I don't think the UK has negative gearing, so at least Bill's tax dollars pounds aren't helping

I had to look up what negative gearing was, so no, we don't have it, and the tax relief that used to exist for mortgages was scrapped years ago: there are some weird taxes and tax reliefs that do apply but not in that way.

And yeah, I'm on the "it's Missy" thoughts at the moment, but housemate thinks that's too obvious.