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Interestingly since the UK introduced a minimum wage at the end of the last century we have had the lowest inflation rate since the second world war. This seems to refute the suggestion that a minimum wage feeds inflation

Congratulations on your grasp of the English language:eek: I have not expressed an opinion on whether there have been any errors. I was trying to reinforce the point that Science when not constrained by religious dogmas does correct its mistakes. But scientific advances must go hand in hand with...

Froth, sorry if I inadvertently entered the US minimum wage war. I did not know it was taking place. State benefits will always distort the market, it is an unavoidable fact of economic life. In most countries in the world there is enough money to ensure a reasonable standard for everyone...

In my opinion any one doing a full weeks work should be be paid enough to support themselves thus eliminating the need for so called in-work benefits. These are actually subsidies for employers not for the employees. People have the right to a fair days pay for a fair days work. It really...

Even if there are examples where science got it completely wrong then science has corrected those errors. Many of the errors were due to the inability to get accurate observations due to the limitations of instrumentation etc. I once read in a sci-fi magazine that if you could send a 1960s...

Frothy, you are of course correct in a pedantic way. However the Community Charge brought in by Mrs T was popularly known as the Poll Tax in the press and by the general public and politicians so no need for any research. But putting my pedantic hat on I could point out that poll can be used as...

Frothy, do pay attention. The tax in the UK did not affect people's right to vote. It was a flat rate levy on every adult to raise money for local government. It is a fundamental principal of UK law that all are equal before the law and have equal rights so perhaps you need to do some more...

Blade there is no decision to be made. If there is a god and he is all-knowing as you postulate then he already knows what each of us will do. So this leads inexorably to the conclusion that free-will is entirely illusionary and we have no control over what decisions we make. I do not believe...

Perhaps some spirits would have been a better way:).

Perhaps if they were intelligent they would not be defending the right to bear arms. :eek: IMO only people who can show a real need should be allowed to have firearms provided they are sensible enough. Ammunition should also be tightly controlled.

A few points you may not have got quite right, Froth. The UK still denies the vote in parliamentary elections to those who are insane, members of the House of Lords and those in prison with a sentence of longer than one year. There has been a decision by the European Civil Rights Court to...

I think all of us in the UK who worked for a living know the answer to that

Since a lot of the refugee crisis in Europe has been caused by US military action in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya it only seems fair that the US takes its share of the refugees. There are also other countries that took part in the military actions that should take their share of refugees - the UK...

Having had to buy a new computer for Mrs Rabbie which came with Windows 10 already installed I found it OK so updated my laptop to 10 from 8.1. No problems so far. Still got two others running on 7 and Vista. All going OK and talking fine to eachother.

No Blade doesn't want a police state. He wants a a state run by people with the same religious beliefs that he has. Iran under the Ayatollah seems like the sort of regime he wants but with his particular right-wing christian bias.

If Germany(pop 80 million) can take approx 1 million refugees and Sweden(pop 9 million) can take 100,000 refugees why can't the USA(pop 200+ million) take its fair share. After all some of the instability in the Middle East came from US military intervention. In the interests of fairness the...

Have a nice weekend. My prosecco has slidden down nicely soon to be followed by a glass of best malt whisky

Not necessarily. You might be including several orders on one invoice. I do this where customers are invoiced on a monthly basis but may order at any time and are given credit for a certain period

Blade, there are times when you confuse me. You profess to be a Christian yet you seem to ignore some of Jesus's most important teaching. He urged his followers to love their neighbour and made it clear in the parable of the Good Samaritan that everyone is your neighbour yet you seem to be...

Pedants corner: Blade, if you actually knew your bible the way you say you do you would know that Jesus was referring to money changers and not money lenders. You really need to check your facts before spouting your nonsense.