Devil's Advocate on this: this news story entirely backs up the police's approach. If they had every constable chasing down every phone nicked in London, they'd never get anywhere given the scale of … (View Post)

Christ, it really has been a poor conference. (View Post)

The number of transactions in Scotland has halved compared with pre-2008. It's an economic disaster and an important symptom and cause of the housing crisis (think the causality runs both ways). The … (View Post)

They should've stuck with Queen Consort as they did in the first few months. (View Post)

Depends how you do it. A flat 0.7% property tax would cover both council tax and stamp duty and constitute a tax cut for a large majority of households - particularly in the Reform/Labour battlegroun… (View Post)