Markwadsworth

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• Fun Online Polls: Ukraine & Syria/radicalisation

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:What's the less-bad option for Ukraine?Remain a satellite of Russia - 72%Align itself with the EU -... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 DEBATE

• The Fundamental Difference Between "The Founding Fathers" and "The Government"

  Emailed in by Robin Smith, from the ultimate Faux Libertarian/Home-Owner-Ist pressure group in the USA:MissionOur mission is to protect private sector legal... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 DEBATE

• Iron Zeppelin

  From the IndependentCranfield-based Hybrid Air Vehicles showed off their creation they said could also set a new benchmark for greener aircraft. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 DEBATE

• Bye Bye Nigel Farage

  From the IBT:-When asked if he would stand down in the event of the party not returning any MPs to the House, he said: "I would have thought so, good lord yes. ... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 DEBATE

• Good to Know It's Got So Many Managers

  From the Daily MailA NHS administrator who bought £160,000 of printer cartridges with public money before selling them on eBay was jailed today. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 DEBATE

• Lice News

  From Bloomberg (Jan 2013):Waning infestations of [pubic lice] have been linked by doctors to pubic depilation, especially a technique popularized in the 1990s b... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 DEBATE

• Free Coffee

  From the FTThe Labour party has accused small coffee shops of stealing trade from small toilet operators by providing toilets to its customers. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 DEBATE

• "Landmark Crackdown on Fake Shares Fraudsters"

  From the BBC: Criminal gangs who tricked taxpayers into investing in worthless bank shares have been targeted by police in the biggest ever national crackdown o... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 DEBATE

• D'yer Mak'er

  Emailed in by Michael Hawes (who had a good reader's letter in The Independent this week), from The Jamaica Gleaner:USING UNIMPROVED RATESIn the meantime, the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 DEBATE

• Back to the Future

  From the BBC: The weekly earnings of full-time workers in the UK fell, in real terms, each year between 2008 and 2013, official figures show. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DEBATE

• "Mark Berry Named by ADL as Britain's Most Popular Bus Driver"

  From The Evening Standard: Mark Berry has been named as Britain’s most popular bus driver in a survey by the UK's leading coach and bus manufactuer... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DEBATE

• Global Warming - the Solution

  

  from the BBCNew research suggests a strong link between the powerful smell of pine trees and climate change.Scientists say they've found a mechanism by which... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DEBATE

• "Standard Life Could Quit India"

  From the BBC: Standard Life is putting in place contingency plans to relocate its call centres back to the UK if Indian people vote for independence and if... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DEBATE

• Celebrity Horse Attack

  From The Daily Mail:A polo player who taught Princes William and Harry has died in a freak accident in Florida after his horse fell on top of him when the anima... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DEBATE

• "More Power, Worse Taste"

  

  Something else which struck me, but I didn't have the nerve to mention, was admirably expressed by Richard Godwin in yesterday's Evening Standard (scroll down t... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DEBATE

• "I Admit It. I Got It Wrong About UKIP"

  Autonomous Mind's post title is slightly misleading.After pointing out that UKIP is, much like the other parties, pretty much a policy-free-zone, what follows i... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 DEBATE

• "Peter Robinson Quit Threat Over IRA Hyde Park Bomb Case"

  From the BBC: Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson has threatened to resign unless there is a judicial inquiry into secret letters given to more tha... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 DEBATE

• "UK Women Are 'best in Bed' in Europe"

  From the BBC:The UK has more women who are 'good in bed' than any other country in Europe, according to European Union figures.Data agency Eurostat, which looke... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 DEBATE

• "Soccer" Mardi Gras T-Shirts Pulled

  From the BBCLingerie giant Victoria Secrets is suspending the sale of Mardi Gras thongs after Brazil's authorities complained they soccerised the country's... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From City AM:[Re: Holidays cost more at peak times. The reason is basic economics, yesterday]My argument is that companies don’t charge “extra” during school... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 DEBATE