Government relents and scraps fuel duty rise

The UK government has cancelled a planned 2p rise in fuel tax in light of the ever increasing petrol prices. However the timing to the decision, coming as it does shortly before the very important by-election in Glasgow East, has being deemed suspicious. Gordon Brown may be...

Northern Rock withholds dividend

"Northern Rock will not pay the interim dividend it announced in July before August's market turmoil, BBC business editor Robert Peston has learned. The firm has bowed to pressure from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Treasury not to make the payment - worth...

House OKs Specialized Patent Judges

On the face of it, the ability to hand-ball patent cases to judges better versed in that particular facet of law is a good thing. In theory, it keeps often-technical decisions out of the hands of those who, for example, see the Internet as a series of tubes*. "The U.S. House...

Do you believe young people with family/friends in high places, should be inc...

POLL ---- Yes / No.

Do you believe conscription in the U.S. could deliver a U.S. victory in Iraq?

POLL ---- Yes / No.

Do you believe gays should be exempt from conscription?

POLL ---- Yes / No.

Do you believe women should be exempt from conscription?

POLL ---- Yes / No.

Would you support the draft if it gave peace, prosperity and democracy to Ira...

POLL ---- Yes / No.