UK Politics, Law and Crime, Society behaviour, what is wrong with the UK

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Police have more important things to do?
Last year my father was involved in a hit and run incident and although he recovered, we were astonished at the police's reaction which was to explain they had more important things to do and his case was not investigated.
Published: 28-December-2009 24 comments

Mr Gordon Brown's bottomless pockets
I am becoming very concerned that our Prime Minister is becoming increasingly out of control where spending our money is involved. Each time he goes abroad, he makes speeches promising huge sums of money...
Published: 16-December-2009 27 comments

Britain, Government and The Recession
When will the British public wake up and realise the mess our country is in? Britain was heading for recession when Labour came to power in 1997, but our apathy and inaction is now bordering cowardice.
Published: 29-September-2009 105 comments

MPs expenses and second home allowance
Politicians, they're supposed to lead by example and represent those who voted them. Instead we have a bunch of power crazy, corrupt, money grabbing, lazy people who will do anything to screw the tax payer.
Published: 05-August-2009 24 comments

Did you make your vote count?
I wish to gripe about the individuals who threw eggs at the BNP leader, during a press conference following the their successful election to 2 European parliamentary seats. This is all down to people not voting.
Published: 10-June-2009 35 comments

Politicians squabbling amongst themselves
Why do politicians insist on focusing their efforts on saying how bad the other party is instead of saying how good their party is? It's very negative and quite frankly probably puts potential voters off.
Published: 08-May-2009 8 comments

UK politics, a poor choice so why vote?
To vote or not to vote? Personally I choose not to vote as I have no faith in any party to govern this country morally or correctly and I view the political system as inherently flawed and corrupt.
Published: 13-February-2009 181 comments

Law and liability for dealership mechanics
A mechanic I know said to me he was cited and fined by our Ministry of Transportation for improperly certifying a vehicle, a foreign make. Shouldn't the common law of principal and agency kick in to make his employer liable?
Published: 21-October-2008 9 comments

Foreign cars dodging road tax
I don't know about you but I am growing sick of the number of foreign registered vehicles on UK roads. We should adopt the same system as Austria, one that makes it impossible to dodge road tax.
Published: 27-August-2008 20 comments

Why do we need this Westminster Parliament? - 36 comments

Here's what I think of our government - 103 comments

Prison is a cushy number these days - 47 comments

Police officer harasses our son - 35 comments

Crime and punishment unacceptable - 24 comments

The police are not above the law - 80 comments

What happened to bobbies on the beat? - 26 comments

The age of criminal responsibility - 35 comments

This smoking ban is just too much - 204 comments

Why I don't trust the police - 130 comments

Bike thieves are low life - 17 comments

Sentence should fit the crime - 34 comments