Britain is two economies. The first (33%) has professional jobs and the potential to earn a world class salary, but decent housing is essentially unaffordable unless you inherit. The second (66%) has… (View Post)

No. But what is true that on top of the basic economic dysfunction caused by bad planning, Britain seems to suffer from a cultural snobbery issue about certain areas. The middle classes won’t be seen… (View Post)

Because they’ve done very well out of the existing dispensation, and it easier to blame “avocado eaters” than concede that you’ve spent the last twenty years voting to impoverish the young. (View Post)

They don’t exist in quantity and the opportunities for advancement aren’t there. It really is that simple, even if it is inconvenient for you as you fear the consequences of more housing in / near Lo… (View Post)

No. The problem is that there aren’t, actually, plenty of such firms. Or, if there are, they don’t pay very well. See all the research and the entire premise of the government’s now discarded levelli… (View Post)