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Map of the Week: Why Costa Rica is the happiest place 10:26am on 04 Jul 2009 In order to test the conclusion of their analysis, nef should carry out another survey:

Ask people in countries across the globe which country they most would like to live in the world.

Judging by the migration patterns, I can predict that people from developed countries like Britain would prefer to stay put, while people from Central and Latin America would like to migrate to here.

So if theyre happier than us in their less developed, crime-ridden, discriminatory (oh but they get a few marks for being green) countries; why are more of them so desperate to leave than us?
What spending would you cut? 10:05pm on 24 Apr 2009 Hello Peter,

Well, I would hold a referendum on the EU constitution (as Labour promised in their manifesto anyway). When we British are given the chance to give it the ‘no vote’, we would then be spending less by not forking out for the other EU countries, from who we get less back in return. (We can then join ‘The European Free Trade Association’, so won’t lose any trade).

I would gradually reduce the size of the public sector by lowering recruitment levels over time, without making people redundant.

One of our biggest outlays already is the interest on our national debt. So I would pay off the debt as quickly as possible; I want more money to be spent on my education than on my share of the debt. It seems to me that we’re going to be paying for Labour’s borrowing for over a generation.
Thanks Gordon!

Craig
Competition: Design a cover for the Magazine's 2008 Annual 4:31pm on 25 Dec 2008 Where abouts will the winning entry be revealed?
'B' for bother? 5:25pm on 18 Nov 2008 Until today I'd never heard of the B of the Bang. So I had a look at some of the photos of it...it looks amazing!

I hope that the sculpture is repaired/made safe, as it would be a shame to see such an immense structure go.

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