Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• I Doubt Whether This Will Shut Them Up, but Hey.

  As we know, Amazon is under constant political attack from both sides: 1. The lefties complain that Amazon is not paying enough VAT or corporation tax. Under... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 DEBATE

• "Brain Can Classify Words While Hungover"

  From the BBC: The brain is still active while we are drunk or recovering the morning, say scientists, who found people were able to classify words while under... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 DEBATE

• Well, No, Not Really

  From The Guardian Newspapers and coffee were the lifeblood of an emerging public realm. Public as a definition of spaces and experiences open and shared by... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 DEBATE

• "Watching BBC Documentaries Likely to Make You Slim and Healthy, Says Study"

  From the BBC: Watching well made documentaries means you are more likely to be slim and healthy, according to researchers. Previous studies have suggested a lin... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 DEBATE

• Scots Referendum, the Debate Moves Down a Level...

  There was a letter in the Times yesterday suggesting that with the referendum polls so close, Scotland's 16 and 17 year olds could effectively decide her future. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (335)

  We're really running out of raw material for this series, but it's nice to see some good old KLN dredged up again by people who must know that the argument has... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 DEBATE

• "Were Robin 'Ood from YORKSHIRE, Like?"

  From T'Daily Mail: Everything you know about t'legend of Robin 'Ood may be wrong, after experts 'ave claimed t'outlaw were in fact a Yorkshireman. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 DEBATE

• Smart Meters

  From the BBC "Despite consumers footing the bill, they can on average make a saving of only 2% on the average annual bill of £1,328 by the time the roll ou... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 DEBATE

• Supermoon: Fun Fact

  There have been lots of articles about the 'supermoon' in the past few days, see e.g. the BBC, which is basically trick photography, you just photograph the Moo... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Dealing with ISIS & The Jonah Effect

  The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: How should the UK respond to ISIS? Full military confrontation - 12% Restrict ourselves to tactica... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 DEBATE

• This is What You Want, This is What You Get.

  TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady echoes Max Keiser's tirades only without wit or insight, from the BBC: Ms O'Grady's speech to TUC delegates in Liverpool... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 DEBATE

• The Famous Five and Rent Seeking

  From 'Five Go To Smuggler's Top' by Enid Blyton: "Why are you telling me all this?" said Uncle Quentin scornfully. "It's of no interest to me. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 DEBATE

• Green Party

  From the BBC Ms Bennett dismissed suggestions it was downplaying its core environmental message, saying the party was in the front line of opposition to frackin... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 DEBATE

• Scottish Independence: Fun with Numbers

  A lot of the English politicians and commentators are saying that if Scotland left the United Kingdom, it would severely weaken the UK's global influence blah... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From The Evening Standard (5 September, page 56): It was the postwar policy package of rent controls, higher property taxes and easily available council... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (334)

  From PublicFinance: The coalition government has been told by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that its failure to carry out a revaluation of property values fo... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 DEBATE

• "Limits to Growth Was Right. New Research Shows We're Not Nearing Collapse"

  Classic stuff in Guardian/Comment Is Free: Four decades after the book was published, Limit to Growth’s forecasts have been vindicated by new Australian... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 DEBATE

• Daily Mail Sticks to Critical Issues in Edmonton Beheading Story

  'We were called at 1.30pm to an incident in Nightingale Road, Edmonton. We sent a number of resources to the scene including London's Air Ambulance, an ambulanc... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 DEBATE

• "E-cigarettes Will Lead to Complete Collapse of Society"

  From The Daily Mail: E-cigarettes designed to help people quit smoking could act as a 'gateway' to addiction to illegal drugs, scientists have today warned. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 DEBATE

• My Favourite Line from the Rockford Files.

  I meant to post this when James Garner died but didn't get round to it. To be honest it's the only line I can remember, and the way I remember it he said and no... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 DEBATE