Markwadsworth

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• Hollande - Not Very Good at Logic Or Negotiations.

  From the BBC: French President Francois Hollande will tell Theresa May he wants to start talks on the UK's exit from the EU (1) as soon as possible, when they... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2016 DEBATE

• Theresa May: Hopes Raised, Hopes Dashed.

  Via DBC Reed, from the FT, hopes raised... On to housing. The wealth of some pensioners has expanded by more in retirement than it did in work simply because th... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2016 DEBATE

• The Revolving Door Spins Ever Faster...

  There's a good article in The Daily Mail on the topic. Here's the pithiest bit: OUT OF OFFICE BUT ON THE UP SIR NICHOLAS MACPHERSON: The former permanent... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2016 DEBATE

• "Where Eagles Don't Dare"

  From Wiki and the BBC: In the summer of 1943–44, U.S. Army Brigadier General George Carnaby, a chief planner of the second front, is captured by the Germans whe... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 DEBATE

• IMF: Getting It Arse Backwards Yet Again.

  From The Guardian: The International Monetary Fund has slashed its forecast for UK growth next year after warning that the decision to leave the EU has damaged... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 DEBATE

• Pokémon GO: Rapidly Reaching Parody Singularity.

  Two headlines which caught my eye... Pokemon GO 'is un-Islamic', Muslim cleric suggests Warning: Pokémon GO Could Be A Death Sentence If You Are A Black Man... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Tony Blair & Renewing Trident

  The responses to last wee's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Which of the following revelations in the Chilcot report were NOT blindingly obvious back in 2002 o... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 DEBATE

• Pokémon Go is the New Sat-nav

  When sat navs first became widely used, for years the papers would be full of stories about people driving into lakes and lorries stuck in narrow alleys... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2016 DEBATE

• Dieselgate Lies...

  Car weekly Autoexpress reports that Volkswagen Audi Group have been on the receiving end of an ear-bashing from EU officials for refusing to pay compensation... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2016 DEBATE

• Could This Be It for Socialism and Socialist Parties? What Next?

  A piece from Labour Uncut got me pondering. As did this piece. Essentially Labour espouses an -ism. In this case Socialism. Might the 'meltdown' in Labour... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 DEBATE

• House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee "Building More Homes"

  I wrote the Land Value Tax Campaign's submission to this committee, so they emailed me the link to the final report, which is here. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 DEBATE

• Another Hatchet Job on Citizen's Income

  From the BBC: Why are so many on the left now arguing that the state should pay everyone a universal basic income? Imagine this. You can sit back, relax, turn o... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 DEBATE

• Bureaucratic Make Work

  Here This all comes under 'stating the bleedin' obvious'. And as I predicted, the Regulatory Bureaucrats can see the opportunity in Brexit to massively expand... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 DEBATE

• Nooooooooooooooooo!

  

  Here Headline:- “The Blueprint for Brexit: how Britain will negotiate out of the EU and spend for the sake of the economy” Oh Gawd. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 DEBATE

• Doesn't That Just Cause More Pollution Somewhere Else?

  From The Daily Mail: Oxford Street will be pedestrianised by 2020, the Mayor of London's office has announced. The plan is part of new mayor Sadiq Khan's... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2016 DEBATE

• X-Men: Apocalypse Now

  From Wiki and Wiki: In 1967, during the Vietnam War, Army Special Forces Colonel En Sabah Nur, a powerful mutant believed to be the first of his kind has gone... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 DEBATE

• The Brick Has Landed ...

  

  This popped up on my facebook feed via a labour voter, and I'd have thought they'd be more sympathetic. So I clicked for some more comments, and realised that... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 DEBATE

• Wonders Never Cease - LVT Gets a Favourable Mention in City AM.

  Faux Libertarian Ryan Bourne in the devoutly Home-Owner-Ist City AM: Forget populist executive pay curbs: Prime Minister May should embrace these six policies t... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 DEBATE

• Uh Oh. A 'not Quite Getting It' Quote

  From here "Our trade deficit might make some EU countries reluctant to risk tariffs by cutting us out of the single market completely. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (399)

  As a warm-up for the big fourth centenary edition, Ben Jamin emailed me this, from the comments to an article at the Tax Justice Network: Nick Shaxson says:... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 DEBATE