Economy & Banks

My premise is that lack of affordable housing is a massive issue for many people born and brought up in this country; that you can't increase housing supply indefinitely or overnight; that our politicians duty is to the population more than it is to people from overseas.

I fail to see what is wrong with that premise.

I accept that international trade is vital to the national wealth - I am not sure I have ever seen the evidence to suggest that it is impossible to trade with other countries without flogging off your housing.

The original premise being "premise: any inflow of money from abroad to buy up property is purely speculative: to extract rent", not your comment afterwards.
This is wrong. I know it's wrong because I'm living proof it's wrong.

Your point about lack of affordable housing is valid but I don't see you guys complaining about all the British born and bred people with investment properties here. It's all 'blame the foreigners'. As above - show me some figures about British vs. foreign owned rental properties and I'll change my opinion. I've only ever had British landlords though.