I think when PB looked at this in the past these past periods had high levels of both state and private housebuilding. Maybe state housebuilding provided competitive impetus for private housebuilders… (View Post)

The PB demographic has a disproportionate number of people inclined towards the categorisation/systematisation end of things - categorising trains, constituencies, bets, cabinet ministers, etc. So th… (View Post)

The cost of financing is the one thing that has changed recently, and so that will look like the issue, but historically financing costs aren't that high, unless there's a specific issue wi… (View Post)

Given how bad the construction industry statistics have been for some time I am surprised that the figures are not even worse. I guess there is some lag in housing completions and it will get worse i… (View Post)

The thing is, if it was less obviously unreasonable there is scope for the US to pressure Ukraine to accept a bad deal. But by over-reaching so far, it makes it much easier to reject the surrender de… (View Post)