Markwadsworth

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• What's Wrong with Leaving the Tea Bag in the Cup?

  Boris Johnson got grief for doing this, but as he says himself, "‘This really is how I make my tea. ‘It lets it brew and makes it stronger. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019 DEBATE

• "University to Be Turned into Student Housing"

  OK, The Daily Mash is exaggerating, but there is a lot of truth in this. The student's landlord makes a lot more profit than the universities they attend, who,... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2019 DEBATE

• Classic Telegraph Lies and Propaganda

  The Telegraph runs with the wildly misleading headline "New council income tax is best way to plug multi-billion pound gap in social care, says IFS". Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2019 DEBATE

• Fun With Numbers

  

  From The Daily Mail: Why it pays to do maths A level: Analysis shows qualification adds £6,000 to a salary in just six years compared to geography or... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2019 DEBATE

• YPP London Meet-up, Tomorrow Friday 8 November

  At the Brewmaster near Leicester Square tube, exit 1 and turn left into the alley, we'll be outside with a yellow leaflet on the table (if we've grabbed one)... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2019 DEBATE

• Ex-HMRC Head Goes Through Revolving Door; Forgets Everything He Ever Knew (or...

  From The Guardian: The former head of HM Revenue and Customs has called on the government to scrap a controversial tax break designed to help entrepreneurs,... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2019 DEBATE

• Pumpkins at Hallowe'en - Instant Tradition

  I had a tub of Haribo packets ready last Thursday, The Lass was home first and made the effort of lighting candles in two lanterns to put on the front... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (473)

  Physiocrat reminded me to dismantle the Scottish Land Commission - Investigation of Potential Land Value Tax Policy - Options for Scotland - Final Repor. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2019 DEBATE

• Vote Lib Dem for a Steel-free Future

  From BBC: The [new] Woodhouse Colliery would extract coking coal from the seabed off St Bees, with a processing plant on the former Marchon site at Kells... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2019 DEBATE

• Reader's Letters Of The Day

  All from today's Metro: As the LIberal Democrats are now the Remain party, I'm expecting 48% of voters to back them - unless, of course, they feel British... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (472)

  From a Georgist forum: Hello, I have a question. I know this has been addressed before but I forgot and can't solve it on my own. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2019 DEBATE

• Well Played, Metro, Well Played.

  From The Metro: A MUM couldn’t believe her ears when her satnav started swearing at her... Everything was fine until six months ago when the voice suddenly... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2019 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or Your Our Income Gets Hurt!

  From the BBC: Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will leave the UK £70bn worse off than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economi... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2019 DEBATE

• Yes, That'll Work. I Wonder Why Nobody Thought of This Before?

  From City AM: The UK film regulator will this week roll out a series of new age rating symbols designed for online streaming platforms. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (471)

  Faced with the incontrovertible assertions that: a) LVT is not a "tax" but just a user charge for benefits received, like paying a roofer to fix your roof or... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2019 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or Somebody Gets Hurt!

  From The Metro, an absolute classic of the genre: KNIFE crime could get ‘considerably worse’ under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, a former minister has said. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 DEBATE

• The People Who Run Our Country Don't Know What "investment" Means.

  It's very simple. Businesses 'invest' (in productive assets, tangible or intangible) and individuals 'save' (defer consumption), by either accumulating money... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2019 DEBATE

• "inept and Peevish Behaviour Leaves [our] Reputation for Honest Dealing with...

  Our PM is getting the usual grief from the usual self-publicists for not signing that letter to the EU. This episode was either childish and stupid or... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2019 DEBATE

• Laziness - a Driver for and a Brake on - Human Progress

  People use the word 'capital' to mean lots of quite different things, especially in economics. In its purest sense, I like to define capital as 'labour saving... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2019 DEBATE

• Fun with Numbers

  

  This was explained to me a decade ago (by an Indian granddad in the playground when we were picking up kids from school), but I forgot how to do it, so looked i... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2019 DEBATE