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HAVE YOU EVER gazed at a distant star at night and find that when you focus on it, it disappears? That's because when you look directly at it rather than askance, the dim light falls on the cone cells in the centre of your retina which are not as sensitive to light as the rod cells on the periphery. I'm not about to take detour... 

First of all, I never expected this budget or next year budget to be any different. Why? The reason is simple, after so many GEs, don't you understand the first 3 or 4 years, they will milk the citizens and then leaving the last year before GE, they will suddenly "be generous". This pattern of behaviour is so distinct, don't... 

I was reading this about  “Funny”cock ups by the British police [ LINK ]. The article ended by reporting  Professor David Wall, of Leeds University’s Centre for Criminal Justice Studies as saying”I think we look to police as a source of authority and to help us when we are in trouble and I guess that we expect them...