One of the issues round my way is that there is a lot of nimbyism against building flats. It is probably true that a lot of big developments are sold to cash buyers renting to whores and drug dealers… (View Post)

I imagine it's a prerogative function. Of course they are now justiciable, as the Supreme Court found when deciding that Boris's prorogation was unlawful. I still don't understand why … (View Post)

I agree about Albania, although it probably needs to be visited off-season as it tends to fill up with Italians. Kosovo is a bit different as some of the locals still seem to do Islam (Yugoslavia was… (View Post)

I have never understood why CGT is not paid at the same rate as income tax. It is not double-taxation as it is only paid on the return, not the capital. A capital gain is exactky the same as bank int… (View Post)

In which case, surely it's a one-off due to additional costs in April. Inflation will now tend to stick around the same level and fall back next April when presumably prices won't rise by 1… (View Post)