I didn’t realise I’ve been helping hand this Starmerite head-banger’s posterior to him; all I did was make a passing comment.

But Luke Akehurst (for it was him – the right-wing scourge of socialists in the Substitute Tory Party) had to respond, and brought a torrent of facts down on himself, drowning out his feeble theory about house-building.

Here’s how it started:

Luke tried to come back – only to be clobbered by an expert who works in this field:

The idea of house prices dropping as more are built horrified some home owners (and there is a debate to be had about whether dwelling-places, that everybody should have as a necessity, should also be investment opportunities. But that’s for another time).

Luke stuck to his guns – only to be shot down again:

And again:

We know this is true; developers blackmail councils into removing any restriction on their profits, under threat of not seeing estates built at all. That’s the reason the Tories wanted to lift anti-pollution rules for estates near environmentally-fragile rivers; developers with planning permission were refusing to build while they had to pay the costs of mitigating measures.

Not knowing when to give up, Luke kept going – and it kept getting worse for him:

Land banking is where property developers buy land with a view to developing it in the future – or withholding it from development until they get what they want.

What we’re seeing here is evidence of the “trickle-down” effect in action (or, more accurately, inaction): the claim that, once wealthy businesspeople have enough money, they’ll allow it to pass down to people with less (in this case in the form of social housing) is disproved by the fact that they use their negotiating power to force councils to accept the bare minimum, thereby maximising the amount that they, personally, take home.

But Keir Starmer’s party is supposed to think “trickle-down” is nonsense, isn’t it?

Apparently not. What actually happens trumps airy-fairy theory and Luke’s support for what is happening indicates support for “trickle-down” economics that helps the rich over the poor.

It’s a revealing glimpse of the real thinking behind Starmer party rhetoric.

I tried to get Luke to see sense…

But it’s a forlorn hope. He’ll keep repeating his mantras because he wants us to believe them.

And that leads me to the big take-out from this story.

I don’t think this is about Labour politicians refusing to face the facts; I think it’s about them buying into the Tory/Nazi “Big Lie” concept.

This is the practice of repeating a claim that is known to be untrue, on the basis that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.

Think about that. Above, Luke has been told that his party’s ideas don’t work – time and again. But, time and again, he repeats the claims that have already been disproved.

My conclusion: He wants you to believe a lie.

Keir Starmer’s party is lying to you. And not just about this.

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