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I think there are more factors involved in the current housing crisis: 1) Thatcher forcing councils to sell and not build more houses 2) deregulation of mortgages from around Blair -including interest only and self cert 3) large amounts of Quantitative Easing pumping money into the economy 4)...

I have been asked not to bring our ongoing debate into this thread, I don’t want this thread locked, other people may be interested in a friendly discussion about the 4thcoming election (see what I did there :ROFLMAO: ) I will leave it up to others to respond to this

Im trying really hard to appreciate your point........but I cant see any change which could possibly be worse. Can you? politics is not like that unfortunately The first thing a politician has to do is see what the public will vote for...........because if you dont win you cant sort out any...

I like Gary but I find his relentless arrogance does him no favours not sure this forum will appreciate the language of the above....

apparently Conservative MPs are seriously peed off about the general election, it was sprung on them and most havent organised new jobs to go to Conservative HQ hasnt even fielded over 150 candidates yet Conservatives havent written their manifesto its all a bit of a mess So expect to see...

I read it about 8 times, I thought Iwas just being thick not gettin the joke

This joke has gone straight over my head

globalisation has made it easy to move money around to sit in low tax jurisdictions The problem is there is little UK can do without global cooperation, which is not going to be forthcoming as the digital giants have a huge amount of leverage there has been talk of a digital tax to even up the...

I cant give you an answer as Ive been warned not to turn this thread into a Robin -Jacob PMQS (which is a fair point) All I would say is that 2017 election shows this country needs a new electoral system -FPTP combined with a media owned by billionaires + a parliamentary system that allows the...

the bumpy ride has been well under way for years

as Ive mentioned above, the FPTP system forces politicians to be like that

the problem with First Past the Post is that to win you need to win over a whole raft of swing voters in marginal seats How many voters actually influence the outcome of a general election? the answer is not many. In 2019 141 seats were won with less than a 10% majority of votes -so lets say...

how is it "an excuse" Jacob? are you saying covid and energy crisis didnt happen? Starmer has nothing to "honour", all his pledges amounted to are something for the public to vote for........and it is very clear the public wont vote for high levels of unfunded spending during a period of...

Labour dont have a policy of austerity, but its a matter of fact cost of borrowing is high and money will be very tight.....whoever wins power. had Corbyn won, we wouldve been in the same boat, maybe worse

Im sure its difficult to know what will pan out in reality, but the best evidence I can find so far is that it would have little impact on numbers going to private school and will raise around £1.4b Removing tax exemptions from private schools likely to have little effect on numbers in the...

I respectfully disagree with the idea that Labour have always "crashed the economy" If you want to state that Labour "crashed the economy in 2008 (GFC) then equally it is fair to state that Conservatives crashed the economy following pandemic in 2020. (both external factors outside of UK govt...

You want income tax raised. There’s no income tax on assets Jacob if rent controls are introduced, it means that landlords may sell up. The property will go to a person with enough savings for a deposit and a large enough salary to get a mortgage. The result is less rental properties or...

Income tax not the solution The problem is the wealthy are accumulating assets whilst the poor are losing assets And a big problem is UK has flogged all its assets and is now just a renter It’s a massive problem with no easy solution. Sadly rent controls aren’t the answer they just reduce...

From Corbyns allotment

Actually the evidence shows Labour have a similar track record on the economy as Conservative. You can interpret that as “equally bad” or “equally good” as takes your fancy It’s possible to cherry pick periods and metric all day long to suit your own team and we are all guilty of that, but...