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Exactly this. Housing land supply in the UK is bottlenecked by politics (NIMBYism) and economics (private developers seeking to maximise profits) not software.

Odd to see the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) presented in such a positive light. As an engineering project Crossrail became famous for being repeatedly delayed (eventually opening fou…

Same as those advancing the anti-motorist policies mentioned in the article. Buy property on the cheap because it’s on a busy road. Campaign to have the road fully/partially blocke…

Each to their own but a £13k Vauxhall Corsa doesn’t seem like a bargain to me.

The average fully-qualified GP has something like 2,300 patients registered to them. If you assume 2.5 people per household for those new homes, their needs would be met by the add…

When you consider there are decades of under supply to make up for, this is still a paltry figure.

Presume they mean ajar, not fully opened

For small shop owners it’s a vicious cycle. They don’t want to take in Scottish notes because many customers won’t want them as change. Customers don’t want them as change because …

> People aren't always available, so you have to work around or wait. I would have thought if everyone moved to four-day workweeks, they would all take the same day off, essentiall…

Just a theory but in a downturn I could see a lot of companies increasing their ad spend as they lose existing customers and find they need to work harder to acquire new ones. Obvi…

This is beginning to feel like the Freenode takeover drama

What kind of social problems are people seeing GPs about, that they otherwise wouldn’t? The example usually given is the other way round, that the woeful provision of care by the N…

That’s a feature. The value of AccurateRip comes from the accuracy of data submitted to it. Tightly controlling how data can be submitted allows that accuracy to be maintained.

De minimis non curat lex

Does your ISP allow you to use their service to host a server? Most expressly prohibit it in their terms and conditions.

Have you considered that a consultant hired to fix a specific problem, and salaried employees seeking to justify their existence, may have slightly misaligned incentives?

Successful YouTubers get a good chunk of their income from brand deals. Doesn’t matter if your video gets monetized if a company has loaned/gifted you a product and paid you to mak…

Except the Supreme Court have said they will not consider an appeal. So it is not illegal.

Corbyn self-identifies as a socialist.

So it’s illegal in your opinion but not in actual fact?

If it’s widely accepted that placing more women on corporate boards delivers better results for companies, then investors will push companies to do just that. Those that fail to do…

> But why do you need 10 fake Birkins? Different colours?

Does that mean the UK doesn’t have income, outgoings and debts?

So what is your point? The UK cannot print its way out of its debts, so what’s the relevance?

Please enlighten me on how people and countries differ in the basic concepts of having income, outgoings, and debts