As you say, won’t happen. Single market re-entry? Won’t happen. Planning reform? Won’t happen. Britain is the won’t happen nation. One day, possibly in around 2040, Britain will become dimly aware th… (View Post)

It seems to me that the biggest anti-growth coalition is the Conservative Party. They are the party of rentierism, barriers to trade, low investment, and picking the pockets of the economically produ… (View Post)

It seems to me that it is a combination of both the planning process *and* building regulations that has effectively turned development into an oligopoly in the U.K. As an aside, it’s astonishing tha… (View Post)

Surely it is for the Tories to deal with the pensioner problem, that really would be Nixon going to China. It’s not that difficult. Get rid of the triple lock. Charge national insurance on pensioner … (View Post)

That’s like saying humanity is a Ponzi scheme. (View Post)