Markwadsworth

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• Putting out the Fire with Gasoline

  Emiled in by Lola, from FT Adviser: The mortgage market needs more flexibility to help young people onto the property ladder, the Financial Conduct Authority ha... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (455)

  KJP trotted out half a dozen traditional KLNs on #455, including: In the long term, over 2 or 3 generations, LVT could be introduced... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2019 DEBATE

• Cheap Food

  I was listening to Radio 4 today and there was an article on cheap food, which mentioned, inter alia, that the government has a policy of keeping food cheap,... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2019 DEBATE

• "Creativity Peaks in Your 20s and 50s"

  From the BBC: If you've ever wondered why your mind is a hotspot for new ideas in your 20s, it could be that you're experiencing the first of two creative peaks. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2019 DEBATE

• Wow, How Did That Get Past the Censors?

  At the end of an article at the BBC, which merrily jumbles up organic matter and carbon dioxide under the catch-all heading 'carbon', which in nature only exist... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (454)

  Submitted by Me, from the comments at bondeconomics.com, it's a three-parter, somehow the Homeys don't notice the inherent contradictions: Not a fan of land tax. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2019 DEBATE

• Conspiracy Theory Of The Week

  From The Guardian: It is a dastardly trap, designed to lock freedom-loving Britain into the European Union’s protectionist customs union: that is the argument... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2019 DEBATE

• Private School Bullshit

  From The Daily Mail (as The Times is behind paywall): Private schools save the taxpayer billions of pounds every year, their head teachers claimed yesterday. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2019 DEBATE

• Tokenistic Tinkering at the Margins

  From the BBC: "Outdated" age-specific benefits for older people should be replaced with support for the young to "deliver a fairer society", say peers... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2019 DEBATE

• Solar System Temperatures - Not

  

  A nice bit of sleight of hand by NASA Science: This graphic shows the average temperatures of various destinations in our solar system. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2019 DEBATE

• Atmospheric Pressure and Temperature, Earth v Venus

  

  Radical Rodent linked to this article comparing Earth's and Venus' atmospheres in the comments to this post. The upshot is, all you need to know to work out... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2019 DEBATE

• The People's Vote - Why Don't They Just Do It?

  UKIP were, by and large, always a single issue party; leave the EU or at least have another referendum on the topic. For many years, there was no referendum on... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2019 DEBATE

• The Brooklyn 99 Twelve Islanders Problem.

  

  The problem is: 1. There are eleven islanders who all weight exactly the same and one who is either heavier or lighter than those eleven. 2. You have a see-saw... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2019 DEBATE

• Truncated Axis Of The Week

  

  From Watts Up With That: The greenhouse gasses keep the Earth 30° C warmer than it would otherwise be without them in the atmosphere, so instead of the... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2019 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the Hen Harrier Gets Hurt!

  From the BBC: Environmentalists fear Northern Ireland could be left behind when it comes to protecting important species and habitats after Brexit. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2019 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or Your Clothes Will Strangle You!

  From The Guardian: Dangerous cars, electrical goods and toys could flood into the UK after Brexit unless the government urgently reforms the current “failing”... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2019 DEBATE

• The Overton Window

  From BBC, seven months ago: Labour says it would scrap laws allowing private landlords to evict tenants without giving a reason. The law, in force since 1988, i... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2019 DEBATE

• Missing Beats Round

  

  I only noticed this today (forty years later), but the intro to "Rock and roll" by Led Zeppelin is weird. The drum intro is clearly a few bars of 1-2-3-4, but... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2019 DEBATE

• "Who Plays Diana in The Crown?" is Not the Interesting Question

  From The Radio Times: Rising star Emma Corrin is set to play lady Diana Spencer – the future Princess of Wales – in Netflix’s The Crown. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2019 DEBATE

• No, That's the Opposite of What They Should Be Doing...

  From The Evening Standard: BT is facing demands from councils and police to disable the free calls function on its new “smart” telephone boxes amid claims they... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2019 DEBATE