Markwadsworth

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• Fun Online Polls: Valentine's Day & Buying from Your Landlord

  The responses to The Stigler's Fun Online Poll were as follows: What did you get for Valentine's Day? A card - 11 votes Chocolates - 2 votes An evening out - 3... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 DEBATE

• As I Was Saying...

  ... last Friday: Faced with [GPS'] intransigence, many patients with something acute go to Accident Emergency (even if strictly speaking it was neither... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 DEBATE

• Decisions, Decisions...

  

  The first picture is our house as it actually looks. I'd love to do a loft conversion, and I'm sure that a mansard roof is far more practical and sensible... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 DEBATE

• Leeches on the Back of Leeches on the Back of Leeches...

  A couple of years ago, lots of doormen suddenly appeared outside pubs in central London, all of whom have a fancy little licence thingy displayed on their arm. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2015 DEBATE

• NHS: Price and Non-price Rationing

  The NHS is free at point of use, so they have to impose two types of rationing: 1. Some services are simply not provided because they are deemed too expensive o... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 DEBATE

• Mansion Tax Fun

  What riles me is when people contradict themselves several times in the space of one article: Leading think tank the Centre for Policy Studies slammed the annua... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 DEBATE

• Random Thoughts.

  1. The worst night out ever. In five or ten years' time when your wife makes you accompany her to "50 Shades Of Grey - The Musical" for your wedding anniversary... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 DEBATE

• That's Neat That's Neat That's Neat That's Neat...

  From the BBC: India's tiger population has grown rapidly with 2,226 tigers recorded in 2014, up from 1,706 in 2011... There were a spate of tiger attacks in... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (354)

  One genuine problem is that we LVTers argue and bicker between ourselves too much over relatively minor matters (while agreeing on the broader principles). Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 DEBATE

• Christianity is Finished - Declare Thatcherites

  From the Telegraph Christianity should be consigned to history because it no longer has the answers to Britain’s problems, Thatcherites claim. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (353)

  One of the top five KLNs of all time is that is would be very difficult and expensive to establish the site premium of each plot, and most land value taxers... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 DEBATE

• Revolving Door Revolving Smoothly.

  Admittedly, the story has only been picked up Russia Today and The Guardian, but even if you discount their inherent bias/hypocrisy, this is bloody typical and... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 DEBATE

• Ricardo's Law of Space?

  I came across an interesting video on space saving furniture. At 2.45 the salesman points out that his furniture can allow you to live in a smaller apartment,... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 DEBATE

• "Chuku Umunna Recommends Getting Receipts for All Cash-in-hand-jobs"

  From The Daily Mail: Getting a receipt for all cash paid to politicians and political parties is a 'matter of good housekeeping' and was a 'good thing to do',... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 DEBATE

• "Council Tax Puts Strain on Family Budgets"

  The FT possible inadvertently trots out some Homey propaganda: Council tax has overtaken credit cards as the most common debt problem in Britain, highlighting... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 DEBATE

• Why It Was Called the Financial Shambles Authority and Why It's Now Called the...

  Finally, at last, we have some concrete evidence of what I and many others always knew and have been banging on about for years. The FSA and its successor the... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 DEBATE

• Agglomeration.

  From the BBC: Tesco is capable of provoking strong emotions. There were riots when the chain opened an Express branch in the bohemian Stokes Croft district of... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (352)

  A Lib Dem commentator explains that adding more council tax bands at the top is much neater than having a completely separate 'Mansion Tax'. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 DEBATE

• "It Can't Be Tax Avoidance If No Tax Was Avoided."

  Ha! From the BBC: Mr Miliband has confirmed his mother Marion set up a deed of variation after the death of his father Ralph... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 DEBATE

• 'You're Too Ugly to Be in Politics'

  From The Evening Standard: Labour local councillor Karen Danczuk risked controversy today after allegedly suggesting only “pretty” people should go into... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 DEBATE