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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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Reassuring.
As I said two months ago: We see the same thing happening with Ebola, there's a nasty outbreak every decade or two, then it all quietens down again. Read more
Posted on 22 January 2015 DEBATE -
Another One of Those Car-vs-house Stories
From the BBC: A car crashed into a house in Sheffield, damaging the property but injuring no one. Salma Zahid, who was in the house, said: "I heard such a big... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2015 DEBATE -
OK, Let Me Try to Explain It Again.
Last week, City AM carried the usual blah blah saying that high house prices are the result of a lack of supply: The UK, and particularly London, is in the mids... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2015 DEBATE -
Fun Online Polls: Charlie & Danish Kroner
The results to last week's Enquête Amusant were as follows: Êtes-vous Charlie? Je suis Charlie - 50% Je ne suis pas Charlie - 33% Qui est Charlie? - 17%... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2015 DEBATE -
Page 3
From the Guardian It may seem misjudged to herald the disappearance of the Page 3 girl as a victory when pornography is probably more easily available than at... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2015 DEBATE -
"Gordon Ramsay Ordered to Pay £1.6m After Losing Legal Battle Over Pub Rent"
From The Evening Bloody Standard: Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay suffered a courtroom nightmare today after a judge ruled he must personally pay the... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2015 DEBATE -
Milk Prices: That Was Then, This is Now.
From the FT, March 2014: Mark Allen, chief executive of Dairy Crest, one of Britain’s biggest milk processors and maker of Cathedral City cheddar, says: “It is ... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2015 DEBATE -
It's My Party
From the BBC A five-year-old boy has been billed for failing to attend a friend's birthday party - resulting in legal action. Alex Nash, from Cornwall, was... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2015 DEBATE -
Nick Clegg Belatedly Calls a Spade a Spade.
From The Tab: A vote-hungry Labour party would scrap tuition fees and replace them with a graduate tax. Ed Miliband’s party plan to cap fees at a maximum... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2015 DEBATE -
"The Wood That Local People Call Fagley Wood"
I was looking at the Google map of where I grew up, and was somewhat perturbed to see that what we all referred to as Fagley Wood or Fagley Woods is three... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2015 DEBATE -
Friday Night Gearchange
Cozy Powell's "With The Devil". Yes, I'm dimly aware that it's a drum solo rather than an actual song, but I'm not sure that's an excuse. Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 DEBATE -
Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (350)
The Taxcollector's Alliance have churned out more misinformation in The Times: It’s not just incomes that politicians have increasingly helped themselves to. Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 DEBATE -
"Cameron Discusses Risk of Paris-style Attack in UK"
From the BBC: Prime Minister David Cameron and security chiefs have reviewed the risk of a Paris-style attack in the UK. They agreed that elements of the Paris... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 DEBATE -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From the FT: Sir, With reference to your editorial on the dysfunctional housing market, I would agree with the “Too much help for homeowners” but not with “too... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 DEBATE -
The F-Word
When most people think about paying for Government services, they believe this should be based upon the ability to pay. This contradicts what we think is fair... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 DEBATE -
Outrage
"Developer's advert boast sparks outrage" says the article in the Evening Standard So it should; private developers profiting from public expenditure on... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 DEBATE -
"Employees Who Enjoy a Drink Are More Productive"
From yesterday's Evening Standard: Employees who are consume above-average amounts of alcohol are capable of working an extra ten hours per week, according to... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 DEBATE -
Probably Over Most People's Heads, but Here's How I See It.
In some ways, you can envisage the economy as something like the fresh water system. It starts with little puddles and springs up in the mountains and on... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 DEBATE -
Staff Poaching and Anti-competitive Practices: The Bizarre Inconsistencies of th...
From CNN, April 2014: The lawsuit, filed in 2011, accused tech companies of agreeing not to recruit employees from one another as a way to keep wages down, a... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 DEBATE -
"Why Can't the UK Build 240,000 Houses a Year?"
Asks the BBC. It's the wrong question, actually, but the article debunks most of the standard assumptions. The only one which stands up to closer scrutiny is:... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2015 DEBATE