It's not often that the shower of shite currently calling themselves the Labour Party gets something right, but the decision to ban all reselling of event tickets for anything over face value should be welcomed - even if it has been a mystifyingly/frustratingly long time in coming.
The likes of Radiohead, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and The Cure were among the musicians and bands to put pressure on the party to keep their election pledge to tackle the problem of touting.
Prior to the announcement, Stubhub and Viagogo were predictably bleating about the supposedly damaging effects of a ban, such as fans being induced to resort to unregulated sites - as though a nominally regulated racket was somehow much preferable. What a tragedy that their business model has now been trashed - and that the business regulator is scrutinising their operations.
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