Markwadsworth

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• Trigger's Bench

  

  The weather's far too nice for intellectual effort so I did this instead: Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 DEBATE

• Thanks to the EU, Scientists Could Flee Germany in the 1930s.

  From The Evening Standard: We should learn from post-war Britain, when scientists from abroad made this country a research superpower. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 DEBATE

• "One in 10 Adults Owns Second Home, Says Think Tank"

  From the BBC: At the other end of the scale, four in 10 own no property at all... Those most likely to own a second home are baby-boomers, currently aged betwee... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2017 DEBATE

• Big Ben Row - There's an Easy Solution Or Two.

  From The Daily Mail: The Prime Minister urged an 'urgent' review of the plans for renovating the Elizabeth Tower amid mounting anger... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 DEBATE

• Top Euphemising by the French

  Emailed in by MBK from The Times: A teenage girl was killed and four people were seriously injured when a man drove a car on to the terrace of a pizza restauran... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 DEBATE

• Poor Interpretation of Statistics of the Day.

  From City AM: New research seen by City A.M. has shown that most British househunters are snubbing new-build homes in favour of older properties… But in a surve... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2017 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: The Big Ship; Charlottesville

  The results to last fortnight's Fun Online Poll were as follows: When did The Big Ship sail on the Ally-ally-oh? The Nineteenth of September - 12% The Last Day... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 DEBATE

• The Clue is in the Name

  Spotted in a Moneyweek article about leaseholds, entitled "Money-for-nothing clauses will have to go": In 2016 the average ground rent for new-build properties... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2017 DEBATE

• Infrastrucure - Chickens and Eggs.

  Lola, in a comment on Bayard's post: "The Skye Bridge both confirm and confounds my contention that infrastructure spending comes after economic growth." It doe... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2017 DEBATE

• Speed, Bonny Car...

  Skye has a problem: it has become a victim of its own success as a tourist destination, and the some locals are unsurprisingly, suggesting that some taxpayers'... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2017 DEBATE

• There is None as Stupid as the One Who Refuses to Learn.

  From the BBC: "[Former finance minister Alistair Darling] said banks today were much better capitalised than in 2007 and regulators "more sharp and ready to... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2017 DEBATE

• "Wealthy San Francisco Residents Lose Private Street Over Tax Bill"

  Here's the background for many an interesting thought experiment, from the BBC: Residents of a San Francisco private street where homes sell for millions of... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2017 DEBATE

• A Veritable Feast of Home-Owner-Ist Double Standards...

  ... for those who like that sort of thing, in The Telegraph: Operating in the murky world of “strategic land” promotion, these firms prepare sites for... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 DEBATE

• "How About an Armadillo Story?"

  Asks Ralph, and submits this this splendid article to get the ball rolling: A Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2017 DEBATE

• The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum.

  From the BBC: The governor of the Bank of England has said the banking sector could double in size but still needs tough regulation. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2017 DEBATE

• YPP (London) Meet-up, Tomorrow Friday 4 August

  We'll be at The Brewmaster nr Leicester Square tube station from 5.20 or so onwards - if you think you'll turn up later than 6.30, please get in touch... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2017 DEBATE

• Who Bears the Burden of Tariffs?

  The debate raged somewhat inconclusively in the comments to yesterday's post. Short answer is, nobody really knows - is it the exporter in the other country (wh... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 DEBATE

• Corruption and the Regulated Interventionist State

  It's surprising what you find when browsing the interweb over the lunchtime sarnie. This, for example. I quote (apologies for the length). Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Top Form

  Emailed in by MBK from the Daily Mail A doctor has been charged with 118 sexual offences including sexually assaulting a girl under 13. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 DEBATE

• "The Perfect Trade Deal"

  Spotted by Lola at The Adam Smith Institute: We would, and we have here and elsewhere, go further and offer the design of the perfect trade deal: 1.There will b... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2017 DEBATE