Yesterday I went to the National Trust Christmas in the Dark even at Hardwick Hall with a friend I have known since the mid-1980s, who used to run a lighthouse in Kent for the NT. Lit walkways to the… (View Post)

Tories caught between Labour and Reform .... in a Sandwich :blush: . (View Post)

To answer another of @Andy_Cooke 's queries about local politics. What happens here is that Local Councillors, when they see a potential new housing estate that is opposed locally, or for which … (View Post)

More Planning Detail The other day @Andy_Cooke replied to my comment that the "presumption in favour of sustainable development where a local plan did not exist" was being weakened, that he… (View Post)

Sorry - I just don't buy it. Starting with "we can't improve productivity" is from the wrong end. Around housebuilding it is linked to our use of wet trades, a hire and fire subco… (View Post)