British Green Party candidate flummoxed by idea of supply and demand

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Supply and demand, how does it work?

Never ask a liberal this question because, as this Green Party politician in the UK just demonstrated, simple economics and math equations are impossible for lefties to grasp.

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Reform UK's Rob Kenyon just mogged the Green Party's Sarah Wakefield:

Wakefield: The idea of blaming our housing crisis on immigration is absolutlely wild to me.

Kenyon: That says more about you. You've got an extra 10-20 million people come into the country over the last -

Wakefield: Do you think that if we -

Kenyon: Do you not think an extra ten million people's gonna have an effect on housing?

Wakefield: Do you think that if we lock down our borders we're going to solve the housing crisis? It's not going to solve it.

Kenyon: The thing is, the more people you have in a country the more houses you're gonna need. I know it might sound -

[Audience applauds]

Wakefield (sarcastically flailing): He's really good at explaining things, isn't he?

I've never seen such a simple and complete debate defeat in my life.

A five year old could tell you this, but over half of our politicians are baffled by simple math.

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The London Economic thinks she won this debate.

Clown world.

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