Markwadsworth

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• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (385)

  Somebody sent me an email headed "LVT and Class Warfare" with the following nugget: And here's a question worth asking, what if a low income neighbourhood gets... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 DEBATE

• The First Duty of Government - the Defence of the Realm

  An item on Guido got me thinking. In the last 1000 years (just under) the UK (well alright, England) has been invaded twice. Once in 1066 when about 10,000... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Mortgage Affordability

  

  From The Evening Standard: However, historically low mortgage rates meant that first-time buyers only had to pay nine per cent of their income as mortgage... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 DEBATE

• And So It Begins...

  

  From here Brexit ministers BANNED from accessing Government documents and BLOCKED from briefings Ministers campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 DEBATE

• Advertising Standards Agency on Top Form.

  From the BBC: Three adverts for hotel website Booking.com, where the word "booking" was seen to be used in the place of a swear word, were the second, fourth an... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Shaving & The US Presidential Race

  The results to last week's poll were as follows: The power of advertising: do you use a dry-electic shaver or disposables? Dry/electric - 23% Disposables - 28%... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 DEBATE

• Outbreak of Common Sense at the London Assembly.

  From City AM: Scrap council tax and business rates and replace them with a land value tax to encourage development, says London Assembly member London’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 DEBATE

• Lando:Empire Deal 'An Historic Moment for Cloud City'

  From Sky Lando Calrissian has secured a "historic" deal on the Cloud City's relationship with the Empire after two days of intense negotiations. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (384)

  I was chatting to somebody who is quite sympathetic to the idea, and he said that he assumed somebody who owns an acre of central London would pay more than... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 DEBATE

• Cars v Buildings

  I've not done one of these for a while, so here are some of the highlights of the year so far: Daily Record: A FAMILY escaped unhurt when a car crashed into... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (383)

  An argument against under a broadly pro-LVT article at the Institute for Economic Affairs: Take a leasehold block of flats. The leaseholders must pay to the... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From today's Evening Standard: Jenny Thomas [Letters, February 15] claims that London tenants have "unrealistic expectations" and that owning their home home... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 DEBATE

• Good Inequality Vs Bad Inequality

  From The Evening Standard: Strong recent employment growth and low inflation had pushed typical household incomes in London up by 2. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Storm Names, Advertising and Shaving.

  The results to last week's poll were as follows: Which was your favourite storm name so far? (Multiple choices allowed) Abigail - 3 votes Barney - 0 votes... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2016 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Tax Breaks for Pensions Reduce the Burden on the Taxpayer.

  Mombers, in the comments to Lola's recent post about pensions and savings: "Surely the purpose of any incentives is to provide enough private income to prevent... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Amazon and Business Rates Are Crushing Bricks and Mortar...

  From The Guardian: The former boss of Sainsbury’s has waded into the row over the tax paid by multinationals such as Amazon and eBay, saying it was unfair that... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Super Tip Top Form.

  Via Henry Noneofyourbiz on FB from a Daily Mail article about floods in parts of London: Yesterday, the water was seen overflowing in Charing Cross where the... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 DEBATE

• Quote of the Day; Spoken Like a True Tory

  Readers might like to take note (or even join in) the debate over at Capitalists@Work on renting v owning. Now before I go any further, I'll start by saying I... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 DEBATE

• Mortgage Market Review - Another Little Gem from the Financial Catastrophe...

  Following on from a comment on another MW post, I thought you might like a little bit of enlightenment on how the FCA decided to intervene in the mortgage marke... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 DEBATE

• Nonsense on So Many Levels

  Here 1. It's total nonsense that higher rate taxpayers are not 'saving enough'. This 'study' (or whining) only looks at pensions savings. What about ISA's?... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2016 DEBATE