Markwadsworth

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• "Why Can't the UK Build 240,000 Houses a Year?"

  Asks the BBC. It's the wrong question, actually, but the article debunks most of the standard assumptions. The only one which stands up to closer scrutiny is:... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2015 DEBATE

• ... Cheaper Than Water

  Ah, I fondly remember the good old days of last year, with shock horror headlines like this... Channel 4 Dispatches find supermarkets selling beer cheaper than... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 DEBATE

• It Must Have Had the Hump.

  From News Centre 23: An out of control camel killed two people in Texas. The Wichita County Sheriff says a man went into a pen to break up ice in the water... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 DEBATE

• "David Cameron Warns of Legacy of Debt"

  From the BBC: Prime Minister David Cameron has urged voters in the forthcoming general election not to pass on a "legacy of debt" to their children. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Dry January & Charlie

  The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: By how much will you reduce your alcohol consumption during Dry January? Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 DEBATE

• Almost as If the Whole Thing Had Been Scripted.

  15 November 2014: The alert was issued to people across north east Essex after Colchester General Hospital declared a "major incident". Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2015 DEBATE

• Merryn Somerset-Webb Only Gets It Half Right

  In her blog, Merryn Somerset-Webb makes the case against rent controls. Anyone who can remember the rented sector under the Rent Act can see that she's right... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2015 DEBATE

• Seems a Bit Pointless to Me.

  I saw an advert on the back of a bus, advising us to store our apples in the fridge to make them last longer, thus reducing food waste. I think it was this... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2015 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Sparkling Form

  From The Daily Mail: The two Charlie Hebdo gunmen have been killed in a firefight with French special forces, according to reports in France. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 DEBATE

• Friday Night Gearchange

  This featured in the closing sequence of some Brian Cox ego-fest repeated on telly last Sunday. The Carpenters "Calling occupants of interplanetary craft", up... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 DEBATE

• NIMBY's Warped View of the Role of Government

  From yesterday's FT letters: Sir, Your leading article of December 29 (“Britain has nothing to fear but its politicians”) describes one of the greatest threats... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Deflation Leads to a Downward Spiral

  From e.g. Moneyweek: Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown... adds: “If deflation becomes entrenched and consumers begin to expect prices to... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2015 DEBATE

• George Osborne: Knows Sweet FA About How Prices Are Set

  From The Daily Mail: The Chancellor insisted it was ‘vital [that the fall in the price of crude oil] was passed on to families at petrol pumps, through utility... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 DEBATE

• Diane Abbott Gets LVT Horribly Wrong

  From the Telegraph Ms Abbott, a veteran Left-winger who hopes to run for London mayor told World at One: “I’m very surprised John (sic) Murphy is making these... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 DEBATE

• "Islamic Extremists 'ack Websites o' Primary School and Church in Yorkshire"

  From T'Daily Mail: Islamic extremists 'ave 'acked t'websites of a primary school and a church and replaced their 'omepages with an 'ate message against t'US... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 DEBATE

• "We’ve Had One Day of Diversity on Radio 4. Now for the Other 364"

  Lenny Henry, in The Guardian: A few months ago, diversity campaigner Simon Albury visited the Today programme and was shocked to find a very male, middle-aged,... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 DEBATE

• "Devon Farmer Forced to Kill 'Nazi' Cows Because They Are Too Aggressive"

  Spotted in The Telegraph and emailed in by View From The Solent, who adds "It's a while since you had one of these". Indeed it is. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Back to Work & Dry January

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: On which of the following days will you be at work over Xmas and New Year? Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 DEBATE

• Campaign Posters

  Ah, so season of goodwill over, and we've got 5 months of electioneering coming now. On the Conservative one, Fraser Nelson points out that:- New year, new... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 DEBATE

• "Joseph Stiglitz: Thomas Piketty Gets Income Inequality Wrong"

  Emailed in by Sackerson, from salon.com What’s new in your recent work on the distribution of income and wealth among individuals? JS: There are several things. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 DEBATE