Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• The Original Peloton Advert Reminds of a Chapter from Nineteen Eighty-Four

  From here: The telescreen was giving forth an ear-splitting whistle which continued on the same note for thirty seconds. It was nought seven fifteen,... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 DEBATE

• Weak "climate Denier" Argument.

  

  Prompted by Bayard's comment here about water vapour (and the logical impossibility of the CO2/H2O positive feedback effect, without which there can't be Runawa... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2019 DEBATE

• KIller Arguments Against LVT, Not (474)

  It's nice to see five time honoured classic KLNs in this morning's City AM, neatly packaged and bundled. I've a nasty feeling that Homeys use... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2019 DEBATE

• Well, Yes and No.

  From The Daily Mail: A mother has blasted Marks and Spencer for 'false advertising' after her artificial Christmas tree arrived wonky and looking like a 'twig... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 DEBATE

• The Unsurprising Impact of Scrapping Bridge Tolls

  From the BBC: Journeys on the westbound carriageway on the Prince of Wales Bridge have increased by 16% in the year since the tolls were removed. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2019 DEBATE

• "The End of the World is Nigh"

  Comment by OnTheOtherHand here: The whole [climate change] issue is so complicated that in order to understand it fully, one needs to quit life and study it ful... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2019 DEBATE

• Jo Swinson's Strange Accent

  The wife watched The One Show on BBC1, which was followed by the Andrew Neil/Jo Swinson interview, so despite myself, I watched the first few minutes. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2019 DEBATE

• "Here Are Five of The Main Reasons People Continue to Deny Climate Change"

  From Science Alert. Yup, good list, sign me up to all of those five. Point 1: Deniers suggest climate change is just part of the natural cycle. Or that climate... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2019 DEBATE

• "Last Christmas"

  It being the first day of December, we put up the Xmas decorations, and Her Indoors and I went to see Last Christmas. What can go wrong, I thought, it was... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2019 DEBATE

• Bashar El- Assad on Top Form

  From Paris Match: Paris Match: If you sign an agreement with the Kurdish “People’s Protection Units,” and the army enters that region and recovers all this land... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2019 DEBATE

• That's a Bit Depressing

  From the BBC: A master player of the Chinese strategy game Go has decided to retire, due to the rise of artificial intelligence that "cannot be defeated". Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2019 DEBATE

• Plastic Bag Tax - as Expected, It Didn't Work as Planned.

  As I said eleven years ago, when the idea was first mooted in Wales: 4. [If the tax is] anything more than [0.1p per bag] we'd have a situation like in Ireland... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2019 DEBATE

• Your Occasional Reminder...

  From Professional Pensions: The government will pay out £21bn in income tax relief for pension contributions this tax year, while national insurance... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2019 DEBATE

• The Guardian Confuses Capitalism with Feudalism*, Yet Again.

  * For clarity, I bracket feudalists; corporatists and monopolists together, i.e. those sources of income which require the protection of the government.... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2019 DEBATE

• Traffic Lights

  As I drove home, I noticed that the traffic lights at a fairly busy crossroads at one end of the main road in our village-suburb were turned off and traffic... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2019 DEBATE

• Labour Appears to Be Getting It Right (although They Are Trying Hard to Conceal...

  There is much ballyhoo in Labour's manifesto about building 100,000 new affordable homes, but you have to dig really quite deeply to find out what these... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2019 DEBATE

• Yeah! Go Lib Dems!

  Jo Swinson doesn't seem to grasp the logic behind LVT, she's mis-selling it, but good stuff nonetheless from The Daily Mail: Ms Swinson told delegates: "The... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2019 DEBATE

• We Own Land (near a Good State School)! Labour Wants to Give Us Money!

  Labour wants to ban private schools. Well, not all private schools, nurseries, private tutors, and universities will still be able to charge fees, but most of... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019 DEBATE

• "Climate Change May Be Behind Fall of Ancient Empire, Say Researchers"

  From The Guardian: The [Neo-Assyrian] empire emerged in about 912BC and grew to stretch from the Mediterranean down to Egypt and out to the Persian Gulf. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019 DEBATE

• Yeah, Right.

  From The Register: As many as 20 per cent of UK businesses are axing contractors completely in order to ensure they are fully tax compliant ahead of IR35 change... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019 DEBATE