Had It in Holland Park

She may be the first undocumented immigrant at a political convention, but she is not the first criminal. There have always been undocumented pharmacists dealing drugs, not to mention the undocumented sexual therapists who hang around the posh hotel bars.

Like you, I find their censorship annoying. However, it is a bit much to ask for "free speech" on someone else's commercial web pages. Kind of like saying freedom of religion means I should be able to hold a Wiccan ceremony in someone else's cathedral, a Salah in their temple or a Micha in their Mosque.

What is the Independent trying to imply by putting "long illness" in quotes?

Jeez. So that's what's wrong with the other guy (we tell you this so you don't ask us what we are actually FOR). Sounds just like Fox News.

You just don't understand American exceptionalism. Just because we pay more for worse results doesn't mean our system isn't the "best in the world."  It's like health care.

How refreshing: someone who talks about what they are for, rather than who they are against.

Now if we could just elect 635 legislators who act that way, we might actually get something done in this country of ours.

Those who make the most noise complaining are those who are the most insecure.

Muslims who know who they are and are comfortable with themselves and their faith may dispute the documentarian's methods and conclusions, but they will neither threaten nor whine about about the program.

Yes, Boris is simply mad, but it seems a bit impolite for Huffpo to say so in a 36-point headline.

Gosh, 75% were in favour of having someone else pay for their government services? How surprising!

As Maggers quoth: the only problem with socialism is that, sooner or later, you run out of other people's money.

Might look at some of her matronising rants before deciding who is sexist.

"I love Boris. He reaches the parts that other politicians can't. "
The amused-laughter-at-the-sublimely-ridiculous part?

But they loved it when it was proposed by Nixon and supported by Reagan, Gingrich and both Bushes. They even loved it when it was called Romneycare. That's politics.

They all start, on both sides of the aisle, with the best of intentions,
It doesn't take two years before they are captured by the need to raise campaign money and and will settle for the rare and occasional good deed.

“What is "shocking" about this? I am absolutely certain that some people who think they are gay (or hetero or bi) are confused. With all the hype and constant yapping about sex in our media and our culture, I only surprised there aren't even more confused people.

Sad. I have a lot of respect for Mr Eastwood, both as actor and as director - he creates very good entertainment. Both in his professional and personal lives, Mr Eastwood has embodied courage and a willingness to give it a go.

So sad to see him in a failure of courage: interviewing an empty chair. Why didn't he have the guts to go see Obama and ask him these questions face-to-face?

This is one of the key problems in American politics: people are more interested in who they are running against than in what they stand for.

I am sure that the January tests WERE too leniently graded.
Who will be fired for this damage to our society and our nation?

If she had been declared unfit to work, would we imply that benefits killed her?

“Wrong! As Cliff would say: Just as predators improve the quality of a herd by eating the weakest members, alcohol kills the weakest brain cells, thereby improving the quality of those that remain. This is why one always feels smarter after a couple of beers.

“Pretty good. Much better than the senseless, tasteless, ill-informed inchoate mess that opened the Olympics. This ceremony had a theme that made sense and floor antics that were not too unrelated to that theme or to anything else.

The soprano was marvelous but why does it seem so hard to find any rock singers who can actually sing?

The only clunker was when our heroine Miranda, after taking a bite or two from her symbolic apple, simply tossed it over her shoulder, rather than putting it in a bin. Bit inconsiderate, that.

"It is disgusting that international students continue to be used as a political football by politicians who seem either incapable of understanding, or are simply uncaring about the impact of their decisions on individuals, universities and the UK economy."

It is disgusting that international students continue to be used as a political football by the NUS who seem either incapable of understanding, or are simply uncaring about the impact of their position on individuals and on the UK economy."

Sounds like you want the McDonalds of healthcare: same experience everywhere.

“No, you will not be FORCED to pay more - you can always just stop using them.”