And to put that into perspective, the elasticity of demand in somewhere like London would have required something like 800,000 new homes to have been built to achieve the same fall. A lot easier to l… (View Post)

I wouldn’t be surprised if that were the case tbh. Social media, video consoles, TV etc have all arrived since then. (View Post)

You think there are more kids out in the streets than in the 80s? It’s mad you can’t grasp this. The reason fatalities have collapsed is because kids don’t play outside, walk to the shop, walk to sch… (View Post)

You think more kids walk to school now than in the 80s? (View Post)

The problem is… they don’t, at least in relative to the vast majority of the electorate. Housing costs are on average the lowest since the 80s, and most people’s wealth is tied up in their house. It’… (View Post)