Markwadsworth

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• "Export Ban to Stop £10m JMW Turner Painting Leaving UK"

  From the BBC: A temporary export bar has been placed on a £10m painting by one of the UK's most celebrated artists, JMW Turner. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2019 DEBATE

• Fun in The Sun

  

  From The Sun: Tenants suffer as rent prices soar following ban on fees MORE tenants than ever before have been hit with rent rises following a ban on fees,... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2019 DEBATE

• Bloody Snowflake!

  From The Telegraph: The first Supreme Court judge to not be given a life peerage has revealed his disappointment in Theresa May for denying him the honour. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2019 DEBATE

• By-election Fun

  From the BBC: The Liberal Democrats have won the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, leaving new PM Boris Johnson with a working majority in Parliament of one... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2019 DEBATE

• "Record Capital Gains Means £8.8bn Tax Bill"

  From Your Money: Figures from HMRC show that in 2017-18 chargeable gains for CGT were £57.9bn, an increase of 13 per cent on the previous year, while CGT... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2019 DEBATE

• Schrodinger's Brexit

  From the BBC:- Currently, British farmers do not face tariffs when selling into Europe, but in the event of a no-deal Brexit the same products would have tariff... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2019 DEBATE

• "The Dangers of Slot Auctions"

  From Airlines.IATA.org: Recently, China experimented with the idea, putting a selection of slots on the market at Guangzhou Baiyun and running a slot lottery... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2019 DEBATE

• Confusing Two Separate Issues and Tbus Drawing the Wrong Conclusion

  It is generally accepted (whether entirely true or not) that a. Energy, mobile phone, broad band and insurance companies offer new customers discounts and... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2019 DEBATE

• Yeah, Sure

  From the BBC The way of life of a secluded community of nuns would be "devastated" if new homes planned nearby get the go-ahead, a council leader says. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2019 DEBATE

• With French Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

  From The Evening Standard: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been warned that there can be no Brexit deal without the Irish backstop by one of Emmanuel Macron’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2019 DEBATE

• Before/after

  

  A month ago, I was driving along, minding my own business when the radiator exploded. The coolant actually came up under the bonnet and showered the windscreen... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2019 DEBATE

• Rockstar Economics

  From the Times The developer of the computer game Grand Theft Auto V — criticised for a graphic torture scene and sexual violence against women — is paying no U... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (466)

  My self-appointed tormentor emailed me a link to this. His KLNs kick off with this: There are precisely three reasons for any tax or subsidy. They are: 1. To... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2019 DEBATE

• MX5 NC/Mk III Remodelled

  

  The third gen were objectively good cars which looked fine from most angles, but the headlights are too small, too high up and too close together, especially... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2019 DEBATE

• Gloriously Missing the Point About Housing Supply and Demand in London

  Shaun Bailey in City AM: We need a bold new approach to tackle London’s housing crisis... Since 2000, London has added over two million people, but has built... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2019 DEBATE

• The "unlimited Supply of High-income Tenants" Conundrum

  Jamie Ratcliff (on Twitter), links to the BBC article about changes to Section 21 (i.e. reinstating the original pre-1996 position): The Residential Landlords... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2019 DEBATE

• The Disappearing Homes Conundrum

  ... is trotted out again by the National Landlords Association: The NLA is opposed to the abolition of Section 21 To highlight the short-sightedness of this... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (465)

  I received an email from a drone at Tory propaganda unit, it's a classic of the genre, and illustrates the sort of crap we have to put up with: Anyone who think... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (464)

  From Bristol Live, a fairly favourable write up about a local Green councillor's proposal to replace Council Tax with LVT. He is top man and makes some good... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2019 DEBATE

• Fun with Extinction Rebellion

  From the BBC: But those involved with Extinction Rebellion say the future of the planet depends on it. "We have left it so late that we have to step up in a... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2019 DEBATE