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OK. Why are both candidates so horrible to each other? Don't they have any idea of decorum or respect? Just saying it all projects a bad image to the world of the USA when the highest people act like schoolchildren. Col

May I ask why Mr Trump is so horrible to Mrs Harris? In a speech yesterday he called her a 'bum' several times ( a bum in the UK is what you sit on) and said other nasty things about her (like they do on these forums). The thing is whether Mr Trump likes it or not, Mrs Harris is the Vice...

The USA is not a Commonwealth country. Col

I agree. I worked in the NHS for nearly 40 years. Over that time, there has been 4 or 5 'reorganisations'. One has to question their effectiveness. Again, I won't be boring but I could write a book about the tens of millions wasted, yet nobody seems to have the guts to really get to grips with...

I could go on about not enough beds so patients are treated in corridors, hospital buildings falling apart and dangerous to use, but it'll bore you. But having said all that, the NHS is still revered by the British. Very expensive treatment is free, as is all treatment. (Except dental care) If...

The NHS is going through a difficult time. There are around 7.5 million people currently waiting for operations. The waiting list for radiotherapy/cancer treatment is several weeks. Doctors go on strike for more pay, this leads to many thousands of people having treatment cancelled. There is a...

I thought the candidate for president was chosen as the result of what Americans call the primaries- I may be wrong but is America going to have primary elections to select a candidate from those who wish to stand? Or does the Presidential election procedure go out the window. What do I know...

Oh well, I guess it gives the Americans here a chance to slag off and rubbish somebody different. My opinion is that it gives Mr Trump an open goal with nobody to stop him now, not that there was anyway. Col

Are you saying children have guns? If so, then there is a big problem. Col

I could comment on that but I'm not going to. . . . Yet. Col

Shame you don't extend that courtesy to others on these forums. Col

Listen to the song 'In The Year 2525' by Zager and Evans, its on YouTube or Spotify. It was in the charts around 1969. Col

So where is the ghetto then? I read about it in a Sunday newspaper supplement and it was about poor black people in New York living in a ghetto. Why is that ignorant? Col

Ghetto - yes I've read about it. Its in New York where poor black people are forced to live. Col

You've not even scratched the surface yet. Col

Is that why Americans call a house 'a crib' and a friend is now a 'homie'? Col

Why are Americans full of acronyms and initials? Are you too lazy to say the proper meaning? If you refer to a state, you can't be bothered to say it properly, you reduce it to two letters. So someone has an election mantra, that gets reduced to initials. How about POTUS or VPOTUS? It's very...

Thanks, got it now. Its an anti-trump thing. Col

Doc said MAGA is a phrase. But your post indicates it is an area of a state. Its very confusing to foreigners. Col

I've found out that MAGA means 'Make America Great Again', is that a political party? Why is there so much discussion about it? It must be more than just a phrase judging by the way those here get heated about it. Col