Flat out: the property squeeze crushing the young

Spectator Australia · John Power · Monday 20 April 2026

Flat out: the property squeeze crushing the young

Last month, a new account called London Price Drop appeared on X. It has already gained more than 14,000 followers… The post Flat out: the property squeeze crushing the young appeared first on The Spectator Australia. What to read next: Let teenage boys discover the English countryside | Gentleman’s Relish is no more | Welcome to the Taco presidency | Benefits treats: how Britain became a freeloader’s paradise

A Twitter account tracking London flat price drops pulls 14,000 followers in a month — that's not journalism, that's a generation watching the autopsy in real time. Thatcher sold the council houses and called it freedom. Forty years on the kids can't afford the flats their parents bought with a handshake and a milkround wage.

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