I don't believe, even in London, 4 bed houses are "relatively modest". Has a rather perverse interpretation of the word relative for that to hold. (View Post)

Oh dear. How sad. Nevermind. (View Post)

The problem as always is our permission system. People should not need consent to self build within the law on their own land. (View Post)

No, because rents are set by supply and demand. If landlords could put up their rents by £100pcm and tenants would be just stuck with it they would do that anyway, with or without a tax. (View Post)

On the topic of taxing wealth or earnings there are two very different issues at play. Most wealth can't be taxed as it can just be taken out of the country. Taxing that is futile. The argument … (View Post)