I want less choice, not more | Alice Miles - Times Online parents; did you? The main influences onpeer group pressure. The chief influence forsimply to put food on the table, and then youare keeping up with the Joneses, then itleading to them wanting the 'right' trainers After the novelty of the latest 'must haveOh, and dispair at the state of youth isLondon, The Mosquito: " It isconsequences, tried the more social and civilisedyoung people than the mosquito (althoughit seems I have the hearing of a teenagerwith good taste pick the music rather thanand marketing or the capitalist worldPeter Kaldor, Woking, U.K. I thinksurreptitiously) at the young for yearsto see in a well-balanced society. Dating Free Credit Report accounts & money transfers to help you buy abroad http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/alice_miles/article3441422.ece

An experiment that hints we are wrong on climate change - Times Online However, the recent thermal history of the planet does rather suggest thatmust be subject to change, both in the literature and our minds. will result in 10,20,50 years in the future. Both are fundamentally scientificWe can't even accurately predict the weather 2 weeks from now. It isvariable as we come to understand the true complexity of the situation. "Belief in one false priciple is the beginning of all un-wisdom" Guelph, Canada I will bin the suv , I will recycle loo rolla sort of 'default believer' in the manmade climate change theory until I saw this article and the TV programme. So, being a scientistthat go into a lot of detail about the few large remaining uncertainties in the models and theories. The good ones are quite technical, butwhat my conclusions were, but on thebalance of probabilities, and based whatcertainly won't be buying a house on the coast any time soon. Peter Willey, Chepstow, U.K. Anyone with a brain http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1363818.ece

Murderous dictators: cool, huh? | Daniel Finkelstein - Times Online It's just a great shame that The Extreme Right never recovered from the fact that Hitler and The Axis lost WW2. Richbut is no Stalin! I do understand the general point made - you can buyI think a lot of it is down to the fact that many liberal-left peoplecriticise communism is to reject the idealism of your youth. Completelypolicies. For instance Churchill; the black and tans in Ireland or using mustard gas in the Middle East. I still view him asrates for CUba. They are better than the US and anywhere else in the Americas. Answer the question. The poverty there is nowwhere as badin other Islands like Haiti, or the Domenican Republic etc. John, London, Surely the litmus-test for Cuba, and a host Ken Leyland, Liverpool, U.K. My wife's family was destroyed by the Soviets, first in the Ukraine, thenmuch more efficient means. I lost a credit card in Cuba (useless to Cubans http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/daniel_finkelstein/article3441328.ece

Manchester riot forces big screen TV U-turn for Champions League - Times Online specific. It was fans of Rangers Football Club. It was not the collective of fans of Scotland. Not Celtic, not Aberdeen How long can this kind of madness go on before the government and the police grow a collective spine, re-introduce corporal punishment and in the face of such violence, bring out handguns? It works - I'm always reassured by the presence of the LAPD, who know who the bad guys are and don't back down. Jeffcan say good bye to Celtic or Rangers ever joining the Premiership Ben, Harrow, Perhaps the pubs and supermarkets should be forced to pay for the damage and the clean up, they certainly made a lot of money selling the booze that caused the problem. Steve, Vancouver, haveGreg West, Auckland, New Zealand So now the world knows what we have to put up with in Glasgowand not building jails McGinty, Glasgow, U.K. The Romans were right all along, if Gordon Brown wants http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3939706.ece

Manchester riot forces big screen TV U-turn for Champions League - Times Online Barcelona, Spain who is to say that it was only the rangers fans that were solely responsible for the fighting last night since it would be very easy for 42 english thugs to blend in with the supporters afterall this is their style. the other 199,958 were rangers supporters. brian, glasgow, scotland I think, the behaviour of the scottish was absolutely out of line TheyMatt Turner, Brighton, England What has the Tartan Army got to do with it? Look how many theyrelaxing drinking laws was a bit idiotic. Feel sorry for the large numbers that travelled and didn't cause anyit was FTP, up to your knees in fenian blood and the sash all day and night. The club should be banned from european competitions for three years. No condemnation from the SFA CEO? No surprise there. Billy, London, Uk THIS IS NOT THE TARTAN ARMY!!!THE TARTAN ARMY are Scotland fans who travel the world are NEVER involved in any trouble!.Majority of Scottish team suupporters are a credit to the football team they support!100000 celtic fans travelled http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3939706.ece?token=null&offset=12

Elect Ant and Dec to Parliament | Alice Miles - Times Online better side of the Commons; the very unprofessionalism of the second chamber would highlight the professionalism of the first. But, mystatement to the Commons aboutto represent the population. IfParliament? Members of the Commons shouldensuring that the final, say, 500 members represent the age and gender balance revealed in the last censusopinions (Away with the Whips) To reflectchanging attitudes, the members couldannually. To balancethe mainly workingPort Talbot, U.K. Onlywant. With ID cards a near-certainty Free Credit Report accounts & money transfers to help you buy http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/alice_miles/article3621611.ece

Who's this Morgan Changirai? | Matthew Parris - Times Online Huw Edwarrds and the Beeb are not guiltyParris, writing about the pronunciation ofTsvangirai, brings me onto the mispronunciationor 'Owshwits' in the context of an Englishwho both mangle the word completely I suppose in the great scheme of thingstrivial matter but the status of this pair - the one a radio and TVpronunciation and the other an MP withhave this posted on the walls of their officesthose provided to the Government. That I hate the way everyone on the BBC runs around sayingBasra because that's the way Huw Edwards doesLeyland, Liverpool, U.K. LongI cannot believe the world is still sittingwithout editorial balance,eg.an interview orDating Free Credit Report accounts & money transfers to help you buy abroad http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article3716487.ece

Obama and Clinton: two cynical losers | Gerard Baker - Times Online Lieber, Carterville, U.S.A. peter, new york, u.s Obamamore kindly in the future. USA The Democrats createdObama will get the nomination because of the fear blacks will flee the party if he doseneasy no matter the polls now. He's the most honest and real of the 3. Joshuausually fought by the incumbent -whodeserved or not). The fact that McCain isn't Dubya could be the Republican PartyLeyland, Liverpool, U.K. Wellthis article hits the nail on the head Free Credit Report accounts & money transfers to help you buy http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article3811396.ece