Pop! indeed.
There were a few posts about it over in this thread yesterday. She’s now saying she’s getting lawyers involved
Ah, sorry, missed those (was at a festival)
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She’ll probably need them!
“Get out of jail” card played?
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Sarah Montague on World At One tried (and failed) to point out that the people who would benefit would be those needing affordable housing whereas those who had actually been stiffed by a rigged market into paying more than they should would get nothing. So no justice then.
It’s just become such a standard trick of developers to start a scheme with promises of x% social housing, schools, social Centre etc to get planning permission, then later on just say “Oh, we can’t afford those”. About time they got properly roasted, whether through surcharge or prosecution I don’t care.
I wonder how much that lot have got away with over the years - a lot more than £100M I’d guess.
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This single guy once left with £75M
The big housebuilders seem to be the apex example of maximising corporate profit above literally everything else except, of course, handing it out to themselves and their shareholders.
In particular they restrict the number of houses they build, in a time of desperate need, to keep the prices high. Well, you would wouldn’t you …
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I know someone in that business
14 flats with 4 being ‘affordable’ at planning stage ends up as 13 at full price with the one next to the communal bins a bit cheaper
Somewhat to my surprise given what a bunch of Reform-voting woodentops they are nowadays, it seems Spalding was a pretty progressive place 230 years ago:
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Today I learned that ‘The Pear of Anguish’ was A Thing in the late mediæval period.
Its use should be evident without further explanation, unless you’ve led an exceptionally sheltered life, in which case “Aw, bless!”…
That said, there are people who earnestly claim these were not torture devices, but merely oddly-designed and inefficient juicers… I kid you not.
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Still, thoughtful of them to go to the trouble of engraving it so prettily. Craftsmen, eh …
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It definitely isn’t making me want one less! 
Or for other tools with interesting names:
Imagine the Sid James gif yourself.
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Just completed 51 ciurcuits of the sun without knowing I need a Nork Wiggler - Nothing else now matters - There must be Nork and there must be Wiggling, damn it all.
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Should have been a Meatman part 
Dropping a dollop of horse manure in the middle of the Piazza San Marco in Venice, when there were no horses in Venice, is borderline genius.
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Couldn’t fathom out the Psyche of the place, so just looked at the name ?
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Love the fact there’s no audio reference in the visual it’s come up with 
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The Newbie dilemma