The planning system (in the wider sense) destroyed them. Well into the 80s and 90s farmers were being paid to remove hedgerows. Ever since WWII, the agricultural support policy in Western Europe has … (View Post)

So you get debanking of people seeking asylum from the Russian and Chinese governments. Which is happening right now. Maybe we should automatically debank all political refugees. They have broken the… (View Post)

1.5 million is about 20% of the extra properties we need, incidentally. (View Post)

If 54% of new properties are being built on brownfield - 170K new properties were built in the UK in 2025, when this report was written so 90K were on brownfield, apparently. That doesn't sound … (View Post)

It's a rather mild protest, really. The question will be if the Chinese do any actual push back. I suspect not - it's a small issue, really. (View Post)