The Telegraph's dumb criticism of the government's housing record (Odds and Ends #74)

Plus trans-rights polling, Uber and...wrestling.

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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen recently, plus some shorter takes.

And this week, it’s take-tastic, with bits on:

• An incredibly dumb, viral criticism of the new government’s housing record.

• How a new documentary actually makes wrestling interesting, in a paratextual sense.

• What the latest polling on the second-worst-issue-on-the-internet tells us.

• Some smart policy ideas to speed up the planning system.

• …And what it might look like if we had GOV.UK shops on the high street.

So let’s get started!

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