I don't think that figure is surprising. Huge numbers of deaths are long and drawn out - assisted deaths in that case would be 'switching the machine off now rather than waiting another wee… (View Post)

For a lot of these people the main motivation is "Sticking it to the right". Though on abortion I think they are imagining an enemy who isn't there in this country. (View Post)

In a picture round of a quiz attended by over 100 people, last year, I'm pretty sure I was the only one who could identify him. (The round was 'visual clues to places in Trafford' - a … (View Post)

Neither Germany nor Japan are surrounded by countries who have spent 50 years denying their right to exist and who have on two occasions all attacked them simultaneously in order to bring about this … (View Post)

I think that’s a fair point, and I’d agree up to a point. I don’t however want to be in a position where we’re waiting until Iran IS an imminent threat to us and we’re saying ‘why didn’t we deal with… (View Post)