It would have been a hoot.

I was going to suggest that they must remember the sequel, Live 8. But that was also 20 years ago...

Hmm. Ok. That's demonstrably nonsense. I think we should leave it there.

Thanks for your considered response. I'm obviously not going to dignify it by presenting my evidence but if you want to look up how the design excellence or the heritage floor space provisions work in Sydney you'll see that its not nonsense..

I can't talk to your (US - I think?) perspective. I've seen FAR implemented to good outcomes when I worked in Sydney, and I see the UK system struggle without them here in England.

Policy limits on FAR allow for bonus incentives to to applied for certain outcomes (heritage conservation, design, affordable housing). Without the limit there is no lever.

Every to do list should start with "write to do list", then you immediately have a sense of achievement.

This sounds very good in theory - in fact it works very well in other places (Australia, for example). We've a long way to go in building trust in the process and outcome to make it work.

Was it the ouzo you were drinking at the time?