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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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A Week Really is a Long Time in Politics
On Friday 19th July this appeared on this very blog: '... creating a single independent procurement organisation for central civil government... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Sorry, but I STILL Wish She'd Had a Black Baby, Says JOSEPH HARKER"
From The Guardian In a world so lacking in role models for young black men, how extraordinary a young, coloured king-in-waiting could have been, When Prince... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Whether That is Directly Linked to Help to Buy Or Rising Confidence, It is Too...
Says Margaret Snook of Orbit, the country's largest Help to Buy agent, which operates in the West Midlands and East Anglia. "There doesn't seem to be a... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Romanian Gypsies Flood London to Celebrate Birth of Royal Baby"
From The Daily Mail:Only three days after a dawn raid cleared one of Britain’s most prestigious streets, a new group of revellers arrived in Park Lane yesterday. Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Telephone Number ‘tattoos’ to Help Protect Lost Children"
From The Evening Standard: Two London mothers have created an innovative way of keeping track of their children — by "tattooing" them with their contact details. Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"when the Government Called on Energy Providers to Simplify Their Tariffs, This...
and what is it that has happened and that Ed Gill, head of external affairs at Green Energy, which offers 100% renewably sourced tariffs, seems to believe is al... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
All Hail The Homey-In-Chief
From City AM: That is an extraordinary thought, one that embodies the beauty and extreme stability of the [royal family]. Nobody else does succession planning... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
They Own Land... You Know the Rest
From the FT: Under the [new] equity loan scheme, the government lends buyers up to 20 per cent of the value of a new-build home priced below £600,000,... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
That Was Then, This is Now
From an article at the BBC about a reforming Chinese civil servant in the 11th century:The Chinese economy was far more commercialised than it had ever been... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
I Haven't but My Wife/husband/partner/dog Has Interests in Several - is That...
"It was also confirmed that people will not be able to use the scheme to buy second homes, with lenders required to collect a declaration stating that the... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
The Color Red 2
From Wiki and Wiki: Frank Moses (Bruce Willis), the protagonist and narrator, is a poor, uneducated, fourteen-year-old black girl living in the South and... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"How the Cost of Labour and Materials Are Pushing up UK House Prices"
From City AM BRITAIN'S housing market is broken: inane supply chain rules mean that not enough new homes are being built. Growing demand (in part bolstered by... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Fun Online Polls: Irritating Expressions & the Fall in Crime
The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:Irritating words and expressionsSustainable - 41%Kate's baby - 24%Can I get..? Read more
Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Victory for the Mail! "One Click to Protect Your Whole Home and Keep Your...
Internet porn block on EVERY home: Victory for the Mail as Cameron pledges 'opt in' rule for all web users‘The Daily Mail has campaigned hard to make internet... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
The Site Premium
Blogging has been light because in between sitting in the back garden reading, I've been updating the valuations page on the KAALVTN blog. Read more
Posted on 21 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
"Land" Versus "location"
One of the typical KLN's is that "farmers will all go bankrupt if we had Land Value Tax", but the people who say this have no grasp of the basic concepts or... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
That £41bn Olympic Boost in Full
It took a little time, but I finally got to the point of finding the independent report for the DCMS by Grant Thornton (independent as in, funded by the DCMS). Read more
Posted on 19 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
'... Creating a Single Independent Procurement Organisation for Central Civil...
“So instead of lots of little troughs we'll have one huge one. That should work.” A, some might say, slightly cynical response from “Glycon” to ideas put forwar... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
Magna Carta #2
Weekend Yachtsman left a comment on "Most people think Magna Carta is a document about..." Not sure I agree with this bit: "further large... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS -
It's Amazing What Passes for Logic Nowadays.
From Channel 4 News: A new shale gas allowance will more than halve the tax rate for onshore shale gas production, or fracking, from 62 per cent to 30 per cent. Read more
Posted on 19 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS