The U.K.'s housing policy is mad; The north-south divide myth

'Britain, a wealthy and resourceful country with 90% of its land still undeveloped, cannot perform that most basic of functions: it cannot properly house its people. Among the baleful consequences, there is misery for some and resentment among many; a widening of property inequality between the classes and the generations; and a massively high bill for housing benefit' (via Comment is free)

The UK's housing policy is surely madder than Venezuela's | Andrew Rawnsley

Andrew Rawnsley: Ed Miliband's promise to protect tenants addresses just some of the symptoms of this profound crisis

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'The north of England still conjures up images of being downtrodden and impoverished; of terraced houses with the Hovis theme tune in the background. The south, on the other hand, is a prosperous land of leafy suburbs, City slickers and loadsamoney. It's nonsense' (via Comment is free)

The north-south divide is a myth – and a distraction

Owen Jones: It may seem disloyal to my northern homeland, but what really carves up this country is wealth and power, not geography

The Guardian|由 Owen Jones 上傳