Markwadsworth

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• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (417)

  From Property Industry Eye: Lowering estate agent fees and replacing Stamp Duty with a land value tax could help boost property transactions, a new report... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2017 DEBATE

• Cattle News, and a Short List

  From The Daily Mail: The wife of a top bullfighter looked on in horror as her husband was gored to death during a festival in eastern Span. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2017 DEBATE

• The Guardian on Top Form

  From The Guardian: Damning government report shows depth of public sector pay cuts The new report found a 3% drop in median hourly earnings between 2005 and 201... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2017 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Homophobia; House Prices.

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Who is more homophobic? The DUP/their voters - 3% Islam/Muslims - 84% You say it like it's a bad... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2017 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: "The £2.2 Billion Cost of the Skills Gap"

  From The C Suite: The skills gap is costing UK businesses more than £2 billion[1] a year in higher salaries, recruitment costs and temporary staffing,... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2017 DEBATE

• Round-up of the Week

  

  I was very busy at work this week; Mrs W was abroad on holiday all week so I was on single-parent duty (which is not that difficult once your kids are... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2017 DEBATE

• The Chicken Or the Egg and Who Pays?

  

  Infrastructure spending grows the economy, so they say. Well, maybe not. I am not convinced. Observationally infrastructure spending occurs when the economy... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2017 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: The Finsbury Mosque Attack; Homophobia

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Are you surprised that somebody finally snapped and attacked a group of Muslims near a mosque? No -... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2017 DEBATE

• Socialism / Not Socialism

  

  We (or maybe just me?) got ourselves into a long discussion on an earlier post that rather lost its way. So I thought I'd try to make a bit clearer the point I... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2017 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From today's Times: A NEW PARTY Sir, We do not want a new centrist party that is a compromise between socialism and neoliberalism (“Now is the moment to launch ... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2017 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the German Car Makers Get It!

  Via MBK, from The Times, still working on Project Fear. (Didn't they get the memo? The Referendum was held a year ago and they lost): A hard Brexit will put up... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2017 DEBATE

• Stupid Criminal Of The Week

  Headline from The Daily Mail: Nanny caught stealing 68 PUNNETS of 'expensive' cherry tomatoes from Coles after her doctor told her to eat more vegetables for... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2017 DEBATE

• Let's All Weep.

  The Torygraph has yet another bit of wailing about landlords being unfairly hit by tax changes. Of course, being the Torygraph, they couldn't resist quoting a... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2017 DEBATE

• Mark Carney Says Time Will Never Be Right for Interest Rate Rise.

  From The BBC: The time will never be right for an interest rate rise, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has confirmed in his Mansion House speech for the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2017 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Brexit Delaying Tactics; The Attack Near Finsbury Mosque

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: The major political parties deliberately messed up the election so that they can sideline or delay... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2017 DEBATE

• Roaming Charge Fun.

  From the BBC: A European Union (EU) law to abolish roaming charges for people using mobile phones abroad comes into force today [15 June 2017]. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (416)

  I haven't done a KLN for a while and a couple of LVT supporters have said to me recently that we really have to address the 'negative equity' issue and have... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2017 DEBATE

• That's How Democracy Works.

  From The Daily Mail: A major Tory donor who backs Boris Johnson to be the next Prime Minister has demanded Theresa May overhaul the party agenda and slash... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 DEBATE

• Daily Mail On Top Form

  From The Daily Mail: The fire that swept through a 27-storey west London tower block in just 15 minutes after a faulty fridge exploded could be one of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2017 DEBATE

• Diagonal Comparisons: Corbyn Edition

  From City AM Forum: One part of Labour’s economic offer which really did strike a chord with the electorate was the promise to nationalise industries such as... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2017 DEBATE