'in the likelihood that you no longer have even the remotest recollection of me, I am introducing myself once more...' - letter franz kafka to felice bauer september 1912 from a lecture by judith butler.
'britain’s housing crisis is likely to be a big topic in the election campaign...' - adam corlett, principal economist at the resolution foundation.
well probably not actually...
not that it isn't a crisis. not that it isn't a disaster. but british people have no way of realising how much worse they have it than other europeans (if indeed they do). further while its effects are felt at every level of society it is a crisis concentrated at the bottom among the very poorest (and merely an asset bubble for the people at the top).
in fact if it is as gary's economics argues, then what happens next is that as interest rates start to fall the money of the rich is deployed to buy up as many assets (and for assets read houses) as possible reducing the supply for ordinary people to buy and to own and leaving them trapped renting. because renters are now a captive audience rents continue to rise (further impoverishing the poor).
this would be horsemouth's prediction.
what the country needs is a giant campaign of not so much as house building as flat building, of building social housing (but that won't happen either).
horsemouth listened to a radio 4 documentary on feminist art and particularly photography collective hackney flashers (active 1974-1980) whose exhibition who's holding the baby? (1978 centrepoint kingsland road) was organised to highlight a lack of childcare provision in east london in the 1970s. there was a 40th anniversary event maybe there'll be a 50th?
meanwhile scott benton MP resigns after being caught in a times lobbying sting, suspension, recall petition (you know the drill). so a blackpool south by-election (a majority of 3690 at the last election). could be 2nd may. it's the 23rd by-election this parliament (is that a record?).
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