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Mark Wadsworth
http://markwadsworth.blogspot.co.uk/
Politics, economics, humour, cow-attacks and Land Value Tax.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank You for Smoking."
From The Daily Mail: "Ladies and gentleman, thank you for smoking..." said [Australian Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm], "Your generosity to the... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2014 DEBATE -
Seven Day GP Access
From the BBC Everyone in England will have access to GP services seven days a week by 2020, Prime Minister David Cameron has promised. Read more
Posted on 01 October 2014 DEBATE -
Johnson Takes Aim.
"Boris Johnson takes aim at Miliband and the mansion tax at Tory conference" From today's Evening Standard Mr Johnson made housing the centre of his speech, in... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2014 DEBATE -
"Private Schools Benefit Everyone"
You can't argue with the numbers. From The Evening Standard: Richard Harman, chairman of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference of leading private... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2014 DEBATE -
"Duncan Smith Outlines Plans for Pre-paid Pension Cards"
From the BBC: The government is to introduce pre-paid cards to stop pensioners spending all their money on alcohol, tobacco or Lottery tickets. Read more
Posted on 30 September 2014 DEBATE -
Arcane Musings About Tax
Lola said, here: Or, you levy LVT on their landlords and scrap all the awful things like VAT, CT NI Withholding Tax etc. etc. and therefore any need for double... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2014 DEBATE -
Torys Plan 100,000 New Starter Homes
From the BEEB "First-time buyers under 40 to get 20% off under Tory plan" see here On closer inspection, it says doesn't say how this 20% off is guaranteed.... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2014 DEBATE -
Politicians Called "Flynn" Vs Starbucks
I was Googling around and stumbled across the following two items. From the FT: Mr [Patrick] O’Flynn also delighted the [UKIP conference] by promising to scrap... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2014 DEBATE -
Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (338)
From Get Surrey: Labour's plans to introduce a 'mansion tax' will not just affect the rich but in time "sweep up" middle income families, according to a... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2014 DEBATE -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From today's Metro: Half of those aged 20 to 24 can't afford to leave their parents' house (Metro, Fri) while it was recently reported that landlords have earne... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2014 DEBATE -
My Few Milliseconds of Fame
Via Steve, via Robin, from Thursday's Evening Standard business pages: It's a very positive article, but what's impressive is how they managed to introduce at... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2014 DEBATE -
Million Pound Drop
I'm really rather keen on this quiz. For anyone that doesn't know it, the contestants start with £1 million in bundles of £50K. They have to answer 8... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2014 DEBATE -
Not Relevant, but They'll Say It Anyway
From The Daily Mail: The mother and son who died in a suspected murder suicide after being hit by a train at a packed station were named by police today, as it... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2014 DEBATE -
Not New, but Worth Repeating
From The Daily Mail: * Labour supporters slam party for giving safe seats to children of ex-MPs * Will Straw, Stephen Kinnock and Emily Benn will all stand in... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2014 DEBATE -
"Brian Cox: Multiple Brian Coxes Makes Sense"
From the BBC: The presenter and physicist Brian Cox says he supports the idea that many Brian Coxes can exist at the same time. Read more
Posted on 24 September 2014 DEBATE -
Miller Homes - Land Bankers Of The Week
From their Intention To Float Announcement: Distinctive regional exposure • In the six months to 30 June 2014, core completions of: 257 units in the... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2014 DEBATE -
Who Should Vote?
From ITV A pledge to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote in general elections will be in the next Labour manifesto, Ed Miliband has promised. Read more
Posted on 23 September 2014 DEBATE -
Daily Mail Does Tescogate...
Emailed in by MBK, from The Daily Mail: Mr McIlwee joined Tesco in 2000 from PepsiCo, although some doubted his credentials because he had no background in... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2014 DEBATE -
They Own Land! Give Them Money!
Emailed in by Rob B, from Future Brixton: The Brixton Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) will see a £2.6 million investment in historic buildings and the... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2014 DEBATE -
Economic Myths: Why Younger People Can't Afford Houses Any More.
Exhibit Onw, via HPC Survivors (I doubt whether that link will work) from The Cornishman, an article about the ludicrous house-price-to-earnings ratio in the... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2014 DEBATE