I'm not sure lying that the books have somehow turned out to be much worse than expected is a great move towards honesty. Anyone who was so unaware of the scale of the mess they actually got appointe… (View Post)

Most people actually want low density housing. One of the worst features of the planning system is that getting planning on a given bit of land is so difficult developers are then incentivised to cra… (View Post)

Aircraft engine from a crashed WW2 bomber - possibly one of the crashes on Kinder Scout. Edit, I see I was right, but others got there first! (View Post)

This, in spades. He's a classic case of falling between two stools*. He could have tackled right, headed towards - smaller state/less regulation/cut back on the expensive bits of net zero and retaine… (View Post)

Isn't that rather the wrong attitude? You might disagree with Baker on virtually everything, but he appears to be a very decent bloke with integrity, and politics would be better for more of them on … (View Post)