Ticket touts have never been popular. Yet this unpopularity is no warrant for Labour to deprive ticket holders of their right to resell them at a higher price, with the dire consequences for economic efficiency which will result. The exploitation ticket touts are alleged to put consumers through is predicated on the entirely false notion that everyone should have a fair chance to get tickets to concerts. No. Theatres, musicians and performers have a right to charge whatever they like for their tickets, and that includes granting said right to third parties, i.e. the ticket touts, via their tickets’ terms and conditions. Fairness be damned.

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