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Why is asking a rational question dodging the question? While on the subject of questions I'll ask you the same question, why you believe it's impossible that the links between the GFA and the ECHR can't be re-negotiated? If I'm honest eventually I can see a divided Ireland returning to just...

Well I've finally got heat again after two weeks of being half frozen through having no central heating. Oil filled rads and small fan heaters can only do so much:( I didn't bother shopping around with regard price in the end as a bit of research told me that the price wasn't too bad at £2,900...

First of all why do you think we need the ECHR? Do you believe that the British judiciary can't be trusted? The USA and many other developed countries manage to protect their own citizen's rights without interference from the ECHR in their legal system so why do you think the UK needs to be...

Stupid answer! I asked for one specific example....have you got one?

How does morals come into it when they're paying what they're supposed to even if they avoid paying more by legal tax avoidance methods? They're businesses not altruists. Morally people or businesses shouldn't be put in a position in the first place whereby they need to look for legal tax...

...and therein lies the problem regarding the GFA. You're approaching the issue as though it can't be resolved. It was never thought that there could be a solution prior to the GFA but it happened through negotiation and the same could be achieved with regard leaving the ECHC. It depends upon...

Fair point but I know of several people who cannot read nor write or at best have the reading ability of a 6 or 7 year old child but they can drive cars, operate machinery safely and are successful in whatever they do including running businesses. They may not be academics but they have what was...

A question for you: Name one successful person in whatever field of your choosing where apathy was the motivating factor which helped them achieve success? You have plenty of examples to choose from so it should be an easy answer. I'm quite sure there are many studies with a left wing flavour...

Once the UK left the EU, together with the USA they were the EU's largest rest of the world's non-EU markets with around 18% share each of the EU's trade with the rest of the world. The Brexit negotiators sold the UK down the river and got the worst possible deals because the EU didn't want to...

It is a good enough reason to label people if they make no attempt to better their job prospects and therefore their earning potential and then complain about others who make an effort and therefore end up being successful. I've worked for myself my entire life. The government never did anything...

When someone posts images like that I find it says it says far more about them than the original poster or myself in this case as it indicates that they aren't bright enough to grasp the details to have a reasoned debate....therefore I file their posts under the title Excrement. I have an image...

I've travelled quite extensively around the world and in doing so I got to know the foundation of many cultures and I have to say of all the countries I've visited, none compare to Britain when it comes to vilifying anyone successful. In the vast majority of countries success is admired but not...

What news do you want? If they could send humans to the moon in the 20th Century, then surely it's not beyond the realms of possibility in the 21st Century to negotiate/ resolve the GFA/ECHR issues unless one wants to see them as an issue which can't be resolved in order to protract the UK's...

In answer to that question, YES some do. Apathy and not lack of opportunity is the biggest contributor to poverty for many people. If they are in jobs with low wages and insecurity for most of their lives, then for many that is self inflicted. Why? Because they should and very likely could...

You mean like the Wolfie Smith character that people of a certain political persuasion exhibit on forums like this?:) I respond to what I believe is political and partisan nonsense. Not all poverty is due to government failings...it's very often down to personal values and budgeting. The person...

Do you really believe that? If the government redistributed the entire wealth of the UK with the people living here, then within a decade there would be billionaires and people in destitution. There is no such thing as normal values where some people are concerned. Much of the poverty we have in...

Apparently Rachael Reeves claimed £1225 for help with filling in her tax return....this is the woman in charge the UK's finances....you just couldn't make it up. I used to fill in my own forms every year without the need of accountants simply because I understood what I was doing. It's not as if...

It's greed which has forced up the property prices. At one time you got a mortgage of 2.5 times your annual salary but then the bubbles started to inflate and greedy people saw property as a quick way of making a fast buck rather than a long term investment but they weren't bright enough at...

I don't trust anyone particularly left wingers who want to retain the ECHR as it's ham-stringing our legal system and society. This isn't some third world dictatorship. Our legal system has been the example to set for most advanced nations of the world and anyone who isn't a fan of a Federal...

Do you really believe that only the ECHR benefits the British people and that our legal system is incapable of protecting its own citizens or metering out fair justice when needed? The case I highlighted is a perfect example of an outside body interfering with what should be a simple process of...