Markwadsworth

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• Philip Hammond - Attention to Detail FAIL

  From The Independent: Philip Hammond has launched a scathing attack on Boris Johnson, saying he does not expect the former foreign secretary to become prime... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2018 DEBATE

• Let's Just Have a Dozen of Those, Then.

  From the BBC: A nuclear power station being built in Somerset is on track for its next major milestone, the firm behind it has said. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2018 DEBATE

• YPP London Meet-up Tomorrow Friday 28 September

  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 28 September 2018 DEBATE

• I'd Keep Very Quiet If I Were Him

  From The Sun: AN ARCHITECT could be forced to tear down a £4.65million building where he lives with his family because of a planning row with the local... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2018 DEBATE

• "At Long Last, Economists Appreciate That Private Debt Was the Catalyst for the...

  Paul Ormerod in City AM: A particularly interesting paper in the journal is by Atif Mian of Princeton and Amir Sufi of Chicago. Their focus is considerably wide... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2018 DEBATE

• Test Your Recycling Knowledge.

  OTOH upped the ante in the comments here: Pre-sorting your waste is no biggie... to more-or-less try to get it right for adults, but my council puts bossy... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2018 DEBATE

• Spiteful!

  From the BBC: Controversial four-weekly bin collections will be rolled out across a county on Monday - the first area in England and Wales to make the move... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2018 DEBATE

• "How Embarrassment May Be Putin's Downfall"

  Sven Hughes in City AM, three days ago: When serving as a British army reservist within Psychological Operations, we used to refer to these subtle divisions as... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2018 DEBATE

• Total Irony Fail

  Classic piece of self regarding nonsense from Haldane at the Bank of England. He is blaming 'groupthink' by the Great Unwashed driven by social media for... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2018 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or Law-abiding Citizens Get Hurt!

  From the BBC: A no-deal Brexit would make it harder to protect UK citizens, a leading police officer has warned. The Home Office has given £2m to police... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2018 DEBATE

• The Sun on Top Form.

  From The Sun: Witness Felipe Carvalho, 31, was riding home from Islington on his moped when he saw two men arguing in the street where houses cost... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2018 DEBATE

• Outbreak of Common Sense in Wales!

  Emailed in by John D, from the BBC: Wales should slash income tax rates to the lowest in the UK, according to one of the candidates challenging Leanne Wood for... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2018 DEBATE

• Prolong The Chaos!

  Gina Miller has set up a new site called End The Chaos "to give people the facts on Brexit" or somesuch slogan. I dutifully watched the first video,which... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 DEBATE

• Life Copies Satire

  Kj, on Facebook, 5 September: Hey UK Labour-supporter, let me offer a humble suggestion: If someone is accusing Jeremy Corbyn and portions of the party of... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2018 DEBATE

• Well There's a Surprise...

  From The Times: Taxpayer cash pouring into the housing market under the government’s Help to Buy scheme is creating a bubble that risks leaving a generation of... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2018 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the Car Drivers Get Hurt!

  From the BBC: UK drivers may have to get an international driving permit if they want to drive in some European countries after a no-deal Brexit. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2018 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the House Prices Get Hurt!

  They were really ramping up the propaganda yesterday (giving me raw material for this series for a whole week). This is clearly co-ordinated, by whom or what... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2018 DEBATE

• New Car List Prices v Headline Rents

  Good news is, Her Indoors went to look at the big new car the dealership offered her in place of the 'old' (i.e. new, she's only had it for two and a half years... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2018 DEBATE

• The Revolving Door, Still Spinning.

  From The Telegraph: The former head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is joining a City law firm that acted on some of the agency's most high-profile cases whil... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 DEBATE

• "Would a Bigger House Make You Happier?"

  Good article by the BBC: It is common to hear concerns about pokey new-builds and sky-high rents forcing people into ever smaller homes. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2018 DEBATE