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Stephen Pollard

ByStephen Pollard, Stephen Pollard

Opinion

Affordable homes ain't no crisis

April 22, 2008 24:00
1 min read

I rarely disagree with Eamonn Butler but, vaualble as his piece in today's Times is, I think he's got one fundamental point wrong: [T]he blame for our present mess cannot be pinned on the greed or profligacy of bankers. It lies squarely at the doors of governments. It's for them to fix, and the Bank of England's extraordinary move in swapping bank assets for