More that you are seeing a combination of catching up with a previous deficit in housing and “unwind”. Unwind has been seen a lot in parts of the UK, where new housing is immediately occupied by peop… (View Post)

And you see the reverse for other people. It’s about the priorities in their heads. Corbyn is a Negative Western Nationalist (see Orwell). The tendency to excuse anything Russian on the Hard Left, ev… (View Post)

Shirley any proper, red-blooded Socialist should be demanding a National Pineapple Service? Complete with a 6 month waiting list for getting a pineapple. (View Post)

Er no. *Lawmakers* abdicating running the country to procedural legalism isn’t just about obeying the law. It’s about giving up on doing anything. The classic example of this is the US - Congress and… (View Post)

The buses were in service (new Routemasters). He decided to stop buying them, mostly as a political “stop doing the thing the other guy was doing” act. Edit: The price was inflated by claiming that t… (View Post)