Markwadsworth

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• YPP London Meet-up Tomorrow Friday 7 December After Work

  1. We'll be at the Brewmaster from 5.20 onwards for an hour or two. Leicester Sq Tube, exit 1, left and left again into the alleyway, look out for the yellow... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2018 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (450)

  Two equal and opposite ones: 1. Landlords will just pass on the tax to their tenants. 2. House prices will fall, people will be trapped in nequity, banks will g... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2018 DEBATE

• Remainer Non-logic

  PaulC 156 here: And the fact that the average polls are showing a swing toward remain does the case no harm. More especially so as the majority of those who've... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2018 DEBATE

• "Sir David Attenborough: Climate Change Our Greatest Threat"

  

  From the BBC: The naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said climate change is humanity's greatest threat in thousands of years. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2018 DEBATE

• With Grim Inevitability...

  From the BBC: If MPs don't back Theresa May's Brexit deal there could be another EU referendum, Michael Gove has said. The leading cabinet Brexiteer said Mrs... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2018 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (449)

  The spat on Twitter rumbled on for a bit: CityUnslicker: I pointed out repeatedly that creating a system that over time will transfer all property rights to... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2018 DEBATE

• A Word Doesn't Rhyme with Itself (2)

  

  Opinions are sharply divided over whether a word rhymes with itself (it's as futile as arguing whether 1 is a prime number or not). IMHO it does not, it is the... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2018 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or Everybody and Everything Gets Hurt!

  A delicious double helping of doolally today, both from BBC front page: A no-deal Brexit would hit UK-EU security ties and have a "real impact" on protecting th... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2018 DEBATE

• UKIP MEPs Exceeding Expectations.

  As explained here, I expected about one-third of UKIP's 2014 intake of 24 MEP's to have resigned by this year, i.e. down to 16. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2018 DEBATE

• Mixed Imperial/metric Units

  Pub Curmudgeon on yesterday's post: As fuel is actually sold in litres, it might make sense to use miles per litre, but mpg is the established figure, and... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2018 DEBATE

• Miles Per Gallon Vs Litres/100 Km. Both Rubbish Units.

  In the UK, we have always expressed fuel economy (or 'gas mileage' as Colin Chapman called it in the 1950s) in terms of miles per gallon, while Europeans expres... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2018 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (448)

  Sobers on KLN 447: [agreeing with the KLN]"The logical progression of land value tax is to enact government control over the whole economy" And you don't think... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 DEBATE

• Rent-to-own Buyers Vs Mortgage Prisoners

  Both these stories came out in the past couple of days, it's an interesting compare and contrast.: 1. From the BBC: Plans to cap the costs of buying domestic... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2018 DEBATE

• Yes... but What Happened Next?

  From the BBC: "The last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of CO2 was 3-5 million years ago, when the temperature was 2-3C warmer and sea... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2018 DEBATE

• Game Theory

  It was clear to all seasoned EU-watchers from the morning of 24 June 2018 on that the most likely course of events would be a second referendum aka People's... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2018 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (447)

  Exchange on Twitter with CityUnslicker, who has apparently left the real world far behind to a parallel universe where democracy has been suspended and you are... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2018 DEBATE

• "Putin’s Bodyguards Given Prime Land and Plum Jobs"

  Emailed in by Jack B, from The Times: President Putin’s former bodyguards have been rewarded for their loyalty with appointments to key posts, while their... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2018 DEBATE

• "At the End of the Day It'll Be Fine. A Little Speed Bump. Everyone Will Forget...

  From the BBC: Cannabis retailers in Canada began to run low on supplies from the very first day of legalisation a month ago. How long are shortages expected to... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 DEBATE

• Evening Standard Channels Its Inner Daily Mail

  From The Evening Standard: Mrs Muhammad was shot shortly after 7.35 am as she did the washing-up, her husband told the Evening Standard. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 DEBATE

• What's Your Optimum Distance from a Tree?

  It would be easy to write a few paragraphs listing all the plus points of trees: they clean up the air; are net oxygen releasers; somewhere for birds to nest;... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 DEBATE