Markwadsworth

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• Eunice Foote - 19th Century Climatologist

  From Wikipedia Foote conducted a series of experiments that demonstrated the interactions of the sun's rays on different gases. She used an air pump, four... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2020 DEBATE

• "Runaway Cow Causes Moo-hem"

  From Birmingham Live: A free-spirited cow brought trains on the busy Birmingham line to a sh-udder-ing [halt] during Friday morning's rush hour when it was... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2020 DEBATE

• Pointless Publicity Stunt of the Week

  From the BBC: An Australian student has filed a lawsuit against her government for failing to make clear climate change-related risks to investors in... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2020 DEBATE

• More Fun with Statues

  

  People just end up over-thinking this. One chap appears to find the Jen Reid statue almost as offensive as the Edward Colson one it (briefly) replaced. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2020 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (480)

  Here's the draft of a lead article I have written for the LVTC website (which is being totally revamped). ----------------------------------------- The... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2020 DEBATE

• Another Petition Worth Signing

  Over at fairershare.org.uk. They've even got a calculator on their website showing how much Proportional Property Tax you would pay each year if it replaced... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2020 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (479)

  Just to round off the working week and because I haven't dipped my toe in the paddling pool of Home-Owner-Ist DoubleThink for a while. From Yahoo! Finance: Is... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2020 DEBATE

• I Hope That Bristol Council Puts That Statue Back up Again

  

  On a technological and artistic level, the statue of Jen Reid is an absolute masterpiece. Read how they did it, it is basically a 3D photograph. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 DEBATE

• "San Francisco Building Lifted 10 Feet in Preparation of Rising Sea Levels"

  From Dezeen: A historic waterfront building in San Francisco that weighs 2,075 tons, the equivalent of 20 space shuttles, will be hoisted up over three metres... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 DEBATE

• One of These Explanations is Correct; One is Complete Nonsense.

  

  It is agreed that in the absence of gravity and 'Greenhouse Gases', Earth's atmosphere would be the same temperature (about 255K, or -18C) all the way up. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2020 DEBATE

• Give Them More Money to Buy Land...

  From the DT - of course - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buy-to-let/gone-bonkers-buy-to-let-inquiries-boom-landlords-swoop-stamp/; paywall The Tories'... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2020 DEBATE

• Weekly Deaths - All Causes - E&W - up to Week 27

  

  Data from the ONS: Looks like we're pretty much back to normal. ------------------------------------------ In related news, from the BBC: Back in March we knew... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2020 DEBATE

• They Own Land! Give Them Money!

  Or "They want to sell land! Encourage the people who want to buy it to pay more!" From Which.co.uk: First-time buyers in Scotland have been handed a boost with... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2020 DEBATE

• Transport for London - Thoroughly Decent Chaps!

  I paid for an annual travel card at the end of last December (as I do every year). Our office shut down at the end of March. I didn't cancel my travel card and... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2020 DEBATE

• Tax Incidence

  from Yahoo Finance: [The SDLT holiday] will reduce many buyers’ tax bills. The chancellor said the changes meant almost nine in 10 buyers will pay no stamp... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2020 DEBATE

• "Coronavirus: Visitors May Not See the Thrill of VAT Cut"

  From the BBC: ... experts predict many businesses will not cut prices, instead using the money to save their ailing businesses. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2020 DEBATE

• Potential Temperature

  I've tried to stay off posting about 'climate science' because I lost my audience months ago, but I still keep digging in my own time. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 DEBATE

• I'd Love to Know Which Side is Lying.

  From the BBC: The police statement said that at about 13:25 BST on Saturday officers from the Territorial Support Group "witnessed a vehicle with blacked-out... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2020 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against Citizen's Income, Not (30)

  One argument from the hard left, who want the state to control everything, is that UBI supporters want to scrap state education, NHS and so on and replace it... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 DEBATE

• Tim Martin Seems to Get It.

  Via msn.com Pub owners say tax reductions are needed to keep industry afloat Wetherspoons chairman and founder Tim Martin said “tax equality” was needed if... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 DEBATE