There’s a short monologue in the film  The Hunt  where Betty Gilpin’s character recounts an old story: A jackrabbit and a turtle race. The turtle moves slowly, steadily, honestly. The jackrabbit cheats, cuts corners, games the system. And every time— the jackrabbit wins. The story never tells you  who  the jackrabbit is.Or who the turtle is. That omission matters. Because once you see it, you can’t unsee it. The Jackrabbit Is the System The jackrabbit isn’t a landlord.It isn

How the New Government’s Policies Reflect Fabian Gradualism, leaking more than ever before showing a tacit behavioural science nudge structure — and What Letting Agents Must Do to Survive The new Labour government’s first full Budget represents a decisive moment for the private rented sector. It introduces a series of tax increases and compliance measures designed—whether intentionally or systemically—to reshape who owns and controls rental property in the UK. This article se

The Land Trap: How Britain Engineered the Conditions for the Collapse of Small Landlordism “You can ignore the laws of Parliament, but not the laws of economics.” — Unknown In 2024, journalist and analyst Mike Bird published The Land Trap , an ambitious exploration of the strange gravitational pull of land in the global economy. It is not a book about landlords or housing policy per se — but its implications for the private rented sector (PRS), especially in the UK and Wales,