Caveat Emptor

  Something in my soul jibes at being cheated. It first came to my notice as a young teenager that people would try and put one over you if they could, and you let them. I'd saved my paper round earnings to buy a bike from a lad down the road. It wasn't a fantastic bike, it only had 3 gears, but it was a lot better than the one I had before. I negotiated a price with him, and once I'd saved enough money I went to buy...

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Twenty Woodbine and a Kit Kat Please.

  So the ban on displaying tobacco comes into force today, meaning that cigarettes and other products will need to be kept under the counter, or behind the closed doors of former display cabinets.  The ban will only apply to large shops and supermarkets, with smaller shops being exempt until 2015.  Apparently, according to public health minister Anne Milton, young people are recruited...

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Taxing Times

    "Forgive me father for I have sinned." I said through the grill.I heard an exhalation that I took for a sigh, and then, "What is it this time child?"  Okay it didn't actually happen like that but I do confess that I've always had a secret interest in politics. There will now be an interlude while you mutter something along the lines of, "crazy fool."  I have a sneaking suspicion that this...

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