The ideal situation for housing is a soft landing like we’ve seen - real terms decreases but headline increases. That way we avoid negative equity, lenders will continue lending, but houses become re… (View Post)

They used to call and give a code word allowing for evacuation. They didn’t much care if that failed and there were casualties, but it helped their cause not to kill civilians. Political assassinatio… (View Post)

Maybe Trump will rename it the Straits of America. (View Post)

There’s a difference between politically motivated damage of property and violence against people. The former has historically been referred to as sabotage or vandalism, the latter terrorism. In betw… (View Post)

I’d love to say the Hillly Fields summer fayre is a case in point, and it is, but it was just a bit too hot and stuffy today under baking grey clouds. But in many ways it was exactly what people desc… (View Post)