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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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"We Were Just Taking the IDS Line, Honest, We Really Really Believed She Intende...
Joan Edwards, a former nurse, stipulated in her will that the money should be paid to “whichever Government is in office at the date of my death”. Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
OK Then, Maybe Not.
Emailed in by BobE from The Guardian Under the £1bn Youth Contract, companies are paid £2,275 every time they take on a young unemployed person for at least... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Pacific Rim
Went to see Pacific Rim. It's cheap night at the cinema, and I wasn't sure whether to go, but for £4 a ticket, seemed worth a punt. Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
This is Not the End, This is Not Even the Beginning of the End...
... but, perhaps, it is the end of the beginning.The price of interest rate futures is basically the inverse of interest rates; if interest rates go up,... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
The Carney Short Straddle*
From that recent paper... We find that rises in the home- ownership rate in a U.S. state are a precursor to eventual sharp rises in unemployment in that state..... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Teenagers Who Drink Heavily and Take Drugs Are 'more Likely to Have Fun' in...
From The Daily Mail: Teenagers who drink excessively and take drugs can increase their chances of having a good time before the age of 65. Read more
Posted on 13 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Fun Online Polls: Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes & Bongo Bongo Land
The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:Which were the coolest/scariest of Lord Voldemort's horcruxes? Multiple votes allowed. Read more
Posted on 13 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Tesco Chairman in Oxford Politician Attack
From The Telegraph:-Tesco's chairman released extracts of his speech over the weekend in which he accused "scumbag politicians" of choosing Oxford arts and PPE... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Maths and Logic Puzzle
My kids are doing Activities this week. They have to take a packed lunch and a change of clothes (for the journey home, don't ask) with them every day. The... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Reply to The Thought Gang/The Boundless Savannah
thethoughtgang left a comment which requires a lengthier reply. If house prices/ rents are linked to the money we have available (therefore not to planning... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Euphemisms
Example 1 The former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader has been long-term support of wind power, telling a party conference in 2008 that British Gas profits... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Hurrah ! Up by "10%" Year on Year ! [but Please Don't Look at the Small Print...
The number of new starts of public housing construction is up by 9.8 per cent year on year, according to statistics from the Office of National Statistics... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"This Sounds Right up Your Street!"
... says Pub Curmudgeon, who spotted this at the BBC:People living on a housing estate in Greater Manchester awoke to find a herd of cows on their doorsteps. Read more
Posted on 11 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Economic Myths: the Planning System is Responsible for High House Prices
Ian Abley has a go at "the British Conservative Party’s favourite think tank", Policy Exchange, about peddling myths whilst purporting to be myth-busters. Read more
Posted on 11 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
JRF; "Struggling to Pay Council Tax: New Perspectives on the Local Taxation...
I've only just stumbled across this fine research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, it's from 2006 but none of it will have changed much. Read more
Posted on 11 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
A Man Walks into a Café...
There was a fairly pretentious little café down the road from me, which went out of business about two years after one of those evil tax evadin' multinationals... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (306)
From RollOnFriday: Lord Halifax [responding to Wellington]: "With land value tax, someone is always paying." That'll be because land yields an... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Cutting in the Middlemen
Emailed in by BobE, from Inside Housing: Two of the sector's largest banks are offering cheaper loans to housing associations after benefiting from government... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
BDTP Reveals UK Fag and Booze Heroes
From The TelegraphBDTP (Blokes Down The Pub) have decided to publish the role of honour to celebrate the men who save the public millions on booze and fags. Read more
Posted on 09 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
All [almost] Going Swimmingly to Plan Then, Isn't It Mark; Well So Long as We
don't get mired in endless arguments about what "good-quality" and "affordable" really means ..On Thursday night the housing minister Mark Prisk said: "We're... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS