Building things is banned in Britain. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/23/let-them-arrest-me-actor-may-chain-herself-to-railings-over-wimbledon-plans All this effort to save a golf course, … (View Post)

Not like you to miss the obvious parallel with drag queens which are on the other side of the partisan divide when it comes to acceptability. (View Post)

It was a bit different in the 70s and 80s when inflation and interest rates were higher and so the initial cost was higher, but inflation rapidly reduced that cost. If we assume future inflation at 2… (View Post)

A country also needs to have headroom to borrow in crisis situations - war, pandemic, etc - so when there isn't a crisis situation then debt-to-GDP needs to fall so that it can borrow an extra 2… (View Post)

I'm a real person too, also looking to buy a house in the near future. There's no need to be unpleasant about this to me. If house prices were one-third lower the putative couple could buy … (View Post)