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On what basis do you make the assumption that I have been the beneficiary of massive property value inflation? Without going in to the details, I can assure you that I haven’t. If you think that any CGT would be offset against the costs of a private nursing company, you must be totally deluded.

And the religious orders?

I suppose capital gain tax would mean less inheritance tax. If someone had to sell their property to pay for social care, which some get for free, should they pay capital gains tax then? I’ve paid more than a bit of tax in my life.

If you look at houses you can see when bricks were cheaper or more expensive than glass. Cheaper glass = bigger windows (1960’s), cheaper bricks = smaller windows (now).

OK, whatever, comrade. You have to create wealth before you can horde it. Unless you are Putin or one of his chums - in which case you just steal it.

Compulsory euthenasia?

Where did I say that? I said wealth creators aspire for better. Poor people aren‘t wealth creators.

Is’t that commonplace now, or at least Sir Keir thinks so,

I suppose on the bright side, reduced housing market liquidity means higher house prices. Assuming you are a homeowner, of course.

If Capital Gains Tax is applied to primary residences, that will put off a lot of old farts like me from downsizing. Stamp duty is bad enough as it is. That has made me wonder - when the Labour government grabs land through compulsory purchase for all these infrastructure and housing schemes...

The general discussion on here may be, but there seems to be a lot more in Labours manifesto than housing and infrastructure.

Successive governments have utterly failed the country, I’m not sure rail links are the best yardstick though.

Are you a fucking communist, Labour say they are all about wealth creation. If someone works hard and creates wealth, for the country, their workforce and themselves, there has to be some incentive for them to do so. They aspire for better. For some it may be hot cars - or sorry, you cant buy a...

Or if it can be afforded by those who will live in them. Whoever builds them will want a return on investment. Or are they going to be delivered by government funding - or working persons taxes as I like to think of it.

And I would imagine all those pictures will be of housing built many years ago and unaffordable today for the average working person

Papyrus, please! I’m not that old.

The mission of building more flats to house more foreign brickies to build more flats to house more foreign brickies to build more flats to house more foreign brickies to build more flats to house more foreign brickies to build more flats to house more foreign brickies to build more flats to...

You know very well this is what we would get, not the very attractive buildings you have picked. It’s Moscow by the way.

You want us to pay yet more tax? Raised locally, would that be by Maton and the like?

Can he vote yet?