Hardline nationalists who’ve spent a lifetime wanting the Brits out now find that they must simultaneously argue that the Crown is an honourable and generous institution that will aid their cause.
It is Government interference in the market, not the market itself, that has caused this problem.
The public, and their changing choices, are much more to blame than the politicians are.
“It’s important that we ensure there is reasonable access to cash across society.”
Our political class now appears to be in such a desperate state of panic that the apparent priority here was not to think matters through, but to rush the story into print.
One thing is for sure: This is not a simple issue, and anyone who tells you they have an easy fix is pulling the wool over your eyes.
A Government that has doubled health spending, and managed to make the system worse, should not be praised for announcing further budget increases.
A banking crisis Unfolding?
A government that is block buying homes out from under its own working citizens in order to give those homes to non-working citizens is sending a message.
The Minister for Housing is, like the whalers of yore, a sudden convert to the cause of conservation:
Overall, it is difficult to look at the medium term economic situation with anything but pessimism
A State Housing agency is a licence for suppliers to print money, and bureaucrats to waste it.