The value of the land is intrinsically linked to what the land could be used for. This is where planning comes in. You have areas which are designated for housing, so they are taxed at that rate - ev… (View Post)

Not exactly. The idea behind Land Value Taxation is that is is payable each year. Not just when one sells a house, or even land. What is built on that land is not taken into account at all. So house … (View Post)

No wonder people call him a Conservative! (View Post)

Yes, the Tories are greatly disliked and do not have anything sensible to say, but theirs is an important point of view and they should have a fair amount of representation. (View Post)

I agree with almost all of that - except for the bit about ideological coherence. If people (journalists???) have not managed to detect this, it must be because they are not looking for it in the rig… (View Post)