Markwadsworth
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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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"Dear Mother, Leave Miley Cyrus out of This"
From The Daily Mail A daughter's open letter urging her mother never to comment about pop stars like Miley Cyrus gains 3 million views. Read more
Posted on 30 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Eh? Something is Not Quite Right...
George Osborne: Funding for lending Declared purpose:- ‘Policy; Making it easier to set up and grow a business’ See here Outcome: Bank of England: - This is... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Privately Collected Taxes
From City AM: RETAILERS at the Shepherd's Bush branch of London mall Westfield are facing rent rises, after [retailers] posted strong sales growth for the... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Police Confirm Mortar Find in County Armagh"
From the BBC: Police have found what they have described as a "mortar type mixture" in County Armagh. It was discovered at a builder's yard near the... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Gorilla Warfare
From The Local A gorilla opened a gash in a Swedish woman's forehead after throwing rocks at her at a Swedish zoo on Saturday. Read more
Posted on 28 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
In Response to Allister Heaths Article "UK Needs to Stop ...
In response to Allister Heaths article "UK needs to stop deliberately inflating residential land prices" city am , IEA economist Kristain Niemietz made this... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
A lengthy one in today's FT:Sir, Billy Fitzgerald (Letters, August 20) is right to question your editorial “Dismal scientists” (August 16) on the need to build... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Rocky Horror Picture Show II
From Wiki and Wiki The film opens with a criminologist who narrates the tale of ageing boxer Rocky, who expects the good life to follow even with a split... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Agglomeration
There's a fascinating article in The Daily Mail about a massive open market in Ukraine somewhere which consists of thousands of old shipping containers which... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Brick Consumption to Double in a Year"
From The Telegraph: Plans now exist to waste more than 3 billion precious bricks on building new homes, an analysis of council documents has found. Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Fun Online Polls: What's the Worst Kind of Monger and How You Choose Petrol
The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:What's the worst kind of monger?Fish - 6%Iron - 3%Rumour - 13%War - 37%I think we know the answer t... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Now, Who Could They Be Talking About...
From Mises"To argue that Africa Great Britain will be transformed into a manufacturing hub, one would need to argue that the average African’s Britains time... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Income Tax Hits 'ordinary Workers in South-east'"
Ben Weenen on top form at The Institute of Directors:The tax needs armies of bureaucrats to administer and destabilises the job market, says IoD Director Genera... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From yesterday's FT: Sir, Might it not ameliorate the antagonism towards fracking if the government were to agree that part of the proceeds would go to setting... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
While You Were Sleeping with the Enemy
From Wiki and Wiki:Lucy Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) is a lonely token collector on the Chicago Transit Authority who lives in a beautiful home by the beach on Cap... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Bush, Blair: Sorry, Did We Say "Iraq"? We Meant "Syria".
From the BBC:Former US President George W Bush has spoken out to justify his 2003 invasion of Iraq, admitting that his poor grasp of written Arabic in... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Caravan Economics
I'm trying to figure out if I've missed something here but I'm struggling to work out how owning a caravan adds up.This isn't to say that going and staying in... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Indian Bicycle Marketing
From yesterday's Evening Standard: Shadow housing minister Jack Dromey warned: "Unless the Government invests in building the homes our capital city badly... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Bankruptcy Of The Week
From Reuters:German real estate company IVG Immobilien (IVGG.DE), co-owner of the landmark 'Gherkin' office building in London's City financial district, said o... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Green MP Caroline Lucas: Growing a Moustache Was Not Self Promotion"
From The Evening Standard:Green Party MP Caroline Lucas today denied that she only grew a moustache as a protest and for the sake of “self promotion”. Read more
Posted on 20 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS