Mike's Minute: Foreigners buying homes - we got there at last

We got there at last.

If you are a Golden Visa holder, that’s a person who puts $5-10 million into the country, you can now buy a house.

The idea that we expected you to put that sort of money into a country and then rent was, and is, absurd.

Andrew Dickens: There's big stones in the path to coalition

So, still no Government.

It's not a biggie. Remember, they only started talking after the specials were counted so it's only been a fortnight. But then again, why did they only start talking after the specials were counted? But still not a biggie.

Meanwhile, all those getting stuck into Winston are not using their knowledge of history or politics.

Frank Newman: Fact based myths

Last month I wrote about the meth myth, and how a moral panic and media beat-up cost blameless tenants and landlords their homes and lots of money. 

The "How did this happen?" post-mortems are going on at present but it's pretty clear that real facts were nowhere to be seen when the decision makers were writing the rules. 

This makes one wonder what other moral "pandemics" are similarly based on fiction or fear rather than fact. How about house sales to foreign home buyers?