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I prefer your musings on football to politics and economics (you might feel the same about me). I dispute your premise, which is attempting to carve a clear distinction between the value of land, and what it is built on that land. There are various ways in which such a valuation can occur, but...

How much tax revenue is accrued is obviously dependent on how the policy is implemented. Let's go with your assumption and say that the shift is revenue neutral. What will happen is that the vast majority will pay less, while a small minority will pay more, and substantially more. Most of these...

Why does the solution always have to be to build more. There are plenty of properties that are left empty in this country, yet your 'only realistic solution' is to build more. There is a reason why the south-east has been so buoyant over the past few decades, and this is not simply to do with...

I am genuinely interested at what Labour's 2015 manifesto will be like. Perhaps I'm a little overoptimistic about what Miliband will do, given what Blair and co did. Most Labour victories over the Tories have been achieved by them being bold and generating enthusiasm among the electorate...

This is all part of an long running trend, and is what happens when housing policy merely encourages market forces. One policy that would have a real effect would be a land value tax, which will act as a disincentive/exorbitant cost for over popular sites (rates on Oxford Street in London, or...