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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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"John Kerry Tells Fugitive Edward Snowden He's Doing the Right Thing"
From the BBC: US Secretary of State John Kerry has admitted that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is probably "doing the sensible thing" as a fugitive from... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2014 DEBATE -
"Splash! Alesha Takes Revenge on David for Joking About Her Miming"
From The Evening Standard: Alesha Dixon took inspiration from her fellow talent contest judge Sharon Osbourne when she threw a glass of acid over David... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2014 DEBATE -
"Microsoft is to Start Building Its Own Self-crashing Cars"
From the BBC: Microsoft is to start building its own self-crashing cars, rather than modifying vehicles built by its rival Google. The car will have a stop-go... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2014 DEBATE -
Giant Sinkholes* Of The Week
From The Daily Mail: Parts of a house including a bedroom and an outdoor patio have been swallowed by a large sinkhole that opened just hours before a second... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2014 DEBATE -
The TaxPayers' Alliance Way off Piste as Per Usual
From City AM: TODAY is tax freedom day, according to the Adam Smith Institute... The day represents the portion of the UK’s national income needed to pay... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2014 DEBATE -
“Clear Your Desk!” Farage Tells Alex Salmond After Euro Election Triumph
From The Daily Mail: Nigel Farage is preparing to replace Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond with his UKIP MEP David Coburn following his historic fourth plac... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2014 DEBATE -
"Nick Clegg Booed off Stage in Nottingham"
From the BBC and the BBC: Liberal Democrats have grown used to disappointing poll ratings but Nick Clegg reached a new low when he was booed off stage and had... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2014 DEBATE -
"Ukrainian Troops, Stag Parties Battle at Donetsk Airport"
From CNN: Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- Intense fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine on Monday when government air and ground forces attacked British and German... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2014 DEBATE -
UKIP and Housing
From Rupert Myers in The Guardian There is an argument raging about why London doesn't reflect the national polls when it comes to Ukip support. The party didn'... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2014 DEBATE -
Fun Online Polls: How Many MEPs Will UKIP Lose by 2019?
So, well done UKIP for coming first in the EU Parliament elections and getting 24 MEPs. It appears that their tactic of having no manifesto, proposals or... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2014 DEBATE -
Boring American Books Axed From GCSE Syllabus
From the Telegraph Of Mice and Men, the John Steinbeck novella, is one of a number of boring American books that have been axed from new English literature GCSE... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2014 DEBATE -
Council Tax Freeze - Unintended Consequence.
The Tories' Council Tax Freeze was a pure Home-Owner-ist electoral gimmick, of course: vote Tory and we'll reduce taxes on land ownership. Read more
Posted on 25 May 2014 DEBATE -
"Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Condemns Nicholas II's 'Nazi' Remarks"
From the BBC: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin has described Nicholas II's reported comparison of him with future German Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler as "unacceptable". Read more
Posted on 24 May 2014 DEBATE -
Vehicle Width Tax
The way in which cars and road use are taxed in the UK is a complete mess.* I can see a lot of merit in Fuel Duty, which is straightforward 'rent for roads' or ... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2014 DEBATE -
Glasgow School of Art Fire: Critics Divided
From the BBC: Initial reactions to the major blaze at the A-listed Glasgow School of Art, one of Scotland's most iconic buildings are sharply divided. Read more
Posted on 23 May 2014 DEBATE -
I'd Call That a Pretty Good Result :-)
I stood for YPP in the local elections yesterday. I stood in a much larger ward for the county council elections last year and got 21 votes (0. Read more
Posted on 23 May 2014 DEBATE -
More Hilarity with the Homeys at City AM...
The great defender of monopolies spake thusly (on the topic of fracking): "the big flaw in the UK’s zero sum game planning system: no mechanism exists to allow... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2014 DEBATE -
The Bad Lieutenant's Neighbours
From Wiki and Wiki: The film opens in the Bronx, where The Lieutenant (Harvey Keitel) and his wife Kelly (Rose Byrne) are a young couple with two sons, which... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2014 DEBATE -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From The Evening Standard (20 May 2014, page 40) It's disappointing that so many newspapers have allowed the Governor of the Bank of England to get away with... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2014 DEBATE -
"David Cameron 'alert' to Housing Bubble"
From the BBC: Prime Minister David Cameron has said the government is "aware of the short term electoral boost" associated with rapidly rising house prices. Read more
Posted on 20 May 2014 DEBATE