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But how to deal with (real but not as bad as they make out) Covid-19 is part of that, as is not bothering to deal with non-existent Global Warming."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/6946384666555017781"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/6946384666555017781"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620840323129#c6946384666555017781","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mark Wadsworth"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07733511175178098449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1633245126"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 18:25"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2245900486672057483"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T16:56:06.060+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T16:56:06.060+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mark, Lola (and all the rest of you chaps)\n\nAT LAS..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Mark, Lola (and all the rest of you chaps)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAT LAST!!!!!!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe\u0026#39;re back on track talking about something sensible, i.e. how to make the country work better for everybody, rather than Covid or Warble Gloaming.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHooray.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBest regards\u003Cbr \/\u003EShiney"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/2245900486672057483"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/2245900486672057483"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620834966060#c2245900486672057483","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Shiney"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13281261419328886986"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-780173103"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 16:56"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-5411599200493633723"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T16:26:20.118+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T16:26:20.118+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"There might be a bit of a dip in the death rate fo..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"There might be a bit of a dip in the death rate for 2021 for the reasons that you mention. However it\u0026#39;ll probably be offset to some extent by \u0026quot;recovered\u0026quot; Covid and \u0026quot;Long Covid\u0026quot; sufferers dying from the effects of increased heart rates, blood pressure, depression, etc. a bit earlier than they would otherwise have done.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHow much it\u0026#39;ll affect the figures is anybody\u0026#39;s guess."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/4162969777899182840\/comments\/default\/5411599200493633723"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/4162969777899182840\/comments\/default\/5411599200493633723"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/place-your-bets-now.html?showComment=1620833180118#c5411599200493633723","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Derek"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06296053477905542366"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"24","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cy5rqtJGmJ0\/UMgPGeoSVII\/AAAAAAAAAEs\/gusx4fHQCF4\/s220\/IMGP2954.JPG"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/place-your-bets-now.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-4162969777899182840","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/4162969777899182840","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1927312441"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 16:26"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2950349393545176515"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T15:43:23.317+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T15:43:23.317+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L, warming to my theme...\n\n1. A sensible govt does..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"L, warming to my theme...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. A sensible govt does a cost-benefit analysis. If spending £1 more on law and order or education or transport etc boosts GDP by more than £1, it\u0026#39;s worth doing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. The spending itself is not a benefit, it is a cost, duh. The benefit is the benefit. Things can be worth more or less than they cost.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. So if copper and teachers were willing to work for free, the boost to GDP would be the same.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. Clearly, coppers and teachers need to be paid properly (and I suspect they are underpaid). But if you increase the wages to more than is needed, that does not increase the value of the benefit or the boost to GDP, and if funded out of income tax, VAT and NIC, it depresses it."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/2950349393545176515"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/2950349393545176515"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620830603317#c2950349393545176515","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mark Wadsworth"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07733511175178098449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1633245126"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 15:43"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-1422364874426361958"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T15:03:47.785+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T15:03:47.785+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L, some govt spending truly adds to GDP, i.e. indi..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"L, some govt spending truly adds to GDP, i.e. indirectly by having law and order, or a well educated workforce, without which there would be much lower GDP. All the money that Doris is fire-hosing at his mates is down the toilet.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESame with tax cuts, there is a Laffer Curve and some tax cuts do pay for themselves. But it\u0026#39;s not a general rule. And there\u0026#39;s always the likelihood that the higher net incomes just go into land values."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/1422364874426361958"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/1422364874426361958"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620828227785#c1422364874426361958","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mark Wadsworth"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07733511175178098449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1633245126"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 15:03"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-4172903820976938755"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T13:52:33.787+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T13:52:33.787+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"MW. The \u0026#39;tax cuts always pay for themselves\u0026#3..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"MW. The \u0026#39;tax cuts always pay for themselves\u0026#39; is interesting. I take it that you mean that as a result of tax cuts the economy grows and the cash take recovers\/remains the same?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat assumes that all the lovely tax was spent wisely and well. Which the evidence is that it would not be, mostly.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOTOH by cutting taxes and leaving people to make their arrangements with their own money, probably does \u0026#39;pay for itself\u0026#39;.  Even if the State gets less.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/4172903820976938755"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/4172903820976938755"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620823953787#c4172903820976938755","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lola"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04586735342675041312"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-931525054"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 13:52"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-5203840229737871884"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T12:59:05.734+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T12:59:05.734+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L, agreed to all that.\n\nThe \u0026#39;Keynesian money m..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"L, agreed to all that.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u0026#39;Keynesian money multiplier\u0026#39; is nonsense, it\u0026#39;s the left wing version of \u0026#39;tax cuts always pay for themselves\u0026#39;, which is equally nonsense."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/5203840229737871884"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/5203840229737871884"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620820745734#c5203840229737871884","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mark Wadsworth"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07733511175178098449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1633245126"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 12:59"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-3312078852118068010"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T12:25:43.244+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T12:25:43.244+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"MW. Indeed.  I am not saying no government spendin..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"MW. Indeed.  I am not saying no government spending. What I am saying is that the particular mantra of politicians and bureaucrats enslaved to Keynesian claptrap that \u0026#39;spending money by government on pretty well anything and especially \u0026#39;production\u0026#39; drives wealth creation\u0026#39; fails, pretty well all the time.  Or is wildly over-budget.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt\u0026#39;s interesting how the UK has lost its successful regional cities\/conurbations.  I am not convinced \u0026#39;it\u0026#39;s down to foreign competition working with cheap labour\u0026#39;.  I think it\u0026#39;s more to do with loading costs onto UK production, bad and demotivated management, rent seeking, a refusal to let stuff die, resistance to change, ridiculous amounts of rules and regulations, bad money, confiscatory taxation etc etc.  And the evidence is that if you do stop doing all that and get out of the way, enterprise flourishes. Look at Hong Kong."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/3312078852118068010"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/3312078852118068010"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620818743244#c3312078852118068010","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lola"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04586735342675041312"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-931525054"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 12:25"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-868884835606511019"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T11:04:25.928+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T11:04:25.928+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L, I agree with all of that except this:\n\n\u0026quot;He..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"L, I agree with all of that except this:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026quot;He still thinks that the government spending money will sort stuff out. It won\u0026#39;t. It can\u0026#39;t. it never has.\u0026quot;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWasteful government spending is wasted, of course.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut London is heavily subsidised. Governments have to spend money on some stuff - civil service, universities, public transport, whatever. Most of that spending is in London. Sure, it largely goes into land values, but it also crowds out proper production.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt strikes me as far better to try and achieve something like Germany, which has a dozen decent sized regional capitals, all specialising in their own thing and all with their own \u0026#39;scenes\u0026#39;.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBerlin is just a slightly larger version of a regional capital. In population terms it\u0026#39;s equivalent to Birmingham. Frankfurt has a smaller population than Leeds\/Bradford."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/868884835606511019"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/868884835606511019"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620813865928#c868884835606511019","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mark Wadsworth"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07733511175178098449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1633245126"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 11:04"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-289089781663008805"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T10:40:28.352+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T10:40:28.352+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"And he\u0026#39;s (deliberately?) making an error about..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"And he\u0026#39;s (deliberately?) making an error about food banks.  Most users are not down to low wages but down to benefit payment failures.  Both as to quantity and timing.  I have read.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECompared to Khan Burnham is a saint.  But he still thinks that the government spending money will sort stuff out.  It won\u0026#39;t.  It can\u0026#39;t. it never has.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ee.g. maybe Manchester\u0026#39;s time is passed?  Maybe it needs to be de-populated.  Or, scrapping lots of welfareism will cut the costs of production so that enterprise returns.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut I grant you, a good public administration can and should set the tone.  Khan\u0026#39;s tone is deceit and despair.  Burnham\u0026#39;s seem optimistic."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/289089781663008805"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/289089781663008805"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620812428352#c289089781663008805","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lola"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04586735342675041312"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-931525054"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 10:40"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-4550973527554916781"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T10:34:33.845+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T10:34:33.845+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"MW - Cheaper - aka subsidised - public transport? ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"MW - Cheaper - aka subsidised - public transport?  Now, you know full well where those subsidies will end up.  :-)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/4550973527554916781"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/4550973527554916781"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620812073845#c4550973527554916781","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lola"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04586735342675041312"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-931525054"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 10:34"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-966693640987837259"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T10:08:24.377+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T10:08:24.377+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L, they certainly did. Blair became PM after a yea..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"L, they certainly did. Blair became PM after a years long concerted program of wildly exaggerating \u0026quot;Tory sleaze\u0026quot;. Things are now far worse than Blair\u0026#39;s wildest exaggerations, but where\u0026#39;s the bloody opposition shouting about it?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgreed, you need both. That\u0026#39;s not really an excuse."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/5137681155004862875\/comments\/default\/966693640987837259"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/5137681155004862875\/comments\/default\/966693640987837259"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/us-backs-waiver-on-vaccine-patents-to.html?showComment=1620810504377#c966693640987837259","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mark Wadsworth"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07733511175178098449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/us-backs-waiver-on-vaccine-patents-to.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-5137681155004862875","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/5137681155004862875","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1633245126"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 10:08"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-3174193282962538938"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T10:05:04.974+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T10:05:04.974+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"DCB, London\u0026#39;s fine actually. The pretentious w..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"DCB, London\u0026#39;s fine actually. The pretentious wankers aren\u0026#39;t representative of the people who live here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMC, yes, exactly that.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EL, Burnham might or might not know how to achieve it, but at least he makes it clear what he\u0026#39;d like to see, goals we can understand and probably agree with. Like cheaper public transport.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven if you don\u0026#39;t get Georgism, it must be clear that the whole tax and spend system is hugely favourable to London.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EP, yes, a very mild supporter.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EM, that\u0026#39;s a good idea anywhere in the country."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/3174193282962538938"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1141932539860553199\/2614179014977372615\/comments\/default\/3174193282962538938"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html?showComment=1620810304974#c3174193282962538938","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mark Wadsworth"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07733511175178098449"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/markwadsworth.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/you-can-see-why-people-assume-london-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2614179014977372615","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1141932539860553199/posts/default/2614179014977372615","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1633245126"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"12 May 2021 at 10:05"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-5028699621223601436"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-12T08:30:00.336+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-12T08:30:00.336+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How about giving the police a mandate to depriorit..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"How about giving the police a mandate to deprioritise prosecution of the cannabis trade as far as possible without getting Westminster intervening? 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