Markwadsworth

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• Economic Myths: Building More Houses Will Bring Down Prices, Part the Umpteenth.

  In my local town there is a quite pleasant development of flats with a good view of a spectacular castle, even if the castle does tend to shade the flats... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 DEBATE

• Supermarkets and Localism

  From the BBC A group of local councils in England is formally asking the government for new powers to tax large supermarkets. BBC News has learned that Derby... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 DEBATE

• This Little Piggy Went Weee Weee Weee All the Way Home.

  The UK Green Building Council and their fellow subsidy junkies are not happy. They've been shoved off the public teat and they are squealing: “The sudden and... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2014 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (332)

  From the comments at Landlord-Law Blog: just saying says: It’s simple really. Bring in a Land Value Tax. Jamie says: Hardly simple! Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2014 DEBATE

• Guardian of the Galaxy

  From Wiki. Guardian of the Galaxy is a universally available but little read news outlet, founded in 2014. From today's edition: Peter Quill: Shocking new... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2014 DEBATE

• A Sci-Fi B Movie If Ever I Saw One

  From ITV A huge nest of rare super ants, known to feast on electric cables, has been found in the UK. The insects, which have a fatal attraction to... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (331)

  A traditional KLN is that if we collected some tax on the rental value of land and reduced other bad taxes on transactions, output, employment etc, all the... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DEBATE

• Peace Talks

  If you Google the phrase, you get, for example, the following list of combatants/opponents: Israel v Fatah/Hamas Afghanistan v Pakistan/Taliban Colombia v FARC... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DEBATE

• "London Workers Boost Rents in Home Counties"

  More Ricardo's Law of Rent in today's City AM: IMPROVING job prospects and growing demand from London workers hunting for homes outside of the capital has sent... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DEBATE

• An Excellent Example of Bureaucratic Capriciousness.

  The retail FS business I co-own has one guiding principle. That is when considering anything the question we ask ourselves is 'is this right for the client?'. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DEBATE

• "Women Under-represented In"

  It's a man's celluloid world: study finds women under-represented in film Women 'under-represented in world newsrooms' Women under-represented in academic... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DEBATE

• Prefabs Sprout

  There was mention on the news today of a new answer to the high cost of land in London, the return of the prefab. At first glance it looks like the trend for... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DEBATE

• UK Users Shun Porn Filters

  From the BBC The vast majority of new broadband customers in the UK are opting out of "child friendly" filters when prompted to install them by service... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Budget Hotels & Planning Regulations

  The results to last week's Fun Online Polls were as follows: UK budget and mid-priced hotel chains. Thumbs up, thumbs down, what? Multiple selections allowed. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 DEBATE

• "Loving This, Admit Israel And Hamas"

  From The Daily Mash, six years ago (but just as valid sixty years ago and will probably still be relevant in sixty years' time): ISRAEL and Hamas last night... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 DEBATE

• Land Speculation and Housing Design

  In an earlier post our host stated: It's private, profit maximising developers who bash out the tiny homes because they can get away with it; ... But why? He... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 DEBATE

• George Harrison Memorial Eaten by Beetles

  actually spat tea across my screen when I saw this, from the Indy A pine tree planted in Los Angeles to commemorate the late-Beatles star George Harrison has... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 DEBATE

• Spreadsheet Sex

  

  There's been a lot in the news this week regarding the use of accountancy techniques in order to document sexual activity and the excuses for lack of. Which... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 DEBATE

• Faux Lib Idiot of the Day

  A comment under this article in City AM was abbreviated and published as a reader's letter today: Modern homes, as decreed by modern planners and politicians,... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 DEBATE

• Vehicles-crashing-into-buildings News

  From The Evening Standard: These pictures reveal the devastation wreaked by a runaway bus which rolled backwards down a hill and crashed into the front of a... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 DEBATE