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Increase the age limit for off-licence sales to 21
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Written by ConcernedCitizen the 16 Jun 08 at 18:35. Category: Health.
Location: UK-wide.
Scottish National Party
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The SNP are considering raising the earliest age at which alcohol can be bought at off-licences from 18 to 21.
This follows a trial in Armadale which reportedly resulted in a reduction in alcohol-related antisocial behaviour.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7457089.stm
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Proposed reduction in Scottish class sizes to 18
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Written by ConcernedCitizen the 1 Jun 08 at 12:05. Category: Education.
Location: UK-wide.
Scottish National Party
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The SNP's flagship policy to cut class sizes for primaries 1 to 3 to 18 are set to cost over £400m, according to the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7422480.stm
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Correct spelling is no longer deemed important...
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Written by pagoda39 the 27 Jun 08 at 10:00. Category: Education.
Location: UK-wide.
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Or, that's what it seems like these days. Bad spelling is everywhere and most of it on professional websites promoting things!!!
Common examples are 'stationary' (not moving) where it should be 'stationery' (office paper etc), 'seperate' where it should be 'separate', the list is endless.
And don't get me started on the misuse, nay, abuse of the apostrophe!
What is most worrying is that it is apparent in normal business life, from reports, to shop signage, to advertising. This means no-one seems to care.
I'd like to state I am not a teacher, over 40, or one of those people who delights in spotting mistakes in films, just a regular Joe who had a decent English teacher.
Have other concerned citizens seen recent continuous examples they can list here?
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Increase in road tax for older vehicles
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Written by ConcernedCitizen the 2 Jun 08 at 09:12. Category: Transport.
Location: UK-wide.
Labour
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The Chancellor Alistair Darling is planning to increase road tax for older, more polluting cars.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7421171.stm
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Schools are going PC mad...
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Written by pagoda39 the 23 Jun 08 at 21:59. Category: Education.
Location: UK-wide.
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Is banning children from creating Father's Day cards 'sensitive' or simply crazy?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2176315/Father%27s-Day-cards-banned-in-Scot tish-schools.html
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Early release for 550 inmates to reduce jail overcrowding
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Written by ConcernedCitizen the 28 May 08 at 12:00. Category: Criminal Justice.
Location: UK-wide.
Labour
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The government plans to release 550 non-violent and non-sexual offenders from English and Welsh prisons at the half-way point in their sentences, earlier than the normal two-thirds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7422737.stm
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Performance pay for NHS hospitals
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Written by ConcernedCitizen the 27 May 08 at 15:55. Category: Health.
Location: UK-wide.
Labour
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Labour propose to use patient experiences to gauge hospitals' performance, which will affect the amount of money received from the government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7400454.stm
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