Classic films are constantly being remade, while books are turned into films. Music can often be remastered or remixed, or even in some cases rewritten. Should we be trying to come up with new creative ideas rather than constantly remaking the old?
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Nick Clegg told the liberal Democrats conference that his aim was to be the next Prime Minister. It does seem a very brave statement to make, but could it really happen?
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States do not always react the same way in essentially similar situations, what influenced the way a state went can be seen through decision making analysis. Britain at the turn of the twentieth century need not have moved into an entente with France and Russia, she could have joined with the...
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There is a gaping hole in the public finances that needs to be filled. Everyone admits there will be cuts but the liberal democrats believe that there should be more redistributive taxes too. The British take great pride in our houses which make up a substantial part of many individuals wealth. ...
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Animal Testing is right in many cases except testing for new make up.>:/
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China is a rapidly rising world power with the potential to rock the world system as Germany did in 1914. It is an authoritarian country with few checks and balances. China is, however, also desperately trying to be a good stakeholder in the international system and needs to keep its economy grow...
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Intelligence agencies gather a lot of information that could be used in courts of law to fight terrorism and organized crime. Unfortunately, some of this information is inadmissible in courts. We see little reason to exclude certain kind of evidence collected by intelligence agencies from being ...
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We on team proposition like the taste of meat. But we cannot deny that excessive meat consumption is a threat to the planet.
In fact we are going to show that there is ample scientific evidence to support this fear. Meat production increases global warming, abuses the water supply and leads to a...
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The collapse of Lehman Brothers caused a shock throughout the global economy. Saving the bank might have saved the world economy from plunging into the worst recession since the 1930s Great Depression. Was it worth letting Lehman fail when the US government has been willing to save other banks th...
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India has been fighting against left wing insurgents for years. They are particularly prevalent in the east in west Bengal and Bihar and caused disruption during the elections. Prime Minister Singh has admitted that they are getting more violent and that India is losing ground. In some areas they...
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Gay Jewish couples could soon be allowed to marry in synagogue after religious groups including Liberal Judaism and several Anglican bishops have lent their support to a relaxation of a ban. An amendment to the Equality Bill is expected to be debated in the Lords next month to pave the way for th...
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Footballers today often seem to become famous for what they are doing off the pitch as well as well as on it. Ashley Cole has a famous wife, Cheryl who is now to leave him over allegations that he has an affair and he mislead Chelsea Football Club over it. Chelsea seems likely to react with some ...
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Elections in the UK (and elsewhere such as the USA) are increasingly more about style over substance and more about leaders rather than their policy. Our headlines are more and more about the person not the party. Gordon Brown has asked the electorate to trust him and give labour another look (or...
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Approximatley 20,000 children are home schooled in the UK. However none of these none of the families that choose to educate their children at home are offered any economic help by the government. Should this change?
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The British prison system is in disarray. The UK now has the highest number of in-mates per capita of any country within Western Europe. There are simply are not enough spaces within the current system to house offenders.
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Devolution in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales has been viewed as a positive step. However, there remains a discrepancy as there is no devolved body in place for England. There is growing resentment within England that this is not the case, as there is a percieved inbalance in decision makin...
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The French and the Europeans generally are stereotyped in Britain and the US as being much more fun loving and wishing to work shorter working weeks than ‘Anglo-Saxon economies’ such as Britain. However the European Union now has a big say over many areas of regulation that were previously the pr...
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During this parliament many MPs have discredited themselves and the Houses of Parliament with their excessive expenses claims. While there have been reforms put in place to reduce these claims there are still a total of 646 MPs in the House of Commons. The House of Representatives in the USA has ...
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The link between state pensions and average earnings was scrapped in 1980 by Margerat Thatcher's Conservatives. Since then, Pensions have been in-line with inflation and as the rate of earnings increases at a greater rate than inflation, the state pensions are not what they once were; it is now e...
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Labour has been promising an elected House of Lords since they were elected in 1997, there has been progress with hereditary peers leaving however there has been no movement to having the House of Lords elected rather than appointed. If we are going to lecture dictators on the benefits of democra...
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Egypt has announced it is to ban all foreign aid convoys to Gaza after activists from the Viva Palestina convoy led by MP George Galloway clashed with police on the Rafah border. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said the country has banned all aid convoys to Gaza, and that any aid for Palest...
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Many EU countries have mandatory retirement ages for their country’s workers. Is this a necessary part of employment, or an outdated and discriminatory practice? And should the EU be legislating on it?
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David Cameron has been hosting meetings between the Ulster Unionists and Democratic Unionists in a effort to help them resolve their differences. Cameron may at the same time be ruining his chances of being seen as an independent broker in Northern Ireland should he get into Downing Street. Howev...
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Pope Benedict XVI has criticised the equality bill going through parliament for violating natural law. In forcing through equality in employment for gay people the legislation imposes “unjust limitations on the freedom of religious communities to act in accordance with their beliefs.” In a clash ...
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A recent news story, certain people, such as the head of the National Association of Head Teachers, have criticised plans put forward by Labour MP Daniel Chaytor to extend London's free bus travel for young people scheme to the whole country. This plan should go ahead.
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Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has apologised to those who were forcibly relocated while still children from Britain from the 1920s to the 1950s to provide a white workforce for the empire and dominions. They were told their families were dead when they were not and many were abused in Aus...
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Nick Clegg told the liberal Democrats conference that his aim was to be the next Prime Minister. It does seem a very brave statement to make, but could it really happen?
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African Natural resources should be left for Africans to manage and develop alone. Those country who have colonize them and the developed countries should not interfere in this resource development and management as this has cause lot conflict and civil war, where millions have died and many st...
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This seems like the age old debate of how far should the government control our behaviour. But Gordon Brown has now rejected the chief medical officer's recomendation for the minimum price levels of alcohol based upon stength. Scotland is still considering such proposals, but is setting a minimum...
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Sudan's president al-Bashir has stated in a speech on the campaign trail that the elections will be 'free and fair' and also clean as a matter of 'religious duty'. These elections will be the first multi-party elections since the civil war and since the military coup in which al-Bashir took power...
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At least 9 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip on 31st May 2010 .
Israel has been criticized in the past for placing embargoes on aid entering Palestine, as the region is governed by Hamas, which does not recognise Israel and...
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all about the gap between the students, and conscription should be an effective, yet useful solution to teach 'unity'.
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Lehman Brothers, a global investment bank serving the financial needs of corporations, institutions, governments and high-net-worth investors worldwide, filed for bankruptcy on Monday September 15th, sending shockwaves around the banking world. Dick Fuld stood apart from the rest, the scariest ma...
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At a time when Ofcom is reviewing BT's obligation to deliver a phonebook to every household in the UK every year, 192.com is calling for the government to impose a centralised scheme where UK citizens can opt-out of receiving a phonebook much like the Mail Preference Service (MPS) set up by the D...
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What people are doing is invest in alternative energy, green building, cleantech, etc. That's the right thing to do but not the best thing we can do. Let's take another approach. There are lots of income groups in the society. The simplest way to divide them is into the upper, middle, and lower c...
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Mathematics is an increasingly unpopular subject at school because of its lack of relevance to everyday life the sudden increase in difficulty at GCSE level and its association with being a 'nerd'. One proposed solution is to no longer make the subject compulsory at GCSE level and instead include...
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As history tells us the most gory and bloody and longest wars are those of religion, If there wasn't religion would there be terrorists ("kill all the infidels"-Holy Koran/Quran "Oye/oi,weirdo headphone guy stop dissing the Koran; and I didn't know members of the KKK, Tamil tigers ...
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The Green Party originated from the Peoples party in the 1970's. Despite having many viable policies and being one of the only true "left wing" parties left in British politics they only manage to secure 1% of the votes and, due to the first past the post voting system, a single seat in...
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Almost every high school and college student will tell you that the legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered from 21. This country has such an issue with underage drinking that it's time something is done to start preventing so many kids from getting in trouble.
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