Markwadsworth

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• Ed Mililband and The Parable Of The Talents

  From Matthew 25:29 and 30: For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 DEBATE

• Ray Mears Sparks Twitter Row by Writing Feminist Fiction

  From The Guardian He camped out in jungles, but award-winning survivalist Ray Mears is in trouble over a book he wrote and published, Backpacking in China with... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Corporation Tax

  A Faux Lib stretches his legs at City AM: Corporation tax is one of the worst on the books and it should be abolished as soon as possible. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 DEBATE

• Easily Fixed

  From Sky News: Foreign Secretary William Hague has said a number of Britons are fighting with ISIS, the extremist group that has taken over large parts of Iraq. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 DEBATE

• Transatlantic Differences

  

  From the BBC "I believe they called the buggy in the moon landings the Heath Robinson contraption," says Mickie Robinson, the artist's daughter-in-law, who... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 DEBATE

• "Ban Nurses from Pubs, Urge Drinkers"

  From The Metro: Nurses should be banned from pubs and clubs because they are a ‘waste of resources,’ drinkers say. Instead, all medically trained people should... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 DEBATE

• Mark Carney: Somebody Else Who is Clinically Insane

  Our cuckoo Canuck, writing in yesterday's FT: As progress has been made in reforming the global banking system and as risk appetite returns to financial markets... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 DEBATE

• "Phil Neville Jokes About His Monotone Delivery as the BBC Receives More Than 40...

  From The Daily Mail: Phil Neville has admitted working as a commentator is harder than he thought after hundreds of viewers complained about his on air... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Intellectual Property Rights & Complete Chaos

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: When a patent or copyright expires, does society as a whole... become slightly wealthier - 71% stay... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DEBATE

• Two Ideas That Go Together Well

  Bosses, who needs 'em? That was what they were wondering at Slate, whilst at Theconversation.com they were reporting on research that shows that happy workers... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 DEBATE

• Some Truth in This

  From NewsThump Supermarkets across the country have reported plummeting sales of toilet paper after The Sun newspaper posted a free edition through every... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 DEBATE

• A Field Day for Armchair Psychiatrists

  From the BBC: The 2003 invasion of Iraq is not to blame for the violent insurgency now gripping the country, former UK prime minister Tony Blair has said. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 DEBATE

• Iraq and Democracy

  This will be my last post on this subject. I had a look around at some bits of research to try to understand why some countries become democratic and others... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2014 DEBATE

• Good to Know It Was All Worth It

  From the AP Even after the United States spent billions of dollars training the armed forces during its 2003-2011 military presence in Iraq, the 1 million-membe... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: The Fiscal Multiplier

  From City AM Forum In early 2013, Blanchard and his colleague Daniel Leigh published an IMF working paper on the size of the fiscal multiplier. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 DEBATE

• Artwork Left to Tate

  

  From the BBC The Tate found a painting in the skip outside, valued in the region of £0, by the young British Artist Cy Twombly of Class 2J of East Dulwich... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 DEBATE

• There's a Moose Loose Aboot This... Er... Hotel

  From The Daily Mail: A hotel in Colorado welcomed a rather unusual guest this week; a one-week-old moose. The frightened calf was spotted by staff and... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 DEBATE

• Tory MPs Know Much Less About Business Than Man Who Used to Run a Large Retail...

  From The Daily Mail: The tax plans are part of a report by Labour adviser and former Wickes DIY store boss Bill Grimsey, aimed at reviving struggling town... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 DEBATE

• Boris Johnson: a Truly Liberal Authoritarian

  From The Independent: Boris Johnson has called for the removal of "stupid" spikes installed outside a London housing development as a deterrent to homeless... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 DEBATE

• "$1 Billion Country Trashed After US Troop Withdrawal Advertised on Facebook"

  From The Metro and the BBC: The withdrawal of US troops from Iraq ended in tears after it was advertised on Facebook and Al Qaeda militants stormed the $1... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 DEBATE