Markwadsworth

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• Sink Holes and Shale Gas Extraction - Two Birds with One Stone

  Now that sink holes have gone mainstream, The Daily Mail has published a handy map showing the most "at risk" areas. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 DEBATE

• "The Secrets of Tapping into Community Generated Land Values"

  The Daily Mail runs another article explaining how the already-wealthy can tap into a nice stream of unearned rental income generated by the very people who wil... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 DEBATE

• City AM On the Mansion Tax

  From City AMThe total UK tax take has been remarkably stable at 35 per cent of GDP since at least 2000. When governments spend more than this, it is because the... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 DEBATE

• Facebook Buys WhatsApp

  From Sky NewsFacebook has agreed to buy the mobile messaging company WhatsApp for $19bn (£11.4bn), the social network has announced.The company said in a... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 DEBATE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From The Evening Standard (19 Feb 2014, page 47):We were delighted by Danny Dorling's endorsement of a land value tax.The Holy Grail of high wages/low house... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 DEBATE

• The Swiss Airforce - Please Leave a Message.

  On Monday morning the hijacked Ethiopian airplane entered Italian airspace and was duly met by an escort of Italian air force jets. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 DEBATE

• "British Sinkhole Spike Prompts Warning"

  Woo hoo, everybody's into sink holes now, they've even finally got round to blaming them on Climate Change:Britain is likely to face the strange and disturbing... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 DEBATE

• Nearly There...

  What is particularly annoying about aeroplane hijackers is when they hijack a flight en route from A to B; force the pilot to land in C instead; and then... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 DEBATE

• Readers' Letters Of The Day

  Here are another couple of items which were on my to-blog list, which popped up in today's Metro:So Scotland might not be able to join the EU if it becomes and... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 DEBATE

• Flooding Update

  A comment relayed on wattsupwiththat postulates another reason the severity of this year's and last year's floods in Somerset and once again, the finger points... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DEBATE

• "Ed Miliband: Labour's Plans to Solve London Housing Crisis"

  From The Evening Standard: Ed Miliband today warns that London’s position as the global property capital is in danger unless hundreds of thousands of new... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DEBATE

• Pinewood Studios

  From the BBCThe famous film company Pinewood is to set up a new studio in Cardiff.Pinewood Studios Wales will be based at the former Energy Centre building in... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DEBATE

• "Insurers Urged to Process Flood Insurance Misselling Claims Quickly"

  From the BBC: The prime minister is urging the insurance industry to deal with future claims arising from misselling of flood insurance as quickly as possible. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DEBATE

• "Kingsmills Massacre: Alan Black Says Estate Agents Involved"

  From the BBC: The lone survivor of an IRA massacre of ten Protestants believes estate agents may have been involved, a coroner's court has heard. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DEBATE

• Sink Holes Go Mainstream

  The Daily Mail has done a round up of some recent sinkhole stories, with the following splendid headline-cum-opening paragraph:  Terrifying holes that are... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DEBATE

• Weird

  From a BBC article about blight-resistant GM potatoes... There was also a difference in yield, with the GM variety producing double the amount of tubers. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: The Cause of the Floods & The Four Day Week

  The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:Who or what is to blame for the floods in England? Multiple answers allowed. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DEBATE

• Missing the Bigger Picture

  

  From the Daily MailNow Swedish supergroup Abba have revealed they had good reason to wear such garish stage costumes – because it saved a little money, money,... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (316)

  I mentioned to a typical Londoner (youngish, renting a flat with boyf) that I would probably stand at the next local elections. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 DEBATE

• "Sochi 2014: Great Britain's Men's Curling Team Lose to Norway"

  From the BBC and Wiki:Great Britain's men's hair stylists face a crucial final round-robin match against China on Monday in the Olympic curling in Sochi. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 DEBATE