This is going to get more than a few people upset; those that may be forced to work and those that defend the people collecting the UK's version of unemployment for long periods.
BBC News - Long-term jobless 'could face compulsory manual labour'
Mohammed Now Tops the List of Most Popular Baby Boy Names in Britain - FoxNews.com
Hohammed wasn't even in the top 10 for the last 2 years.
Top 10 boys' names for 2009, in order of popularity:
Jack
Oliver
Thomas
Harry
Joshua
Alfie
Charlie
Daniel
James
William
Top 10 boys' names for...
An American charity in the UK has offered to pay for vasectomies for drug addicts as well as giving the subjects £200.
First drug addict sterilised under 'cash for vasectomy' offer - Telegraph
Apparently QE2 (the person, not the ship) was having a hard time with heating bills for Buckingham Palace and actually had a request in for public assistance.:rolleyes: The request was eventually denied, but such a request from one who already owes her living to the people is beyond the pale...
Obama/Pelosi/Reid must be rolling over in their graves!!! It appears that as we rush blindly into centralizing our healthcare, the UK is getting set to take power away from the centralized system bring it down to local controls...
Clifford Rutley was going in for open heart surgery. Sadly, he found himself arrested and jailed for downloading a book on how to build firearms. Life in Not So Great Britain just continues to get worse for people who have an interest in self defence and the tools to carry it out.
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The War on Obesity rages on... coming soon to our shores.
Another government program that is more about controlling the people and destroying individual liberty than it is about solving any perceived problems.
Even by the standards of the nuts in England this is nothing short of CRAZY. They are locking up a productive citizen for 5 years because she had a family heirloom gun left to her after her father's death.
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I wasn't aware that the Feds were indeed doing this in the open now, not just in secret...
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Let’s Follow the Brits’ Lead in Restoring Civil Liberties | Print | E-mail Written by Michael Tennant...
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Rasmussen Reports show that a whopping 54 percent of Americans are still against the healthcare reform, while 40 percent are in favor of the passage. Opponents are fueled by a variety of reasons, particularly the...
How close are we to the following situation? A guy in the UK posted a picture of himself on Facebook with a "automatic" and now he's in prison for 5 years because fellow citizens turned him in?
Here's the prize quote from the article
Gunman jailed for five years after posing for picture with...
It didn't happen overnight. It took quite a while, but from their first small steps it was inevitable. That's how they work. And it's the same everywhere.
The author of this piece has been imprisoned for his belief in the right to keep and bear arms. He's a persecuted person. I could only wish...
I refuse to acknowledge this as real news, so I put this in the break room. Mods, feel free to move it. The British Empire sure has changed a lot since the good ole days.
Advert for 'reliable workers' banned as discrimination by Jobcentre Plus - Telegraph
An interesting article out of the UK where a man sentanced for defending his family from burglars is finally released from jail. The last two paragraphs were written by someone who gets it.
BBC News - Jailed businessman Munir Hussain freed by court
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