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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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Sir David Jason in Closed All Hours
From the BBCBBC One controller Charlotte Moore said it made BBC One's Christmas schedule "suddenly feel complete". In the original programme, which consisted... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 DEBATE -
Fun Online Polls: Fergie, Prince Andrew & Ralph Miliband
The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:Fergie and Prince Andrew might get married again... Not bothered either way - 56%Ah bless, good luc... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 DEBATE -
Which is the Real Version and Which is the Spoof?
From The Evening Standard: Version A Boris Johnson today called on the Government to give "telecommuters" commuters a tax break on the cost of working from... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2013 DEBATE -
Retraction Of The Day
Robert Peston on top form: UPDATE 1045 OK. First of all I made a fat finger mistake: 0.9% of £130bn is just under £1.2bn NOT just under £12bn. Why I didn't spo... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2013 DEBATE -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From the FT:Sir, I was glad to see Merryn Somerset Webb’s article “The perfect tax” (House & Home, September 28), but I would like to respond to one point. Read more
Posted on 06 October 2013 DEBATE -
"About A Time Traveller's Wife At Midnight In Paris"
It would appear that Rachel McAdams' recent films are based on her actual real life ability to travel back in time and re-appear in the same film over and over... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2013 DEBATE -
NIMBYs Of The Week
Via QG at HPC, from the Oxford Mail:NEARLY 400 homes have been approved by ministers in a move described by Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry as the “most... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2013 DEBATE -
Landlords Attack Coalition Rent-control Plan...
Landlords have criticised proposed new price controls on the monthly rents they can charge tenants. Eric Pickles on Thursday said that landlords yearly rent ris... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 DEBATE -
"Mortgage Lenders Face Tougher Rules"
From the BBC:The UK's mortgage lenders have been warned that tougher regulation is on its way, to protect consumers.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 DEBATE -
Something Else That Bob E Pointed out to Me...
... is that so-called think tank DEMOS will recommend anything you like if you are prepared to "fund their research". Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 DEBATE -
The TwatPayers' Alliance...
... expose their rank ignorance yet again in today's City AM: The government has done some good work to encourage new growing businesses. One measure that... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 DEBATE -
"Diana Director 'devastated' by Reviews"
From the BBC: The director of 'Diana' says he has "no regrets", despite the film's poor reception in the UK. Oliver Hirschbiegel told the BBC that th... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 DEBATE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Jury Rules AEG Live Executives Not Smooth Criminals
From Starpulse,After three days of deliberations, the 12-person jury in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial has ruled that executives of concert promoter... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 DEBATE -
LVT Will Sort It Out.
This time, it's our personal debt mountain. See hereWhether large amounts of debt is bad in itself depends on what it's used to purchase. A new car, fair enough... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE -
Scots Git Defends Defends "right to Offend" in Miliband Row
From the BBC: Speccy four eyed Education Secretary Michael Gove has defended the "right to offend" and said nobody needs to apologise to him if they... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE -
Misheard Lyrics
It would appear that failure to consume enough alcohol can damage your hearing and/or impair your cognitive functions: From The Daily Mail: Almost one in five... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE -
"We Will Build a Landlord of Opportunity"
From The Daily Mail David Cameron says he is backing Britain as 'a landlord of opportunity' where 'rent seeking' and 'leveraged land speculation' are not... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE -
Random Snippets
1. Reader's Letter Of The Day from The Metro (page 14) If the unemployed are made to pick up rubbish, what will happen to those already employed as street... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE -
Shuffling the Deck Chairs
From the BBCDavid Cameron says he wants to offer more patients the chance to visit a GP in the evening or at weekends.Under a scheme to be piloted in nine... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2013 DEBATE -
John Redwood on House Prices
From John Redwood's blogConservatives want more people to be homeowners. We are the homeowning party. We have a proud record of extending ownership to many more. Read more
Posted on 30 September 2013 DEBATE