Show touts a red card

There has been a persistent campaign to have ticket touting made illegal. However, because that campaign has not been extended to cover other commodities, it may be just a publicity-chasing exercise.

After all, if fixed, permanent prices were applied to houses as well as to concert or match tickets, it might go a long way towards resolving the housing crisis. The principle, one that flies in the face of our capitalist society, is identical.