Markwadsworth

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• More Nonsense on Currencies

  From the BBC: The Bank of England governor has said an independent Scotland would need to give up some power to make a currency union with the rest of the UK... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 DEBATE

• "Facebook 'praise' for Term-time Discounts Sparks Campaign"

  From the BBC: With about 250 friends on Facebook, childless Paul Cookson did not expect "praise" he posted to have much impact. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 DEBATE

• "Cycling Scotland Advert Banned Over 'bare Legs'"

  From the BBC:A television advert promoting safe cycling has been banned for showing a young woman cyclist wearing an above-the-knee length skirt. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 DEBATE

• "Farmers Urged by WWF to Do More to Prevent Flooding"

  From the BBC: Farmers getting public grants should be forced to capture water on their land to prevent floods downstream, environmentalists have said. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 DEBATE

• "Lenny Henry Honoured at Critics' Circle TV Advert Awards"

  From the BBC:Lenny Henry has been honoured by top TV critics for his small screen role in Premier Inn's classic British commercial 'A Great Night's Sleep... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 DEBATE

• It'll Be Your Homes Next

  From the BBCA Labour plan to ban smoking in cars carrying children is due to be put to a vote in the House of Lords later.Labour peers are to table an... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 DEBATE

• Buckingham Palace

  From the BBCBuckingham Palace should be opened to more paying visitors when the Queen is not in residence to fund improvements to the royal estate, MPs have... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 DEBATE

• "In Farming News"

  Via JuliaM via David Thompson from the BBC:Methane gas released by dairy cows has caused an explosion in a cow shed in Germany, police said. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 DEBATE

• Idiot Farmer

  From The Daily Mail: Farmers have criticised the BBC programme Countryfile after a report claimed that sheep were to blame for causing flooding. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 DEBATE

• "UK Economy Growing at Fastest Rate Since 2007"

  From the BBC: The UK economy grew by 1.9% in 2013, its strongest rate since the last peak of a house price and credit bubble in 2007, according to the Office fo... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 DEBATE

• "Immigration Bill Won't Do the Job, Says Tory MP Dominic Raab"

  From The BBC: Heathrow-based immigration officer William Inman, known to his colleagues as 'Immigration Bill', "is well-intentioned but he won't do the... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 DEBATE

• Film Review: Byzantium

  I'd been wanting to see Byzantium for a while. It's a vampire movie directed by Neil Jordan who had previously directed Interview with the Vampire, but it's... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Beer Duty, VAT, House Prices and Wages

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:What does the government get more of if a pint of 4% beer is sold in a pub for £3.00? Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 DEBATE

• Shifting a Whole Town, Part the Manieth.

  Part of an occasional series, previous instalment.From The New York Times:LAGO ENRIQUILLO, Dominican Republic — Steadily, mysteriously, like in an especially... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 DEBATE

• Bad Comedy

  From Rufus Hound's blogThe NHS is the one of the single greatest achievements of any civilisation, ever, anywhere in the history of the world. Great Britain... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 DEBATE

• "George W Bush and I Were at Root of 21st-century Wars, Says Tony Blair"

  From The Observer:Tony Blair has reignited debate about the west's response to terrorism with a call on governments to recognise that politicians like himself... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 DEBATE

• Multi-car Insurance

  This is something else where I am amazed that they get away with it.Assuming you are a two-adult household with two cars, it is usually cheaper to insure both... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (314)

  Here's another one which keeps coming up and which I have now added to The List."Over sixty per cent of voters are home owners and turkeys don't vote for... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From City AM Forum: Compulsory saving  [Re: Brits told: Save six times more for your pension or face poverty, Tuesday] It's not clear that a compulsory savings... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 DEBATE

• Ah... Only in The Daily Mail

  From The Daily Mail:The mother of a gifted young ballerina who threw herself under a train demanded action yesterday against the ‘toxic digital world’ of the... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 DEBATE