as there is now. I’ve read some of the [...] Read more »
| Who pays the price for maternity/paternity leave?
21.03.2010 14:42 2 views 0 comments
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I’m sure I must have mentioned this topic before, but it is now going to have an impact on my workplace, so it affects me more personally. Every decision the government makes has benefits and downsides. Depending on which side you want to argue for, you tend to only see that one side. It is [...] Read more »
| PIN chip technology not foolproof
16.02.2010 11:17 0 views 0 comments
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I don’t understand this obsession with PIN-chip credit and debit cards. When we first opened a current account with our bank, we were given a cash account that meant you could only access money at the ATM machines. When we started having regular deposits into the account, the cash account was converted into the [...] Read more »
| The depressing housing market
05.01.2010 10:43 0 views 0 comments
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I keep seeing these contradictory reports regarding the housing market and it makes me wonder if it’s government propaganda or the media trying to mislead us. First, they said that housing prices were going up. This was a marker that the recession was improving. I really have not seen much improvement in the recession when [...] Read more »
| Why can’t we all just get along?
01.01.2010 14:32 0 views 0 comments
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I have been away awhile, but I never meant to neglect this blog. It’s interesting to note the latest comments diametrically opposed viewpoints that serve to highlight the opinions of the two people mentioned in the post. Yet, the post itself did not express any particular prejudices against one group or the other. However, [...] Read more »
| Extending sex education is not likely to impact sexual behaviour
08.11.2009 11:13 0 views 0 comments
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Teenage pregnancy is a societal problem. However, depending on the society, the stigma associated with it varies. In general, today’s society is more accepting of the issue, although everyone still bears in mind the impact it has on the economy, healthcare, as well as the health and well-being (psychological and physical) of everyone involved. Depending [...] Read more »
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