Markwadsworth

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• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (379)

  Somebody set up a blogger account this month in the name of Paul with the sole purpose of leaving a KLN over at the KLN blog (ironically enough): So Mark... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 DEBATE

• If You Push Your Luck Too Often, You Will Get Shot Down.

  From The Telegraph, 13 September 2015: RAF jets were last week scrambled for the seventh time this year to intercept Russian bombers near the UK. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 DEBATE

• They Own Land! Give Them Money!

  George Osborne at his pathetic vote-buying best: 1. Help to Buy Shared Ownership: current restrictions on who can buy a home through shared ownership will be... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Pies and Syria

  I have been a bit out of action the last few days, so slightly belatedly: the results to last week's Fun Online Poll: Does a pie need pastry on the top and... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 DEBATE

• Cinema Chains Refuse to Show Jedi Advert

  From the Guardian The UK’s three leading cinema chains have refused to show an advert by the Jedi Council that features the words of Yoda, citing fears that it... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 DEBATE

• Oh No! Our Shoes and Socks Will Get Wet!

  From a surprisingly even-handed article in The Guardian: ... recent studies have suggested part of the West Antarctic ice sheet is indeed unstable, triggered... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 DEBATE

• No, This is Not "creative Accounting".

  Simple question: if you remortgage at a lower interest rate, does your annual cost go down? A: of course if does. So by definition, your annual surplus goes up... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 DEBATE

• Yes, but How Will They Ever Know?

  From Reuters: Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30 percent by around mid-century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said on... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 DEBATE

• Social Housing Tenants in the UK and Hong Kong

  Parker Tron linked to this article in The Guardian: Almost half of social homes are occupied by only one person, and only a quarter have two residents: 43% are... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 DEBATE

• Even the Homeys at CityAM Must Have Realised How Ridiculous It Sounded...

  From the paper version of City AM: Between August and September, prices rose 0.8 per cent on a seasonally-adjusted basis, with first-time buyers found themselve... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 DEBATE

• Another Home-Owner-Ist Milestone is Within Grasping Distance...

  From City AM: In ten years time only 26 per cent of so-called “generation rent”, those aged between 20 and 39, will own their own homes according to a study by... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 DEBATE

• Liberty and Property Rights

  I quote from this: "The risings began when Mohamed Bouazizi, a market trader, was driven to the horrific extreme of self-immolation because he had been denied... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 DEBATE

• Douglas Carswell on Top Form.

  From City AM: “They’re on the back foot, momentum is with us, and I think we’re going to win,” Carswell says. “[The CBI] are not neutral players in this. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Poppies and Pies

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Did you wear a poppy this year, and if not why not? (Choose all that apply). Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 DEBATE

• No Business Like Show Business...

  From The Evening Standard: A magician impaled his hand on a six-inch nail in front of his audience after a Russian roulette-style trick backfired. ... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 DEBATE

• Yes, They Are Called "holiday Caravans".

  From the BBC: In a new report, the Trust says the UK is "ignoring known risks of flood and erosion at the coast". In England, just one in three coastal local... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 DEBATE

• Steve's Jobs (Film)

  From Wikipedia: The film is set at various stages in the career of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (Fassbender). Flashbacks show Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 DEBATE

• Steel Prices and Car Forecourt Prices.

  Andrew S. Mooney left the following comment at Tim Worstall on top form: "That’s us, of course – we are all consumers of steel in tin cans, cars, fridges and th... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 DEBATE

• French Police Are Decent Blokes: Shock

  From The Telegraph: ... the pair decided to scale the Eiffel Tower from the outside. Kingston describes the first moments of the escapade: "We started the... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 DEBATE

• Tim Worstall on Top Form

  He has written this so many times he can probably write it in his sleep, but hey. From City AM: With calls to tackle “unfair dumping” should more be done to... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 DEBATE