Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• Complete Lack of Self-awareness.

  From The Metro: THE father of a Team GB snowboarder who died on her 18th birthday has said missing a flight to a training camp tipped her ‘over the edge’. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2018 DEBATE

• Here We Go Again...

  We appear to be reaching the mid-cycle dip in the eighteen year credit/land price bubble cycle and land prices seem to have flattened off (at a high level),... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2018 DEBATE

• Faux Lib Bullshit of the Week

  From The Daily Mail: Senator Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare for all' plan would increase government health care spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, according... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or Your Genitals Get Hurt!

  George Osborne's Evening Standard has really jumped the shark this time: Infectious diseases such as super-gonorrhoea could spread more rapidly if the UK... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 DEBATE

• "Opel-Vauxhall Reports First Profit in Almost Two Decades"

  From The Independent: Opel-Vauxhall has registered its first profit in almost two decades under the new ownership of France’s PSA Group, the maker of Peugeot. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2018 DEBATE

• The Hunt for Crimson Tide - Alternative Ending

  After heated discussion, the Captain decides to launch the nuclear missiles. Yellow lights flashing, ominous buzzer repeating etc. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 DEBATE

• Sadiq Khan Has No Sense of Irony.

  From London.gov.uk: Let’s cut road deaths in London to zero Each year more than 2,000 people are killed or seriously injured on London’s streets, taking a... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2018 DEBATE

• On Government "intervention" in the Land Market.

  Lola's comment on Yesterday's post is worth a post in its own right: I am not entirely sure that government actions like Schedule A taxation and council house... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2018 DEBATE

• Oh the Irony...

  From here: IEA launches Breakthrough Prize – £50,000 for your 2,000 word idea to solve UK’s housing crisis: Richard Koch – the benefactor and supporter of... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2018 DEBATE

• Meaningless Statistic Of The Day

  From an article by a Faux Lib cheerleader in City AM, in short, everything would be fine if it weren't for those pesky councils! Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2018 DEBATE

• The Irish Border - Tail Wagging the Dog.

  Far too much attention has been paid to this issue, for example from The Sun: The issue of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic has been a... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2018 DEBATE

• All Seems Strangely Plausible to Me.

  The original Novichok/Skripal story was most bizarre and full of inconsistencies, giving rise to lots of conspiracy theories. What we were officially told... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2018 DEBATE

• "Cow Trapped on Cliff Gets Down with Help from Dogs, Owner"

  Emailed in by Peter S, from the NZ Herald, an rather bizarre tale: A cow stranded above Mowhanau Beach, near Whanganui, has come down with the help of its... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2018 DEBATE

• No Retreat! No Surrender!

  An article at Lib Dem Voice points out: There is however a ready-made solution that could sort this [Brexit] mess out, and that is for the UK to join the... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2018 DEBATE

• "Agglomeration Effects (might) Change the YIMBY Calculus"

  A splendid by Devon Zuegel which I wish I'd written myself. Worth reading in full, but the upshot is this: There's a distinction within the YIMBY cause that's... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2018 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Employment and Wages

  Nobody will every be able to prove anything either way, but here are a couple of things which may well be complete misconceptions: From the BBC: Wage growth... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2018 DEBATE

• Fun with Numbers

  From last week's City AM: Re: Trump claims Nato spending win after US President warned over US membership As Donald Trump calls for Nato members to spend more o... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2018 DEBATE

• "Woman 'killed by a Cow' on Farm Near Worcester"

  Emailed in by occasional cow-respondent Robert H, from the Worcester News: AN inquest has been opened into the death of Patricia Ann Ganderton, aged 64, who... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2018 DEBATE

• "I Can't Be the Censor. It's Not for Me to Decide What's in Good Taste Or Bad...

  From The Daily Mail: Sadiq Khan has defended his approval of a giant 'baby Trump' blimp which will fly above London during a visit by the US President... "My... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2018 DEBATE

• Reinventing the Wheel, Although It's a Good Wheel to Reinvent.

  This IPPR report has some good stuff in it, in among the waffle (as you can see from the excerpt below). The recommendation that was given most attention... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2018 DEBATE