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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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"Rabbit Hutch Style Homes Face Curb"
From the BBC The government is to consider curbing the building of so-called "rabbit hutches" in England. In a consultation being launched on... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Egypt Strife May Last Several Centuries, Warns Hague"
From The Daily Mail: William Hague has warned that the turmoil in Egypt could continue for 'up to a millenium' as it emerged that the former dictator Hosni... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
The Clue is in the Word "out" You Ditz
From City AM: RETAIL expert Mary Portas yesterday accused the government of lacking "joined up thinking" and said it needs to introduce a clear strategy to... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Fun with Functions: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Nequity?
1. One of the excuses which The Powers That Be use to prop up house prices is "the spectre of negative equity", which they know did for the Tories after 1992.2. Read more
Posted on 19 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Fun Online Polls: Bongo Bongo Land & The Worst Kind of Monger
The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:Godfrey Bloom, aid payments, Bongo Bongo Land, Ferraris etcFair play, he was only saying what any... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Some Sad and Bad News
Received from Bob E's email address, reposted with permission:I am Bob's brother D. and I am sorry that this message is conveyed in the cold medium that is... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Life Copies Satire
The Daily Mash, 8 March 2013:MIDDLE-AGED mothers get that ‘interesting’ short haircut so men will leave them alone, it has emerged... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
The Bournville Supremacy
From Wiki and Wiki:At the beginning of The Bournville Supremacy, the Cadbury brothers, George and Richard, establish Bournville, near Birmingham. Read more
Posted on 17 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
We went to see it this afternoon.I normally steer clear of films which get good reviews, but in this case, the reviews which gave the film a tentative thumbs... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
GBP Versus UK Ten Year Gilt Yields
Just for fun, here are charts for the last ten years showing:a) The yield (interest rate) on UK ten-year government gilts (click chart for up to date version),b... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"to Build Council Houses? Are You Quite Mad?"
"Government has not been a great landlord, and is itself so hugely overborrowed that it is not in a good position to borrow to build Council houses on a big... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
a "blot on the Landscape"
New planning guidance about bin storage is being published next week. The guidance will warn house builders that "unsightly bins left lying around the... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
A-level Results Round up
The best pictures were from The Daily Mail of courseOne of them has twelve people in the air. The poor girl in the beige jacket didn't get the memo to jump and... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Health Minister Calls for Miracles to Be Made Weaker to Protect Middle-class"
From The Daily Mail and John, Chapter 2: On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had als... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"It is Having the Best of Both Worlds" Confirms Sir Stephen
because of the benefits of being a charity which is really a business, and the sometimes almost equal benefits of a business saying it is really a charity ... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Bloggers Anxiously Await A-level Results
Will we get lots of pictures of pretty girls leaping in the air again this year or will political correctness have wiped them out?What foul excuse will we use... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Mark Takes the Opportunity of a Fortuitous but Hardly Earth Shattering "rise in...
that their being unemployed is all their fault ... but subtly, of course ... Mark Hoban, the minister for employment, said the figures painted a "positive... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"What About People with Mortgages? Would They Be Able to Claim a Reduction in...
... is a question which I have been asked by LVT sympathisers, as well as Homeys who phrase it rather more aggressively, as per usual, they start bleating... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Anglers Walk out of Tesco in Disgust After Being Sold Contaminated Bait"
From The Daily Mail: Two anglers buying bait in Tesco were horrified to discover chocolates inside their boxes of maggots. The two boys told how shoppers... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Nice One, Simon ....
Mr Pickles said: ‘This government’s package of measures to boost the housing market is working, with house building and housing supply on the up. Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS