I note in passing that not only is the green target of 150,000 new social houses /less/ that the current build rate, they’re planning to achieve this at least in part by buying up privately owned hou… (View Post)

It’s all in the manifesto: https://greenparty.org.uk/app/uploads/2024/06/Green-Party-2024-General-Election-Manifesto-Long-version-with-cover.pdf Naturally you have to read between the lines a little.… (View Post)

Very common in private car purchases these days I believe: Buy a car off someone that looks like they might be a pushover, tell them something’s wrong with it 24 hours later & demand a refund. Ei… (View Post)

Green Party: We have a housing crisis! Voters: So you’ll build lots of houses? Green Party: If you elect us we’ll build even fewer houses. Voters: ?! Green Party: There’s a climate crisis! We must do… (View Post)

We can’t even manage to build on brownfield land at the moment because the planning system is set up to do it’s best to prevent any kind of building whatsoever. (View Post)