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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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My 2013 Xmas Playlist (sorted Alphabetically by Song)
In MP3 format, they'll easily all fit on one CD.1. All I want for Christmas - Samantha Mumba (2000)2. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Spike... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2013 DEBATE -
Lostprophets Albums Removed by HMV
From The GuardianHMV have announced that they will no longer sell releases by Lostprophets. The high-street retailer has vowed to remove the band's past music... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2013 DEBATE -
Gravity 3D
I'm not going to say much about this film, as I'm not much of a skilled reviewer, but I'm going to echo the words of Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian*Director... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2013 DEBATE -
Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (310)
Prompted by Jerry J, I did a bit more digging and have updated the relevant article over at KAALVTN."Retailers will push up prices"a) Again, no need to speculat... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2013 DEBATE -
Ha Ha Ha! Couldn't Have Happened to a Nicer Bunch of Blokes!
From The Telegraph:Shares in Britain's housebuilders fell sharply on Thursday after the Bank of England unexpectedly scaled back a scheme to boost mortgage... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2013 DEBATE -
Great British Understatement
From The Guardian, no less:... in a letter to Treasury select committee chairman Andrew Tyrie, published on Thursday, Carney makes clear that while the Bank's... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2013 DEBATE -
The Cost of Bureaucracy
There was an interesting comment by DBC Reed about bureaucracy and competition in an earlier post, that has triggered a memory of post that I intended to... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2013 DEBATE -
More Banking Lies and Propaganda
Three-quarters of today's editorial in City AM is good stuff, he points out that the UK government (and many others) is simultaneously trying to encourage and... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2013 DEBATE -
Truly Affordable Housing
Recently I heard about some friends of a friend who were struggling to sell their house. It seemed like the sort of place that would be snapped up at once:... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2013 DEBATE -
NHS Employment Figures in Perspective
We are well aware, see e.g. here, that the NHS employs about 1.4 million people, including "146,075 doctors, 369,868 qualified nursing staff and 37,314... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2013 DEBATE -
Ian Hill's Theory About Women
Beginning, in some women, in their twenties, oestrogen damage becomes so dramatic that the patient starts to worry about her hair. She looks in the mirror and... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2013 DEBATE -
Pot, Kettle, Boot, Other Foot Etc.
Via Alan at HPC, who asks: "Would the DM adopt the same tone for illegal Bulgarians living in Cheltenham?"From The Daily Mail:'We're trapped in a ghost town':... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2013 DEBATE -
Fun with Numbers
From yesterday's Metro: So, women have only had 7.7 sexual partners on average but men 11.7? Surely in a population split roughly 50/50 for men and women, the... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2013 DEBATE -
"Downing Street Defiant Over Generous EU Benefit Plans"
From the BBC The government has promised to push ahead with plans to simplify access to benefits for EU immigrants, after a European commissioner praised... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2013 DEBATE -
The Heartless NHS
From the BBCThe NHS must stop turning a "blind eye" to smoking and ban it in all hospital grounds in England, according to new guidance. Read more
Posted on 27 November 2013 DEBATE -
Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (309)
From The Evening Standard:Ms Jowell, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, said: “I’ve thought a lot about the mansion tax dilemma and I represent a constituency... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2013 DEBATE -
Manufacturing the Enemy
Every day, it seems, the "news" media produce another hate figure for their readers and listeners. Sometimes it's immigrants, sometimes it's multinationals... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2013 DEBATE -
"Nigella Lawson Was So off Her Head on Cocaine That She Allowed Her Assistants t...
From The Daily Mail: Charles Saatchi accused his former wife Nigella Lawson of being 'so off your heads on drugs' that she allowed their personal assistants to... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2013 DEBATE -
Being Knocked Down by a Van Was Not the Cause of His Injuries.
From The Daily Mail: Miraculous moment 16-year-old cyclist wakes from four-month coma and hugs his father after being hurt in collision because he didn't wear... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2013 DEBATE -
More Perils of Social Media
As well as social media distracting you from sex, it's well known that Facebook is used by employers to check job applicants. This is usually reported as a... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2013 DEBATE