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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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Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (351)
Even The Times has tired of wheeling out Poor Widows In Mansions... In my Father’s house are many mansions, Jesus said. Which may be bad news now that Labour... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 DEBATE -
"Driver Crashes into £1m Railings on Industrial Estate"
From The Evening Standard: A motorist had some explaining to do today after crashing someone else’s £1million railings. The driver lost control of the... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 DEBATE -
Exclamation Marks Inversely Proportional to Reason Theorem.
Down at the Telegraph a couple of days ago I posted the following comment to a typical homey article: "The UK's private landlords receive more in Housing Benefi... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 DEBATE -
Infrastructure
From the BBC Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland ahead of her speech to the Constitution Unit research centre at University College London, Ms Sturgeon said the SNP... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 DEBATE -
"Harriet Harman to Tour the Country in Giant Pink Phallus"
From The Daily Mail: Harriet Harman's giant pink phallus hit the skids today after she was told by an angry voter it was offensive to just about everybody... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 DEBATE -
The Rules Of Football: Ask a Stupid Question...
From City AM: Sky and BT win Premier League rights: The billions keep pouring in, but do fans benefit from football’s boom? Well no, fans are the ones paying fo... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 DEBATE -
Ed Balls, Syriza Vaguely Talk Sense: Shock
From City AM: To those who say that Labour is anti-markets, Balls replies: “We have shown a huge understanding of how the markets work. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2015 DEBATE -
Traffic Police Numbers
From the BBC RAC head of external affairs Pete Williams said: "These figures make a mockery of motoring law. If there are not enough police on the road, we can... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2015 DEBATE -
An Economist Speaks
from the Telegraph But Ms Reeves dismissed those concerns, telling BBC Radio 4 Today that “good” businesses that “value” employees will support Labour’s plans. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2015 DEBATE -
Chigaco Convention of 1944, Article 8 - Pilotless Aircraft
While researching that post about Heathrow at the weekend, I thought it best to re-read what the treaty actually says on the subject of landing fees. Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 DEBATE -
Interesting Comparison
Exhibit 1 from the Telegraph How to Avoid Tax On Houses (Apparently OK) Exhibit 2 from the Telegraph (and elsewhere if you look around a bit) PWC Industrial... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 DEBATE -
Fun Online Poll: The Television Debates
The results to last fortnight's Fun Online Poll are as follows: Which UK political party leaders would you invite to the televised election debates? Farage, N.... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 DEBATE -
First Rule of Land Value Tax Club...
... don't talk about Land Value Tax unless you know about land values. The LVT campaign linked to an article in The Guardian about Business Rates. Read more
Posted on 08 February 2015 DEBATE -
First Rule of Working Tax Credits Club...
… don't talk about Working Tax Credits unless you know about Working Tax Credits. Ben Jamin' politely pointed out here that with a flat tax on incomes of 20%;... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2015 DEBATE -
Is There a Mole in the Land Value Taxation Campaign?
On their website the Land Value Taxation Campaign makes a surprising claim. Ater giving a list of the top 50 business rates payers, it goes on to say Most of... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2015 DEBATE -
"Nigel Farage Trapped in Ukip's Rotherham Office for Two Hours"
From The Express: Police advised the leader of the anti-Europe party to remain in the office after threats from the office manager. Read more
Posted on 06 February 2015 DEBATE -
McDonalds Sold Burgers 'on Industrial Scale' Say MPs
From the BBC Burger restaurant McDonalds has been accused of selling burgers "on an industrial scale", in a report by MPs. It is said to have helped hundreds... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2015 DEBATE -
"Misery for Commuters as Buses Come Back into Service"
From The Evening Standard: Millions of commuters were hit with travel misery this morning as London's buses started running again after a strike action over... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2015 DEBATE -
The Daily Mail's Roving Crime/house Price Reporter Strikes Again
From The Daily Mail: The stunned neighbours of a drug baron executed at the wheel of his car on Tuesday night have described hearing a flurry of calculated... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2015 DEBATE -
A Veritable Feast of Homey Squealing.
Via Peter Smith/Facebook, from The Telegraph: A Labour victory, or a red-led coalition, could be detrimental to the housing market, reducing the supply of... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2015 DEBATE