Insoluble Problem?

The Labour Party is saying the Chancellor’s scheme to help first-time buyers get a mortgage is no good because rich people could use it to buy a second home. But given that a Bill to make it happen hasn’t actually been drafted yet, and given that the House of Commons is supposed to be full of lawyers, is it beyond their capabilities to write a Bill which will prevent a known problem from arising? Well, yes, it probably is, going on experience. And even if they did get the Bill drafted properly, you’d get some dotty old judge saying it goes against the ’Uman bluddy Rights Act (2008).