Maxwell Marlow has a useful CAPX reminder that the fog of war should not divert our attention from nutters closer to home. This time it's not Keir Starmer's legion of useful idiots, it's Zack Polanski's.
Worth reading as another reminder that most political rhetoric is driven by whatever low information voters can be persuaded to support. It is not aimed at those who pay attention to how political rhetoric is used and why.
Zack Polanski’s rental populism won’t help anyone
The Green Party has a new plan to solve the housing crisis that is simple: make it worse. With local elections looming, the Greens are set to offer rent controls and various measures against ‘commercial housebuilders’ as part of their local election offer. It is the political equivalent of treating a fever by smashing the thermometer. It might feel satisfying for a moment, but nobody ends up healthier.
At their 2025 conference, the Greens formally adopted a motion to seek what they called the ‘effective abolition of private landlordism’. They want to end buy-to-let mortgages, impose rent caps and build 150,000 social homes a year through public acquisition and council-led construction. It is the most radical housing platform of any party with elected MPs while also being the most economically illiterate. An impressive feat.
- Rent controls will only make our housing crisis worse
- From Berlin to Stockholm, rent controls have failed wherever they have been tried
- If the Greens were serious about helping urban renters, they would be campaigning for planning reform
The Green Party has a new plan to solve the housing crisis that is simple: make it worse. With local elections looming, the Greens are set to offer rent controls and various measures against ‘commercial housebuilders’ as part of their local election offer. It is the political equivalent of treating a fever by smashing the thermometer. It might feel satisfying for a moment, but nobody ends up healthier.
At their 2025 conference, the Greens formally adopted a motion to seek what they called the ‘effective abolition of private landlordism’. They want to end buy-to-let mortgages, impose rent caps and build 150,000 social homes a year through public acquisition and council-led construction. It is the most radical housing platform of any party with elected MPs while also being the most economically illiterate. An impressive feat.
I think I should go to Specsavers. At first, read it as, "Zack Polanski's renal populism".
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Penseivat - "Zack Polanski's mental populism" popped into my mind.
ReplyDeleteI bid "Zack Polanski's anal populism".
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