Markwadsworth

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• Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mrs Merkel?

  From the BBC: Mr Zelensky [Ukraine's president] opposes the pipeline, which he says threatens Ukraine's security. It will run under the Baltic Sea and double... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2021 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (489)

  Emailed in by Benj from The Library of Economics and Liberty [sic]: The author picks up on this pro-LVT argument: Solution: A land tax. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2021 DEBATE

• The Apparent Decline in Vaccine Effectiveness Might Be Just a Statistical Thing.

  The anti-vaxxers are bound to jump on stories like this (headline about declining vaccine effectiveness chosen at random - but no blog post is complete without ... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2021 DEBATE

• Bus 1: Tesla 0

  Excellent bit of footage from @cyclinglawLDN. UPDATE the person filming this appears to have been standing opposite the Holland Barrett on Chase Side, see... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2021 DEBATE

• "Woman in Her 30s is Airlifted to Hospital After Being Attacked by a COW"

  Spotted by TBH in The Daily Mail: South Wales Police read [sic]: 'At around 3pm yesterday, emergency services were called to a farm in Southgate, Swansea,... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2021 DEBATE

• NHS Reverts to Type

  I have often sung the praises of the UK's vaccination programme - the wife and I got both our jabs without a hitch - but now they are winding it all down... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2021 DEBATE

• They Own Land! Give Them Money!

  Spotted by Lola in Money Age: Payment deferrals keep mortgage arrears at historic low levels ... Commenting on the data, PRIMIS Mortgage Network proposition... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2021 DEBATE

• Pensioners Show Us How It's Done.

  From The Express: OLDER voters are considering withholding support from the Tories if Chancellor Rishi Sunak ditches the Government's pledge to hike the state... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2021 DEBATE

• Clouds and Climate Lies

  

  As we hopefully all know by now, the claim that Earth's temperature is higher than it 'should' be is based on sleight of hand - they use two quite distinct... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2021 DEBATE

• "Let's Just Ignore the Most Important Thing, as That Would Blow All Our...

  From Pseudoscience of Doom: We are still looking at how radiation travels and interacts with the atmosphere before anything changes. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2021 DEBATE

• Savills Have Copied My Workings.

  From City AM: House prices are expected to surge another £50,000 over the next five years, further reducing affordability in the UK property market,... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2021 DEBATE

• Zoom G5n Vs Boss ME-80 Guitar Multi-effects Comparison

  This will be probably of no interest to my regular readers, but just in case anybody Googles this looking for a comparison, the Zoom is infinitely better than... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2021 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (488)

  Somebody emailed his KLNs to the Labour Land Campaign: 1. A couple of teachers save up for 10 years and buy a flat in London for £400k, with £300k... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2021 DEBATE

• Re Plummeting Vaccination Rates - Maybe It Does Make Sense

  

  I had been puzzled/disappointed by the rapid decline in daily vaccinations, from peak 600,000 down to less than 200,000 now. Actually it does sort of make... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2021 DEBATE

• There's Life in the Internal Combustion Engine for Years Yet.

  

  The thing about ICE - petrol or diesel - is that they are an extremely ingenious way of of converting high energy density fuel into a rotary motion. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2021 DEBATE

• Throwing Good Taxpayers' Money After Bad

  From Inside Housing: The mayor’s ‘Right to Buy back’ initiative will provide money to enable local authorities and housing companies they own to acquire... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2021 DEBATE

• The NIMBYs Must Be Celebrating.

  From the BBC: The government has been sent a "warning shot" by voters over planning reforms for England and the HS2 rail link, the co-chairman of the Tories... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2021 DEBATE

• Best Way to Save the Planet.

  From The Guardian: Author JB MacKinnon... thinks we should, in reality, restructure society over several years to support a sustained reduction in the amount... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2021 DEBATE

• Sent to Me by a Mate in Australia - (apologies for Poor Quality)

  Subject: Date: From: To: CC: This is a bone yard near Paris, France with hundreds of electric powered cars. Mind you these are only cars used by the City of... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2021 DEBATE

• Another Glory...

  "The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in 'Metcalfe's law'–which states that the number of potential connections in a network is... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2021 DEBATE