Markwadsworth

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• Fun Online Polls: Syria & Poverty and Inequality

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll: If the UK bombs ISIS targets in Syria, this will… Make us safer from terrorist attacks - 1% Make us more a more... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 DEBATE

• Outbreak of Commonsense in Finland.

  From City AM: Just days after George Osborne announced his latest mass of adjustments to Britain’s tax and spend system, reports from Finland revealed that its... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 DEBATE

• We Don’t Have a “Housing Crisis”.

  If there is one thing that unites everyone in the UK, it’s that we have a housing crisis. The reasoning behind this consensus goes something like this: a) Too... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 DEBATE

• Sunrise Collection

  

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  Posted on 05 December 2015 DEBATE

• The Families in US Family-based Sit Coms.

  Let's compare the families in three of my household's favourites: The Simpsons, Family Guy and The Goldbergs: Homer, Peter, Murray Fat slobs in not very excitin... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2015 DEBATE

• Palace Apologises for Sir Lenny Henry Gaffe

  From the BBC Buckingham Palace has apologised for giving a knighthood to shit comic Lenny Henry instead of TV cook Ainsley Harriott. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 DEBATE

• "Petition for Boxer to Be Removed from BBC Sports Lack Of Personality of the Yea...

  From The Independent: Campaigners are urging the BBC to reconsider a petition calling for Tyson Fury to be pulled from the Sports Lack of Personality of the Yea... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 DEBATE

• "The Lady In Red In The Van"

  From Wiki and Wiki: The Lady in Red In the Van tells the true crime story of poor farmer's daughter, Miss Mary Shepherd, who leaves for Chicago, where she is... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 DEBATE

• The Zoopla Boss and His Disappearing Homes Conundrum

  From The Evening Standard: Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman said the extra 3% on stamp duty for second homes and buy-to-let investors was “not a particularly... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 DEBATE

• "Why Are So Many British Homes Empty?"

  A mildly interesting article at the BBC on the subject. But really this is about agglomeration benefits. At one extreme, there are the multi-£-million... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 DEBATE

• Stretched Police Resources #1

  From the Guardian Transport for London and British Transport police have urged commuters to come forward if they have received so-called fat-shaming postcards o... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 DEBATE

• Ouch That Hurt, but Lets Try Again...

  Torygraph hack Matthew Lynn has found some interesting stats on housing in Europe: * The UK is now fourth from bottom of all 28 member states for homeownership ... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 DEBATE

• Who Says That Markets 'Fail' to Price in Externalities?

  Good little vignette here that pleases me on so many levels. 1. It is clear that house, aka land, prices suffer a reduction compared to similar locations if the... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 DEBATE

• Ich Bin Ein Hamburger!

  (As JFK never said.) From the BBC: Residents of the German city of Hamburg have voted against hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Islamic State, Again.

  The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: What is the most likely cause of Islamic State? The usual violent Islamic tendencies and outside... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 DEBATE

• The Real Diet Programme

  OK, as someone who has recently lost close to 2 stone in weight after the doctor told me I had to, I thought I'd share my plan for how I made this happen: Stop... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 DEBATE

• Can You Spare 15 Minutes to Wreck the Economy Some More?

  Do you have some spare time and money to campaign against taxes on landlords? They're not taking these attacks on their way of life laying down. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 DEBATE

• All Right Then, Fuck Off.

  Continuing our occasional series of flimsy arguments for remaining a Member State of the EU which on closer inspection are arguments for leaving, from the... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Top Form.

  Spotted by MBK in The Daily Mail: Miss Nnyanzi, a former pupil at the prestigious Cheltenham Ladies' College who studied medicine before pursuing a career in... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (380)

  I don't hear this one often, and it's raised by LVT supporters as well as Home-Owner-Ists, but goes along the lines of "What about government owned buildings? T... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 DEBATE