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Mark Wadsworth
http://markwadsworth.blogspot.co.uk/
Politics, economics, humour, cow-attacks and Land Value Tax.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )
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From the BBC A national minute's silence will be held to remember victims of the Tunisian beach attack, David Cameron has announced. Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 DEBATE -
Meaningless Statistic of the Week: "Half of Households Receive More in Benefits...
The Torygraph dutifully trots out the misleading headline: The Office for National Statistics reveals that more than 13 million households in Britain receive... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 DEBATE -
What the Hell?
From the Guardian There's a really odd moment in that video where a woman talks about the death of Pride, how it's no longer and revolutionary thing, and well,... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 DEBATE -
Lesson No. 1. Americans Don't Do 'irony'.
Here From the text of the article:- "...However, it said he’d prefaced those comments with an ironic introduction, joking that they would illustrate what a... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 DEBATE -
"Greece (is the Word)"
From stlyrics.com: We solve our problems and we see the light We gotta plug and think, we gotta feed it right There ain't no danger we can go too far If we star... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 DEBATE -
That's Not Tax Simplification Then, is It?
From City AM: BRITISH small businesses are calling on chancellor George Osborne to reform and simplify the tax system in next week’s emergency budget. Good... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 DEBATE -
Welfare Reform: Wilfully Misleading Reporting by the BBC
From the BBC: But ministers claim that the welfare reforms, far from pushing people into poverty, are helping them escape it by encouraging them into work. Read more
Posted on 28 June 2015 DEBATE -
Stupid Company Names: Asendia
Asendia ia a parcel/post service owned jointly by French and Swiss post offices. But what does the name allude to/sound like? 1. "I send you"? 2. "Ascend"... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2015 DEBATE -
Restricting the Number of Minicab Licenses?
People in charge in London are doing it completely wrong: A limit should be placed on the number of private minicabs in London to prevent "huge congestion",... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2015 DEBATE -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From City AM: Lucy Thomas' declaration that 'nearly half our trade is with other EU countries* is, to be charitable, economical with the truth. Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 DEBATE -
Jeremy Corbyn on Top Form
Spotted by Random in The Independent: The ‘Right To Buy’ policy that lets council tenants buy their homes at a big discount should be extended to the tenants... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 DEBATE -
Newspeak!
Some holier than thou simpering smug fuckwit of an old trout from the HMRC was on R4 this morning 'explaining' why they failed to answer 7.2m calls last year. Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 DEBATE -
"Charity Cash Could Go to Transport for London"
From City AM: MAYORAL candidate Ivan Massow wants £75m of surplus charity money to be put towards a fund devoted to improving mobility in the capital, he... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 DEBATE -
Boris Johnson Says Mechanics Will Need To Pass 'Farrier-Lite' To Work In London
From Huffington Post Mechanics in London will have to pass a saddle maintenance and ‘farrier’ style test before driving in the nation’s capital, Boris Johnson... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2015 DEBATE -
Cow Attack News
From The Daily Mail: Eminent university lecturer, 66, was 'trampled to death by herd of 30 cows going mad as he walked through a field where there had been thre... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2015 DEBATE -
"NSA Spying: France Summons US Envoy Over Wikileaks Claims"
From the BBC: France has summoned the US envoy in Paris over claims that the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors, officials say. Read more
Posted on 24 June 2015 DEBATE -
Game Theory - Tee Hee.
From the slightly longer print version of an article, which is actually about Grexit, in City AM: One of the insights of game theory is that it is possible for... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2015 DEBATE -
Free Markets Or Subsidy Junkies?
From Business Insider: European markets rocketed upwards today on some sudden and positive hints of a Greek bailout deal at today's emergency European summit. Read more
Posted on 23 June 2015 DEBATE -
Thoughts on This...
From Toby Young in the Telegraph When I have thought about it, I’ve thought that the best possible place to put any spare cash is into my home, because that’s... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2015 DEBATE -
Jowell on the Mansion Tax
From Politics Labour's mansion tax policy created "toxic" levels of anxiety about the prospect of a Labour government, the party's leading London mayoral... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2015 DEBATE