Latest housing news: first time buyers having to be propped up by parental gifts at a record high, planning permissions for new builds at a record low, and IIRC prices have resumed their relentless u… (View Post)

My central doubt about Labour is the retail offer. It's wafer thin. A lot of vague guff about reform but almost no action on redistribution and very conservative attitudes towards public spending. Th… (View Post)

April: pissing with rain May: pissing with rain June: pissing with rain July: hottest month on record, everyone desperate for it to stop August: pissing with rain (continues until next Summer) (View Post)

I think we can confidently add political finance reform to the list of problems that won't be solved by the next Government. Quite apart from their being do nothings and desperate to brown nose the r… (View Post)

This will require two things of Labour, should it win the next election outright and have a free hand: 1. A complete U-turn from Reeves on her resistance to ramping up the taxation of assets (as thin… (View Post)