Part of it is that, part of it is virtue signalling, but I'd say a decent part of it is that many people have a deep instinctive emotional reaction to abject oppression wherever it appears. For … (View Post)

Presumably contingent on the savings being significant, though? John's comment about administrative costs and the benefits of universality on cohesion are still persuasive, no? (Also, huge thoug… (View Post)

No I know, and I largely agree. I was making a somewhat flippant point that someone may be on twice the median wage and yet still struggle to purchase a house in London without any unearned wealth. W… (View Post)

Which, on balance, says more about the current state of our housing market than it does about avaricious surgeons. (View Post)

Fuck off. I've worked hard to try to keep this discussion not ad hominem. I'd appreciate you doing the same. (View Post)