Not only that, but those who directly benefit are a minority. Most people have a narrow personal interest in high house prices because we own them already, even if we know that's not good for the cou… (View Post)

Or incentives. Local/regional energy pricing; central government grant based on increases in the number of homes. NIMBYs are being perfectly rational in their opposition. They get all of the costs an… (View Post)

Just chuck some beavers at it. (View Post)

Increasing or widening the scope of employee NICs is altogether the wrong way round. Continue to cut it and stick up income tax instead. Capital gains on sales is also the wrong way to go about a pro… (View Post)

OT but there is some really interesting academic work on juries and whether having majority or unanimous decisions is more likely to result in a conviction. More complicated than you might think. (View Post)