It might have something to do with that, but I think that the most important factor is that property has been commoditised: it's viewed as much or more as an investment and store of wealth than as so… (View Post)

Reallocating resources from unproductive to productive parts of the economy essentially involves turning a system geared towards property speculation and servicing the needs and wishes of old people … (View Post)

Poor Bracknell Tories. There exists no violin small enough. (View Post)

Pensioners receive the triple locked pension guarantee, which nobody dare abolish. Looking after over-65s accounts for the bulk of social care (i.e. the majority of local government spending) and hal… (View Post)

With the police arresting people for exercising free speech against the monarchy, that tells us the poor place the monarchy finds itself in, a self confident monarchy wouldn’t need the state to bully… (View Post)