Because it’s been made impossible to get planning permission for anything, without needing a head office small army of planners and lawyers churning out thousands of pages of documentation for even t… (View Post)

Cenk is more thoughtful than most of the independent US commentariat at the moment, and as you say he’s been doing the Young Turks show for at least a decade now. He’s generally worth listening to, e… (View Post)

The problems all stem from treating a house as primarily an investment product, rather than simply somewhere to live. People would still buy houses even if they don’t go up in value. Banks would be m… (View Post)

To be fair they have been going since 2002, Cenk was one of the original founders. They’re so old they have a three-letter .com domain! https://tyt.com/about Cenk’s podcast co-host is much younger an… (View Post)

It’s probably better at this point just to abolish VAT on restaurants and entertainment venues completely. No companies are passing on this VAT cut in full, they’re all facing massive extra costs bec… (View Post)