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The point about the Magna Carta is that it granted nothing and was simply a balancing act between the early medieval monarchy and the leading members of the aristocracy.
It was re-published so...

Agreed!
The real problem is and which you touch on is that the university system in this country is more or less completely compromised. Frankly, its being going down hill for quite some time....

Al Gore to Bernie Madoff:

"We need a new scam Bernie to get more tax money off the dopes. I've come up with this great idea called Global Warming''
"Sounds great Al, how can I help?"
"Well...

We have had a serious crisis in everything to do with transport in this country for at least 40 years.
We have a rail system that in important respects and in parts of the country is worse than the...

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/roads-could-closed-coventry-potholes-9420420


Could somebody explain please how we cannot afford a most basic service of repairing roads which...

I read a brilliant comment in the comment section of the New York Times.
Someone said, that the problem of Scottish Independence is greater than the solution of a conservative parliamentary...

That's all absolutely spot on.
It just doesn't work alliances between ourselves and the Germans, and that is not in any spirit of animosity, but a simple provable fact. They dominate the entire EU...

Yes, it was a spectacular operation to recover that black box. They had to design a special submarine to operate at such extremem depths. I think the result was that it was ruled that it was pilot...

A great incentive to reach 75, then we can get a free licence to watch c r a p.
I agree about the sweetner. Iv'e seen the most gigantic screens in peoples houses, like a mini cinema.

Do you know, I just cannot believe this.
A drugs raid in Cov.!!
I just can't believe it - drugs in Coventry! Who would adam and eve it?
I think I'll just sit down to take in this incredible...

Just a few words on the BBC and the licence fee.
The licence fee as it stands cannot really survive much longer. There are lots of reasons for this including the scandals, the huge criticisms that...

Talking about the postition of a comma in a sentence, I read an interesting article the other day about the late novelist Graham Greene, and it was all about the postion of a comma in a memo that he...

That is all very interesting an informative thanks.
It is pretty well know that the US systematically plundered British intellectual property rights during and after the war.
But to be fair,...

As far as UKIP is concerned, I would accept that they have more than their fare share of eccentrics, and Farage is far from being my ideal leader. But on their single policy alone of withdrawal from...

I truly feel sorry for the residents of Stratford.
I suspect this is the first of a number of applications that will be made and bearing in mind the huge financial muscle of these corporate...

Weight limit on Clopton Bridge fails.


This bridge was built in the 15th century and it is clearly inappropriate for it to be taking huge supermarket juggernauts 600 years later.
We are all...

Ladies,

Could I perhaps make one or two observations.
To anyone possessed of an atom of maturity, we all know what rape is, in the same way we know what murder and burglary is. We do not need...

When the banking and economic happened in 2008, the people of Iceland had just about had enough.
There were utterly sick and tired of their corrupt politicians who were insisting that ordinary...

Thank you very much indeed for that information, it's absolutely fascinating.
I would certainly check out the info. I didn't realize there had been local excavations.
What I was getting at was...

Fascinating.
There is some pretty good evidence that Boudicca'a last battle was fought near Mancetter.
Though the site has been known of for centuries, very little or no excavation work has been...

The basic problem is a failure by the political elites and many of the people of the eurozone to face reality.
A child could tell you that the EU must be broken up and countries free to rule...

Speaking as a Catholic, I hope these comments might be helpful to others on the site who mean well, but may not have any religious affiliation.
The Pope who has just been elected is a Jesuit. This...

The problem is this.
Up until about 20yrs ago, Stratford was a town pretty much for the self employed. Very few people historically commuted to Birmingham. It has always been a fairly affluent...

HSBC has recently been fined nearly 2 billion dollars, that is BILLIONS.
A number of things need to be said here. The first is the city of London is now more or less an open and unregulated...