Markwadsworth

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• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (435)

  From the BBC: A plan to raise council tax on second homes in the Yorkshire Dales could affect 3.4 million householders across the UK, it has been claimed... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2018 DEBATE

• Corporate Governance, Short-termism and Shameless Greed Neo-liberalism... and...

  They do the hard work so that I don't have to! At Flip Chart Fairy Tales, a good summary of 'what went wrong' at Carillion*, seguing into a general discussion... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2018 DEBATE

• Car Hits School

  From the BBC: A car crashed into the front entrance of a secondary school at the height of the morning run. The black BMW was seen driving "at speed" around... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2018 DEBATE

• "When People of the Same Trade Meet Together... the Conversation Ends in a...

  In the light of that Adam Smith misquote, let's cast a wry eye on this self-preening article in City AM: There is no need for a “Hippocratic Oath” specifically... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2018 DEBATE

• Big Scary Numbers!

  From City AM: Water companies have hit out at Labour after the shadow chancellor John McDonnell described the industry as a "national scandal". Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2018 DEBATE

• "The Darkest Rush Hour"

  From Wiki and Wiki: The film commences in May 1940, on the last day of British rule in Hong Kong in late 1997. The opposition Labour Party in Parliament... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2018 DEBATE

• Tip Top House Price Porn

  Via The Daily Mail, Zoopla' new app... Britain is home to more than 750,000 property millionaires. Fancy finding out when your home will hit the seven figure... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2018 DEBATE

• "Nationalisation Vs Privatisation: the Public View"

  

  Here's what DBC Reed linked to in the comments to the previous post on the topic (click pics for links): It's not as revealing as the previous one we looked... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2018 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: The Costs of Moving Home Are a Benefit to the Economy.

  Estate agents and other assorted Home-Owner-Ists have an irritating argument against Stamp Duty Land Tax. Here's a random example from bdaily.co. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 DEBATE

• Things Which Everybody Already Knew but Are Presented as News.

  From the BBC: Mothers in part-time jobs are being hit by a "pay penalty" and are often not given pay rises linked to experience, a new study has suggested. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2018 DEBATE

• Public Vs Private Sector, the Same Tedious Arguments (Part III)

  I am finding it difficult to have a sensible debate about where the optimum dividing line between 'government' and 'private sector' is. To my mind, it is... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 DEBATE

• Innumerate Fuckwits of the Week.

  From the Evening Standard, friend of rent seekers everywhere: 40 cab firms go out of business just months after 5,000% rise in fees 1. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 DEBATE

• 23 May 2016: HM Treasury Analysis: the Immediate Economic Impact of Leaving the...

  From HM Treasury Archive, published one month before the EU in/out referendum when Project Fear was working overtime: A vote to leave would cause a profound... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 DEBATE

• The New Paradigm

  

  Funny how this: is starting to look like this: Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 DEBATE

• Claiming Credit Where It Isn't Due (cognitive Dissonance Part II)

  From the comments to a recent post: paulc156: @ Lola "For quicker wealth creation we want more laissez-faire." Doesn't really match up with rapid post war... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 DEBATE

• Wales Does "joined up Government"

  People aged 16 and 17 could soon be able to cast a vote in Wales under plans to modernise elections Young people under the age of 18 are from today banned from... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 DEBATE

• Daily Mash on Top Form

  For f**k’s sake don’t solve the housing crisis, say selfish bastards: ...Hobbs added: “I’ve written to my MP demanding he oppose anything which might help... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 DEBATE

• That Leaked Brexit Report. I Think This is What's Called "cognitive Dissonance"?

  From Buzzfeed: The government's new analysis of the impact of Brexit says the UK would be worse off outside the European Union under every scenario modelled,... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 DEBATE

• British Justice at Its Best

  From the BBC: The four ringleaders behind the Hatton Garden raid must pay a total of £27.5m or serve another seven years in jail. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (434)

  From Farmers Guardian: [National Farmers' Union] head of tax Michael Parker said: “We would not support the introduction of a land value tax which included... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 DEBATE