I'm instinctively suspicious of restaurants with large menus. How on earth can anything actually be fresh? And I feel the same way about writers who will happily offer an opinion on any subject. Surely they can't be an expert on everything? It is for this reason that I try to avoid pontificating on issues I know little about. Hence why every other newsletter is about fuel duty, Tony Blair or Roger Federer.
Housing is one of those blindspots. It's obviously a critical issue, impacting everything from our health and quality of life to economic productivity. Like the rest of you, I'm aware that planning constraints are a big part of the problem, but also sceptical that looser regulations alone will adequately address the problem.
