Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• A Splendidly British Solution

  According to information available on the GOV.UK website: (https://www.gov.uk/waiting-and-parking/waiting-and-parking-238) You MUST NOT wait or park on yellow... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Fun Online Polls: The Fall in Crime & Help To Sell Buy

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:Which of the following reasons do you think explain the fall in crime over the last twenty years?... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "I'm a Believer" Declares Himself Proud of His Achievements ...

  But one suspects this "everything is firmly on track, but we are doing some of it at a slower pace than we might have suggested to make sure it is all done... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "It is Mad, Mad, Mad, Yet Much of Britain's Economic Structure and Culture Are...

  "The government will build no homes itself: it confines itself to measures such as build to rent or Help to Buy, where new homes are a hoped-for consequence of... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Letter From Marie Antoinette

  

  A Lib Dem member forwarded me an email he'd received from head office (see below), adding that:Cleggie’s advisors have clearly not heard of Marie Antionette, wh... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "the Key Ingredient of Cigarette Lighters"

  Abuse of lighter fluid 'is killing record numbers' Last week campaigners released a report revealing that butane was now the leading "legal high" killer in the... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Dozens of 'outstanding' Schools Downgraded"

  From the BBC: More than 100 schools previously rated "outstanding" by Ofsted inspectors have lost their top rankings after changes to the system in... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Debt-for-equity Swap of the Week

  From City AM: Yellow Pages is given to lenders in a £2bn swap  Long-suffering shareholders, who have seen shares plummet from a high of 603p in 2007 to just... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Yet the Really Interesting Thing About the Tulip Boom is That It Did Not End...

  From Andrew Marr's A History Of The World (not the best book ever but well worth £4 if you can plough through it quickly enough so as not to get confused by... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• The Spokesperson is of Course Obliged to Report as "fact" What the Boss Says...

  The DWP said "there is no doubt that this department is pursuing and delivering an aggressive reform agenda. We've already successfully launched the benefit cap... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Sporting Participation

  The head of Sport Wales is complaining that sporting participation is falling because of budget cuts (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23409300) and sporting... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Not Even a Minister Yet, but Already with a Handle on One Especial Piece of...

  "It is just a shame that a number of people in the UK don't want to talk up the UK ..... What BT will do is continue to talk up the UK ... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Yet Another Story About Somebody Saying the Secret to His/her Long Life is...

  From The Daily Mail: The 112-year-old New Yorker has been just crowned the oldest man in the world after Jiroemon Kimura died last month at age 116. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• For Some Reason We Can Only Guess at They Seem a Bit Coy About Making It...

  The Department for Work and Pensions, like many government departments, issues many a press release. Today it has released one with the title Local Authority Le... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Good Morning, Me and My Friends Are Here on a Surprise Visit on Behalf of the...

  "Squads of insulators and energy-efficiency experts are to be sent house to house around the UK, in the latest stage of the government's bid to plug the gaps... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Probe as Lazy Journalists Blame Extra Deaths on the NHS"

  From The Evening Standard Probe as NHS death figures increase by 600 a week  An investigation is under way into an unexpected rise in the number of deaths this... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Well, to Coin a Phrase, "they Would Say That, Wouldn't They" ...

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills launched a Consultation on funding reform for apprenticeships in England today.It proposes using HMRC’s PAYE... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "Alan Partridge Finally Puts Norwich on the Map"

  From ITV News:The nation's cartographers were celebrating this evening after fictional DJ Alan Partridge finally put Norwich on the map. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• "We Will Be Dynamically Proactive in Disseminating This Exposition of Grammatica...

  The words you WON'T see in Government press releasesOfficials have been issued with an online style guide that tells them, for the first time, what... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Steve Austin to Be Face of the £10 Note

  

  From the BBCSteve Austin is to feature on the next £10 note, the Bank of England says, avoiding a long-term absence of cyborgs represented on banknotes. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS