Land is the problem. The cost and the restrictions on it. The right like to paint this as "too much protection for newts", the left as rich pensioners not wanti

Land is the problem. The cost and the restrictions on it. The right like to paint this as "too much protection for newts", the left as rich pensioners not wanting solar to "spoil their view", but regardless the inability for us to JFDI is the root cause. Of course even when we can do it, the land owners extract all the value. While the working man paid for crossrail with a little input from businesses which benefited, the people that really benefited were London land owners, who saw their land near crossrail stations balloon in value even more.