BIG FAT MYTH: "London less reliant on state jobs than the rest of the UK"

From City AM : LONDON and its commuter belt rely far less on the public sector for jobs than the rest of the UK, official statistics reveale...

Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (302)

I've been compiling these on my other blog for the time being. This week's mutterings from The Two Eds has really flushed out the id...

Meanwhile, on Planet Home-Owner-Ist...

From today's Evening Standard Letters page: If Miliband has any sense, there is no way he will actually implement a mansion tax that wo...

Youth Sports Trust chief executive is either a liar or a moron: shock

From The Evening Standard : Pupils who do not get involved in sport will "hit a ceiling" academically, the head of the Youth Sport...

Because as we know, children spend a lot of time in pubs

Some totally bizarre statistics rehashed by the BBC : There was a sharp fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with severe asth...

Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (286)

Spotted by Mitesh in The New Statesman : The value of your property is not necessarily any indication of your wealth.(1) OK properties in th...

"Stage stars blast 'madness' of cuts in arts funding at Evening Standard Theatre Awards"

Some pearls of wisdom from yesterday's Evening Standard (MBVNIF): [Stephen] Fry said: “Whatever your politics, you can’t believe that a...

Fun Online Polls: The gay gene & Cut-price booze

Thanks to everybody who took part in last week's Fun Online Poll : Is there a gay gene? Probably yes - 41% Probably no - 59% So that p...

Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (282, 283)

George Osborne stepped up to the plate last month : 282. This brings me onto the Treasury’s role in devising tax policy. Every time you walk...

Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (254 thru' 281)

It took a dozen Tory MPs to compile a cracking summary of at least eighteen completely false and misleading claims, which they helpfully sum...

My new car counts as "self-built" because I chose the colour for the seat covers

From the BBC : Homeowners should not consider it a "pie in the sky dream" to build their own property, according to the new housin...