Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• "German Farmer Digs up Monster 8ft Potato That Was So Big It Made 400 Portions o...

  From The Daily Mail: This farmer will be enjoying chip suppers for weeks after finding an enormous 8ft potato big enough to make 400 portions of fish and chips. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Two-and-a-half Cheers for Uruguay

  From the BBC: If the Senate approves..., as is expected, Uruguay would become the first country in the world to regulate cannabis production, guarantee its... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From yesterday's Evening Standard (page 41, top left): Don't blame the planners for the lack of land for housing in London (July 26).  There is enough land... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Pyrenees Hiker Killed by Charging Cows"

  Emailed in by View From The Solent, from The Telegraph:  An 85-year-old hiker has been killed (1) and four others injured, including two children, after they... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Topshop Set for £3m Windfall After It Wins High Court Battle with Singer Rihann...

  

  From The Daily Mail* Retailer said it could harm reputation with customers who assume it is 'approved'* Rihanna said she had bought licence for image -... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Twat Of The Day Two Years Ago

  While clicking back and forth, I stumbled across a cretinous - not to mention rude - Home-Owner-Ist responding to a comment of mine on the ASI blog:Mark... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Economic Myths: Building More Houses Will Make Them Cheaper

  Matthew Lynn of Moneyweek has a go at the so called "Generation Y", today's young people.If you read all the press coverage, you’d find it hard to believe life... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Twat of The Day

  From City AM Forum Tax relief  While I agree that business rates are crippling small businesses (1), there are practical solutions available. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Well, Transparency is One Thing" Says B of E Spokesperson "but We Didn't Want t...

  who have one of these heavily advertised and strongly promoted 'bank with us and we'll rewardyou for depositing £1000 every month, aren't we just marvellous'... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• If We Say "Superfast and Unlimited" Well, 'Superfast' Means What We Decide It...

  means 'of course we do apply limits' ... is the conclusion you might reach after reading this in the Register Not that the ASA can prevent EE doing whatever it... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Gun-owning Private Detectives with a History of Domestic Violence to Face...

  From the BBC, the BBC, the BBC and the BBC:  A regulator has called for more powers to stop unlicensed private detectives with a history of domestic violence... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Fun with Numbers: the Optimum Marginal Withdrawal Rate for Welfare Payments

  HMRC publish a useful table showing the number of taxpayers by each band of income and type of income (Table 3.4 from here). You can knock out all the pensioner... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Any Telecoms "experts" out There?

  Only having spotted "Regulators are to get more power to act against companies responsible, while cold callers will not be allowed to conceal their number -... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• I Own Land! Give Me Money!

  Spotted by Thomas B Hall in The Telegraph: The HHA [Historic Housing Association] is... fiercely opposing new restrictions on stately homeowners offsetting... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Pink Listed Building

  Bit of trivia, if anyone is interested (via the BBC)...A couple who painted their 17th Century cottage a vivid shade of pink have been told they must repaint... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Simply Put, This Means That We Borrowed Money from the Sector Which Needed...

  "Nowhere is the ludicrous circularity of debt more starkly exposed than when looking at the domestic holding of UK gilts. The biggest single holder of UK... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Downing Street Says 'go Home' Van Ads Are Working"

  From the BBC: The use of vans with adverts urging illegal immigrants to "go home or face arrest" are working, No 10 says. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Teenage Cousins Are Attacked by OTTER in Scenes 'like Something out of Jaws'"

  From The Daily Mail: * Kierra Clark, 13, and Matalyn Longtain, 11, were playing in Kalama River, WA, like in Stand By Me. * They suddenly felt sharp pains in... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Mighty Morphin' Lone Rangers

  From Wiki and Wiki At a sideshow in a San Francisco fair in 1933, The Power Rangers, Adam, Kimberly, Billy, Aisha, Rocky, and Tommy, who idolize a legend known... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• NHS Direct

  Following the reports about the problems with NHS Direct's contacts for NHS 111 services, I spotted this:-NHS Direct announced in June that it was pulling out o... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS