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I don't consider abortion a sin. It is undesirable, obviously, and should not be done for trivial reasons, but I believe it should be allowed in extreme circumstances
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Our current laws on abortion are up to the challenge of achieving this; it is merely the way they are interpreted that is at fault.
As you well know we have abortion on demand in this country. Why do you consider that killing unborn children is not a sin? If that isn't, then what is?
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Invited terrorists? "Are you a terrorist, good sir? Yes? Please sign here, then, and come right in!"
Somehow I find that difficult to believe.
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I can assure you that I find it difficult to believe as well. You must know that New Labour set up 'power sharing' with the sole purpose of inviting terrorists into government. If there had been no terrorism can you honestly tell me that we would now have 'power sharing'? Of course not. It is all about rewarding terrorism. This is truly obscene.
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As for devolution, I do not think that it should be up to the majority of British people to decide on the issue, but instead up to the majority of the sub-group in question; the Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish or English deciding on Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish or English Parliaments respectively.
More needs to be done on the issue of an English Parliament but I certainly don't think the English should decide on the Scottish Parliament!
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No, I don't think that it should be up to the English to decide on an Scottish Parliament, it should be up to the British people as a whole (including the English). If it fails to get the support of the majority of British people, then it should not happen. That is democracy. Are you in favour of democracy?
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I see nothing wrong with the European Union, and I certainly contest the allegation that it is bad for the economy. What of the money we save on trade now? What of the European funds poured into British projects?
We give a lot, but I believe we take a lot as well.
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If you are being serious, then I strongly urge you to read up on the subject. (There are some very good books in the 'recommended reading' section of this forum).
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New laws and regulations are not inherently bad.
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True, but there is too much of the politicians' syllogism: something must be done, this is something, therefore we will do this
Was the 'appalling crime rate' there before?
Yes there was. That is the trouble, ALL the established parties lack the political will to tackle it.
Was the NHS in a bad way before (indeed, can it be in anything but a bad way nowadays? Consider what it must cater for!)?
Yes it was. As I have mentioned before all the established political parties lack the political will to tackle it. For the money that New Labour is spending we should have clean hospitals, no waiting lists and and survival rates at least as good as the European average. We do not.
Reducing taxation is not always good.
That is true, provided that the tax rates are already low and the money is being spent on things that the economy needs eg transport infrastructure. But if the government is wasting tax money, then taxes should be cut. New Labour is wasting staggeringly large amounts of money on, for example: the dependency culture, wars, the EU, devolution, consultants, quangos, extra 'Bloody Sunday' enquiries, administration of the unnecessarily complex tax and benefits system. Looking around the world, low tax economies tend to have better growth rates than high tax ones.
Also, is it not a little unrealistic to expect that they should reduce taxes AND sort out the crime rate AND the NHS AND control the borders AND sort out education AND do anything else you wish them to do?
I can't contest the dependency culture claim. Do you have any figures to back it up?
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