Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• UK Exports

  In a recent post, I mentioned how I think most people think of manufacturing in a rather old way: oily blokes of little education bashing at pieces of metal in... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2019 DEBATE

• Patents, Taxation Thereof.

  Income from patents is "rent" because it can only arise as a result of government protection, so it seems fair enough to me if a government wants to collect a... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2019 DEBATE

• "Woman Eaten Alive by Pigs After Suffering Seizure in Pen"

  From Sky News: The 56-year-old woman had gone to feed the animals when she suffered an epileptic seizure, it is reported. She fell down in the pen and was bitte... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2019 DEBATE

• Simon Jenkins on Top Form

  Via Carol W, Simon Jenkins in The Guardian: Three of the most expensive homes in the world have been sold recently, and to one man. He is the American hedge-fun... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2019 DEBATE

• No-one Move Or the Roaming Charges Get It

  From the GuardianThe government has formally announced that UK nationals could face high roaming charges for using their mobile phones in the EU in the event... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2019 DEBATE

• Semi-detached Houses... Why?

  Having grown up in a traditional 1950s 3-bed semi and lived in both terraced and detached houses as an adult, all I can ask is... why? Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2019 DEBATE

• Outbreak of Common Sense

  From the BBC: Lorries will be able to drive straight off ferries and Channel Tunnel trains without making customs declarations in the event of a no-deal... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2019 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the Buses Get Hurt!

  Spotted by @TheaDickinson in the Birmingham Mail: An expert has sensationally claimed bus services may STOP after Brexit - amid fears over the recruitment of... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2019 DEBATE

• Carbon Brief: Why the UK’s CO2 Emissions Have Fallen 38% Since 1990

  Fascinating. From Carbon Brief: The most significant factors include a cleaner electricity mix based on gas and renewables instead of coal, as well as falling... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2019 DEBATE

• Car Making

  is seen as a crown jewel of UK industry. I think because all consumers understand cars, and because they're reasonably expensive, it's easy to get footage of... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2019 DEBATE

• Climate Change LOLZ

  

  From here: Temperature Change and Carbon Dioxide Change One of the most remarkable aspects of the paleoclimate record is the strong correspondence between... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2019 DEBATE

• The Actual Good Friday Agreement Says Very Little About Cross-border Trade

  George Eaton (on Twitter) trotted out a lazy misconception: "Surely the main problem is the Irish border (again) - IIRC we can't be in EFTA and also (as require... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2019 DEBATE

• So, How's That Worked Out, Ever.

  Started reading this. Got to this "The problem is that it is hard to understand and predict a credit bust (or a boom, for that matter) without the right tools... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 DEBATE

• More Brexit LOLZ

  Via TBH, from The Independent: Britain would keep paying into the EU budget for years after a no-deal Brexit under contingency plans drawn up by the European... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 DEBATE

• Glorious Remainer Circular Logic

  This all reminds me a bit of the quote from 1984*: "It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2019 DEBATE

• "How to View the World Like an Economist"

  Something in an article that was in City AM a year ago has been bugging me ever since. Most of it is good stuff... When a politician blithely commits to... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2019 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From City AM, in response to this article: It seems that the EU has a paranoid concern that unless it keeps Northern Ireland under its control as a kind of... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or Everybody Starves to Death!

  From the BBC: A no-deal Brexit threatens the UK's food security and will lead to higher prices and empty shelves, retailers are preparing to warn MPs... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 DEBATE

• Killer Argument Against Anything And Everything Whatsoever

  George Eaton, on Twitter: To understand the problems with the Norway model, ask Norwegians – insightful piece by @hettieveronica on why it isn't a panacea for... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 DEBATE

• Let's Not Use Those Figures.....

  The Bank of England has come up witha scary figure as the "cost" of Brexit, £500M a week. Of course it turns out that this is the difference between the... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2019 DEBATE