Markwadsworth

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• "Maria Sharapova Distances Herself from Nike Following 'sweat Shop' Rumours"

  From the BBC: Maria Sharipova has moved quickly to distance herself her sponsor Nike after rumours surfaced that the company's products are made in factories... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 DEBATE

• Project Fear: Now It's Getting Silly.

  The results of a 'survey' carried out by rent seekers OfficeBroker: OfficeBroker ask 18-34 year old Brits their views on ‘Brexit’ and what they would do if the... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 DEBATE

• Very Worrying.

  From Farmer's Weekly: A new campaign aims to raise awareness among dog owners of the devastating effects of livestock worrying, which is on the rise according t... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Most of Them.

  To my mind, economics is like astronomy, evolution or geology, first you look at what has happened and what happens and then you work out an explanation or... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 DEBATE

• English Wine

  Yes I know this is more my thing, but there is a land thing in here, so read on:- Champagne sales are going to decline here, and English sparkling wine will... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 DEBATE

• Shooting the Messenger.

  The Sunderland manager got hauled over the coals in a press conference for continuing to field a player who by all accounts was a kiddy fiddler, transcript in... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 DEBATE

• Lost in Translation?

  From the BBC: The agreement between France and the UK that allows the UK to conduct border controls on the French side of the Channel is a bilateral treaty... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (386)

  We would no longer get fabulous headlines in The Daily Mail like this: VAT inspector pocketed £1.2million from her buy-to-let property empire while not... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 DEBATE

• "Doctors Urge Schools to Ban Racquets in Squash"

  From the BBC: More than 70 doctors and academics are calling for a ban on racquets in squash matches played in UK and Irish schools. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 DEBATE

• "Indian Uber Driver Drugs & Kills 14 Family Members, Commits Suicide"

  From RT: Indian man has wiped out his entire family, including seven children, before hanging himself. Police sources report that the assailant added a... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 DEBATE

• Town Planning - Strange Road Layout.

  

  Forty or fifty years ago, two or three large gardens near where we live were amalgamated into one new development and a new side road was created (St Andrew's... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 DEBATE

• Peak Stuff

  From The Daily Mail: The amount of stuff Britain consumes has fallen by around a third in just over a decade as the world became increasingly digitised, new... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: US Presidential Election, Round 2

  The results to last week's poll were predictable enough... Who do you think will be the US presidential candidates in 2016? Hillary Clinton (D) 73 votes Bernie... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 DEBATE

• And?

  There's a lot of people outraged on Twitter (when aren't they) about this Tweet @ilduce2016: “It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 DEBATE

• "Sterling Falls on Brexit Fears"

  

  Said all the headlines last week. The BBC goes with Pound hits lowest level against dollar since 2009. As per usual it is a load of flummery. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2016 DEBATE

• Interesting Articles Which People Have Emailed Me.

  

  Random sent this from The Independent: A ban on super-strength kettles has been put on hold amid fears that it could drive Britain to leave the EU, it has been... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2016 DEBATE

• Private Education

  Thoughts on these two facts? From the Independent The research, commissioned by the Independent Schools Council, found that private schooling boosts teenagers’... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2016 DEBATE

• "Science Shows How Not to Get Killed by a Cow"

  Over at W M Briggs. Since this is Science, we need a conclusion: "More research would help reveal the reasons for fatal attacks, the authors write, as well as... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2016 DEBATE

• "Sea Levels Are Rising at Their Fastest Rate Since This Morning"

  From qz.com The global sea level rose approximately three feet (90 centimetres) in the last eight hours, a greater fluctuation than had been observed all... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2016 DEBATE

• "Norwich Radio DJ Banned for Speeding in Brighton"

  From the BBC: Local radio presenter Alan Partridge has been banned from driving after he was clocked doing 54mph in a 30mph zone. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2016 DEBATE