Guardian editorial in praise of the dacha.
You know, those second homes in the country that the city dwellers visit for a couple of months a year only, thereby pushing up prices so that locals cannot live in their own villages, creating those \”ghost towns\” that so disfigure the British rural areas.
In exercising her social conscience to avoid “disfiguring” rural Britain, Polly – at considerable sacrifice to her convenience – has located her dacha in Tuscany.
Come on, they all have second homes in France and Italy. Polly Toynbee is only the one we hear about.
Of course they are in favour of them.