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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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Digging and Natural Monopolies.
1. Driving through town yesterday, I noticed that a local utility seems to be wrapping up their engineering for a new district heating network. Read more
Posted on 08 November 2013 DEBATE -
Homeys Don't Do Maths. But If They Did, It Would Probably Be the Worst Maths in...
Policy Exchange's report hit the headlines with the entirely spurious claim that "property taxation in the UK is higher than all other developed countries, and... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2013 DEBATE -
Homey F-ers Miserably Fail to Get Their Own Story Straight (part 94)
From this morning's City AM:ONE of the perennial myths about this country is that we are somehow uniquely keen on home-ownership and are culturally averse to... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2013 DEBATE -
"UK Intelligence Chiefs in First Public Grilling"
From the BBC: The heads of the UK's spying agencies were today quizzed by MPs and peers in an unprecedented televised hearing. Read more
Posted on 07 November 2013 DEBATE -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From The Metro YOU don't need to go through the bureaucratic hassle and expense of setting up an Orwellian system for finding non-payers of the water rates... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2013 DEBATE -
Why Hurricanes Turn Anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere - with Diagrams
There are two stages to understanding this - the "Coriolis Effect" and the "just missing the low pressure" effect.The Coriolis effect has been explained often... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 DEBATE -
So Where's the Money Going?
Is it just me, or is there a bit of a mismatch between these two stories? From the BBC: BAE Systems is to cut 1,775 jobs at its yards in Scotland and England... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 DEBATE -
After Action Report from Planet Zog
Some of you will know that my day job is running - and working in - a small retail financial advice business. You may also know that I am quite outspoken about... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 DEBATE -
"Mortgage Lenders 'grooming' Next Generation of Debtors"
From The Metro: Bankers are 'grooming' the next generation of borrowers by advertising on children's TV, a finance expert warned yesterday. Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 DEBATE -
"India Launches British Taxpayers' Money to Mars"
From the BBC India has successfully launched £1 billion of British taxpayer's money towards the Red Planet - with the aim of becoming the fourth space agency... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2013 DEBATE -
"Witch Mistaken for Domestic Abuse Victim by Council"
From the BBC: A centuries-old witch-burning celebration was left with no victim after a council mistook the red-haired woman for a victim of domestic abuse and... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2013 DEBATE -
"Captain Mark Phillips"
From Wiki and Wiki In 1972, Captain Mark Phillips (Tom Hanks) leaves the army and takes command of the MV Maersk three-day event team, which won the gold medal... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2013 DEBATE -
Good Article About Big Business and the EU
Re my post of yesterday, from today's City AM Forum: ONE OF the biggest myths in UK politics is that the free-market and Eurosceptic [sic] wings of conservatis... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2013 DEBATE -
Fun Online Polls: Velvet Underground Albums & Poppies
The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:Apart from "The Velvet Underground & Nico", which are your favourite Velvet Underground albums? Read more
Posted on 04 November 2013 DEBATE -
Well, They Would Say That, Wouldn't They?
IMHO, the EU was originally a good idea (free movement of people and goods etc) especially when membership was restricted to a dozen or so similarly wealthy wes... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2013 DEBATE -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From the FT: Queen Bess was the first Georgist (1) Sir, In your report Taxpayers to lose out over 'Crossrail effect' on property" (October 29) you quote... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2013 DEBATE -
They Probably Aren't Even Aware They Are Doing It.
This month's edition of British Airway's Business Life magazine ("Total reading time 57 minutes", it says on the cover) includes five main articles (one page... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 DEBATE -
The Middleman Strikes Back.
When I first learnt about peer-to-peer lending, I thought, "Oh dear, the banks aren't going to like that, I wonder how long it will be until they get their mate... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 DEBATE -
Interesting Article About the Effects of the Internet on Media
From the BBCIn the high-pressure, high-spending world of modern football, clubs feel they have a brand to protect."Times are changing," Ben White, media and... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 DEBATE -
Birmingham (not Alabama)
From The IndependentThe citizens of Birmingham are keenly aware of the snobbery and accent-mocking humour about their beloved home, emanating mostly from... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2013 DEBATE