theProle

All of those are probably necessary but not sufficient to start to get house prices under control. The main fix for the housing market is to stop expanding the population by about the rate of house b… (View Post)

That would be an excellent set of ideas. It would also collapse most of the uni sector overnight, which would make many people very unhappy. Therefore, I can't see it happening. A lot of the malaise … (View Post)

Isn't it more to do with the chosen block being stupid than the name? I live in High Peak, own a business in Derbyshire Dales. Our area has virtually no connection with Notts - my town looks to Manch… (View Post)

So, let them go bust, sell the assets to someone else. Wipe out the private equity fools who got them into this mess. How is any of this a problem? If you can't sell the assets to anyone because the … (View Post)

If you lose power to the rudder in a ship under way in a tight space you're pretty stuffed regardless of how much traffic there is round you. Interestingly IIRC on ships critical systems like steerin… (View Post)