there seems to be a lot of cases where there has been 2 topics coming out both about the same thing. one with "have yor say" in front and one without. My say is to get rid of have your say all together and you will see the most important discussion topics come out anyways

As is described in the forum changes, the "have your say" topics are those that are generated by comments on 442 articles. It generates discussion and brings more people into the forums. Its not a bad thing. If only one person posts in it and no one else, who cares. It will just fall down the page quickly.

Its also easier to discuss a certain article or piece of news this way rather than saying "hey in this article I read about this and I think this.." etc. Its all nice and tidy.

It does link ut up well, and it's not really getting in the way, so it doesnt really matter does it?

fair enough, just a suggestion, thought it was a bit weird to have a few topics on the same discussion

yeah, but every moron wants his name up in lights and his own thread, so they'd get started anyway :(