You are talking about destroying a whole industries - offshoots of the Enquiry Industrial Complex. We are talking whole sectors. Ten of billions of pounds. (View Post)

The basic problem is that the cost of creating properties has skyrocketed. We have hit an affordability ceiling in a number of areas. Which has shut down further construction. Government can build, b… (View Post)

And we have a very low number of vacant properties. (View Post)

The number of empty properties in the UK is far lower than the 8-9% that is generally believed to be part of a functioning property market. The U.K. number is 2-3% (View Post)

What was the Confederacy attacking Fort Sumter a good idea? Why was Paraguay going to war with the rest of South America, in 1870 a good idea? Why was attacking the Falkland in 1982 a good idea? Why … (View Post)