Carpe Diem Mr. Blair

Same old story in the news....house prices spiralling!...couple of suggestions...firstly stop people owning more than one house UNLESS it is rented out full time to local residents...they should then increase the tax payable on it's sale to stop this frenzy that is going on....this problem is particularly acute in our more scenic areas...Lake District...Cornwall...and this is having a devastating effect on local communities and sevices....secondly...can't the brain deads running our country see that the biggest problem facing England is OVERCROWDING?..already the most densely populated country in Europe our government has buried it's head in the sand for decades...too many people in too small a space leads to all kinds of social problems without taking into account the devastating effect it has on our beautiful countryside AND the tremendous pressure our local authorities are under to acquiese to demands to release more land for building...too simple l suppose?