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Recognize these two, Nish Kumar, James
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Acastaster. They finally ditch comedy,
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but unfortunately they've decided to
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ruin housing policy. They've come out
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leading the attempts to block a great
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new development in Peekom. Building on a
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classic brownfield site, an old shopping
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center, and stopping homes being built.
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Why are they doing this? Well, it's all
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part of a comfy middle-class world view
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that says that actually virtue rather
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than volume is what matters. And volume
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is what we need. It's easy to sneer from
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the stage, but if you're stuck saving
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for a deposit that never gets closer or
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paying rent that soaks up 50% of
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everything you earn, you don't have time
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for this kind of luxury belief. That's
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why in my column in City I am today, I
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praise what Kemnox said at party
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conference about stamp duty. But more
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importantly, I argue that we need to
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build a new coalition in our society
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behind people who want to get stuff
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built because that's the only way we're
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going to make a real difference for the
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life chances of people across London and
