What went on in the 30s certainly constituted 'massive', and was a reasonable response to the massive growth in population. (Wish I hadn't just used my one pic a day, or I'd illus… (View Post)

I was thinking you meant instead of the affordable contribution. But the affordable contribution is already a cost to developers that they would rather not bear. And the more you increase developers … (View Post)

The upshot of that is that the other houses that the developers build which they aren't providing for free are much more expensive. If 20% of an estate has to be provided for free, the other 80%… (View Post)

Except the things we'ŕe talking about are gimmicks, not attempts to fix serious problems. Smoking in beer gardens? Tax on private schools? No doubt there is serious stuff going on too. Most of t… (View Post)

Yes, it's very easy as a healthy 40 something able to afford a car to overlook the significant number of people who either can't afford a car or can't drive one even if they could. (View Post)