Inheritance tax, HS2 and (shudder) Diane Abbott – do we need any further proof that the inmates of ‘Westmonster’ are a blight on our economy and sometimes, our very existence? To echo the political radical and American Founding Father Thomas Paine (1737 – 1809) “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” Continue reading →

Talking about running with ‘the hares and the hounds’ the leader of the Labour Party is trying to garner votes for the impending election, next year, by promising everything to everyone.

Not long ago the Labour Party were professing great partisanship for the protection of the Green Belt from those nasty developers who deign to want to make a profit by building homes. Continue reading →

A developer, as the old joke goes, is just an estate agent without the sense of humour. And who can blame them for being miserable? The residential housing crisis lurches from tragedy to farce to disaster, and back. Meanwhile, no one’s making any more land, leaving millions of renters and stay-with-parenters light years away from their own roof over their heads.

Continue reading →