Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• "Farmer in His 60s is Trampled to Death by a Bull in an Accident in His Fields i...

  That's the second one today, from The Daily Mail: * At around 3.20pm yesterday, police were called to a field south of Hutton Rudby * Paramedics also attended t... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 DEBATE

• The Basic Unit of Government Accounting...

  From City AM: The bank levy and bank surcharge, both introduced by Tory former chancellor George Osborne, raised nearly £17bn in the six years up to 2016-1... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 DEBATE

• "Teenager, 19, Dies After Being Crushed by a BULL in a Horror Accident on a...

  From The Daily Mail: *Teenager, 19, died after being crushed by a bull on Monday morning *The accident occurred on a farming property in Esperance, Western... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: HS2 Vs the Graduate Tax; When Did The Big Ship Sail?

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: If the UK govt had £60 billion to spare, what's a better use of the money? Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 DEBATE

• ... Thus Neatly Disproving Her Own Point.

  From City AM: As a member of the Customs Union, Britain applies the same import duties on goods as all the other members of the union, and we trade freely with... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2017 DEBATE

• That Episode of "Casualty" Filmed in One Take

  The story was fairly typical "Casualty" fare, but on a technical level it was superb. The son and I looked out for a reflection of the cameraman in mirrors... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (418)

  As soon as anybody mentions upping the take from taxes on land/buildings, the landowners in London and their cheerleaders squeal that this would be "a tax on... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2017 DEBATE

• Readers' Letters Of This Week

  From The Evening Standard (Thursday): WHY is no mention made about the thousands of brilliant nurses from Commonwealth countries who staffed our hospitals in th... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2017 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From City AM: Rajesh Agrawai, London's Deputy Mayor suggests that London should stay in the Single Market to maintain its "global financial crown", but then... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 DEBATE

• "It’s Not a Takeaway When We Do It, Say Middle Class People"

  This bit from an article by The Daily Mash has me slightly worried: Museum curator Helen Archer said: “The news about these awful diets is so sad. I’m just... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 DEBATE

• "High Court Judges Said [the UK] Was Failing to Meet EU Pollution Limits"

  From the BBC: New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government has announced. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2017 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Influencing the Goverment; HS2 Vs Student Loan Write-offs.

  The results from last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Which is the better strategy for influencing Labour or Tory policies? Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 DEBATE

• Formula to Replace Council Tax and More

  

  Column A is the total number of households in each region taken from ONS by one thousand Column B is the value of housing in each region taken from Savills by... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: "Does Supply Create Its Own Demand?"

  Interesting article at The Daily Signal covers the main points. It appears - as always - that people's political viewpoint colours their interpretation of... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 DEBATE

• "Michael Gove: Newly Green Or Still Mean?"

  Labour Land Campaign press release: The Labour Land Campaign (LLC) has long called for a fundamental shift in what is taxed by replacing taxes on wages and... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 DEBATE

• My Niggles with the Film "Wonder Woman"

  I tagged along with my family to see Wonder Woman recently. I don't mind the premise of a film being complete nonsense as long as the film itself is internally... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 DEBATE

• Glorious Politician Waffle.

  From the BBC: Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said: "Our new aviation strategy will look beyond the new runway at Heathrow and sets [sic] out a... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 DEBATE

• I Once Went to Germany "for Six Months" and the Same Thing Happened to Me.

  From The Onion: CHARLOTTE, NC—Suddenly stopping in his tracks as he boarded the Lynx blue line to go apply for a library card on Tuesday, local man Mark... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 DEBATE

• Student Fee and Loan Wibble.

  

  From Fullfact.org: "[The Labour] party’s education spokesman has admitted that the tuition fees policy has a £100 billion…She has admitted that there is a... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 DEBATE

• Nobody Move... Or We All Starve to Death, Or Something.

  From The Guardian: The government is “sleepwalking” into a post-Brexit future of insecure, unsafe and increasingly expensive food supplies, and has little idea... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2017 DEBATE