Markwadsworth

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• Vote for Me!

  If you live in Buckhurst Hill West ward, you can vote for me in the locals. I did. ---------------------------- From City AM (print edition): "Polish prince"... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2016 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the Forecast Gets Slashed!

  From The Guardian: In another blow, the European Commission has just cut its forecast for UK growth this year. The EC now expects Britain’s economy to expand... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2016 DEBATE

• Personne Ne Bouge Ou Vos Éleveurs De Bovins L'obtiendront!

  Emailed in by MBL from The Daily Mail: Mr Lamy, a Frenchman who headed the World Trade Organisation between 2005 and 2013, said that the rest of the EU would... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Sports Car Attire & Labour's "anti-semitism Problem"

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: What is the correct mode of attire when driving an open-topped car on British roads (assuming not... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2016 DEBATE

• Thoughts on Europe and Peace

  From the BBC Author Michael Morpurgo - best-known for his children's books such as War Horse - believes the UK should stay in the European Union. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2016 DEBATE

• Probably the Most Annoying Article of the Week - in Soooo Many Ways.

  Here It's getting mighty wearisome dealing with all this shit, but here's what I can be bothered to say. Exhibit 1 "Last month the Prudential Regulation... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (393)

  Spotted by Ben Jamin' at Doug Bamford's blog: In a blog earlier this week I explained how changes to the tax regime can create windfalls or immediate costs to... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2016 DEBATE

• Amazon Prime

  I have ordered a few things from Amazon over the past month, I checked my bank statement yesterday and saw a payment of £79 for "Amazon Prime, to which I... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2016 DEBATE

• "What? She's Sixty-seven? She Only Looks Sixty-five!"

  From The Telegraph: Ginger people have long been the butt of unfair jokes, but a new study suggests that when it comes to ageing gracefully, they may be having... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (392)

  First comment in an LVT article on/in/at Salon, a couple of years ago: This proposal would pass ALL of the land in the country to the wealthy at a far faster... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 DEBATE

• Daniel Hannan on Top Form

  Via MBK; from Conservative Home: Behind much of the coverage of the EU debate is the assumption that voting to leave somehow means putting the Leave... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or Civilisation Gets It!

  I know this one's a week old, but I'll add it to the series anyway. From The Daily Mail: ISIS is backing Brexit because it 'suits their agenda,' according to... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 DEBATE

• That'll Save Their Bacon.

  From The Daily Mail: Denmark is considering a tax on red meat over fears cattle flatulence was causing climate change. A government think tank said consumers... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2016 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the Farm Animal Gets It!!

  From The Guardian: With so many loud voices clamouring to be heard in the Brexit debate, there is a risk we will fail to consider those that cannot speak at... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2016 DEBATE

• Junior Doctors' Strike (2)

  While the debate rages on the original post, allow me to throw in my tuppence worth. It strikes me that junior doctors are not particularly underpaid, they are... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2016 DEBATE

• New-builds Blamed for Blighting Air Quality ...

  So BBC Scotland reports the findings of an interesting academic study into domestic air pollution: Specialists at the school's Mackintosh Environmental... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2016 DEBATE

• It's Not "is Equivalent To", It "is".

  From Yahoo: The rocketing cost of housing over the last two decades is equivalent to a 10p tax hike for a typical family, according to research. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2016 DEBATE

• RE: T May

  

  Usual caveat, for me the EU is preferable to Westminster. Possibly it is a Scottish thing in that it's not much different having being 13/1 out voted by our... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2016 DEBATE

• Gender Pay Gap: Problem Has Sorted Itself Out.

  It is well know that there is no real gender pay gap (except at the very top). It is - indisputably - a "mothers vs everyone else" pay gap, women take an averag... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the Economy Gets It!

  Emailed in by MBK. From The Telegraph: ... last week, Chancellor George Osborne launched a thumping 200-page “Treasury study” into the long-term implications... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 DEBATE