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I wonder if that's down to poor messaging/education or driver ignorance/negligence. I remember when the highway code was changed re. pedestrians having right of way when crossing a junction (no 2 in the link below) there was a half hearted TV advertising campaign that clearly wasn't very wide...

When I first read about this I had sympathy for him as it sounded like he was there by chance and was innocently trying to cross the road but it has since transpired that he was there with an entourage and a film crew lol. I think his motives are pretty clear. The police handled it poorly by...

The sad thing is that when elections come around they look on the ballot paper and see mostly grim options that include self serving people who are mostly out of touch with reality. Wars are being started by power hungry old men acting like gangsters and countries like the UK run by a...

A performative strike and nothing more I suspect. A bit of *** for tat (you fired missiles at us and so here's one back) along with a message saying we can hit your nuclear facilities if we really want.

The Conservative party are looking to hire people like you lol.

Not saying alcohol is less damaging overall. Just making the point that passive smokers e.g. babies & children have no form of protection from a justice system or any other means.

It's a very complex subject. Why do people feel the need to smoke or drink excessively in the first place? To take the edge off life and escape from reality for a bit in many cases I assume. The root causes will vary greatly - problems at home, relationships, lack of prospects, stress at work...

I wouldn't rule out a Labour Govt making it illegal in England in the future given that Welsh Labour did it in Wales. It's probably one of those issues where toffs and chavs are united. Maybe Labour would prefer to wait until enough red wall seats are safe before committing to anything. If I...

Yeah Zhang made Joyce look like a bum (twice). Zhang should win that but Wilder's right hand is insane and if he connects then it could be goodnight. Assuming there will be a re-match between Fury and Usyk I wonder if the winner of Zhang v Wilder will face AJ in an eliminator to face the winner...

Most of us on here are lucky we just had that to contend with. At one time smoking on planes, trains, buses and in offices was rife. Was a struggle to escape from it.

I agree with all of that but I would guess the main stumbling block with excluding a smoking related illness from NHS treatment is that it sets a precedent where smokers could then argue that the same should apply to any self inflicted illness or even injury. Alcoholism, drug abuse, sports...

America is the main problem here IMO. They are as divided as I have ever seen and both sides are completely consumed with pleasing their domestic audience and winning votes at the next election. As a result they seem to be stepping back from their self proclaimed 'leader of the free world' or...

There's a similarity with the situation in Taiwan. China wants to grab it and in their eyes re-unify while Taiwan and the west want it to be a sovereign state and for that to be recognised internationally (which China won't). What's been the solution so far? To keep the status quo as long as...

It's a massive failure of leadership and diplomacy on both sides. Iran having been stirring trouble all over the region and hiding behind proxies while Israel are out of line for it's actions towards refugees in Gaza and especially for removing the two state solution from table which even goes...

Imagine being so desperate to cling on to power and save your own skin that you'd risk a major regional war and as a result sacrifice many of your own people. The west have been far too soft with Netenyahu and it's time to give him some proper hard truths and red lines including threats to...

Israel and Iran are like two drunk arseholes looking for a rumble outside a nightclub at the end of the night. One of them is kind of your mate (although deep down you think he's a bit of a dick) and you just want no part of it and for them both just to go home and sober up. Iran must have...

Mouthing off about wiping Israel off the planet is one thing but getting groups in other countries to do their dirty work is another. They're fooling nobody and are asking for trouble.

I don't like Netenyahu but I also don't like Iran using proxies to do their dirty work instead fronting up and owning their actions/agenda. When Israel bypasses the middle man and hits back at Iran directly I have no sympathy for them.

The Government have sat back and allowed big business (especially supermarkets) to fleece us. It's basically a stealth tax - a massive transfer of wealth from Joe Public to big business. I appreciate that many businesses suffered during COVID but supermarkets were the ones that benefited the...

A desperate attempt to win votes from shop workers.