Somewhere like some declining former seaside resort in Essex, easily accessible from Camden via the North London Line and Liverpool St? (View Post)

Even so, what's so odd is that there are official flood risk maps created and maintained by central government agencies (ditto for things like old mineshafts in coalfields, and so on). I can loo… (View Post)

FPT Well, as the piece notes, insurance is an issue. The builders are already creating a moral hazard whereby the rest of us subsidide their profiteering on dud houses, and the insurance companies ar… (View Post)

Well, as the piece notes, insurance is an issue. The builders are already creating a moral hazard whereby the rest of us subsidide their profiteering on dud houses, and the insurance companies are ge… (View Post)

I quite agree on the latter sentence. Toolmakers were always amongst the most skilled workers, so far as I can see. A long way from the ordinary production line worker. Probably still are, for all I … (View Post)