Do you want to discuss boring politics? (35 Viewers)

Grendel

Well-Known Member
It is really odd when you see Wes Streeting talking about cutting benefits and getting people back to work. Mental heath is an issue as people aren’t working so let’s “encourage them”

“Get on your E Scooter and find a job”

Why is he actually in the Labour Party?
 

SkyBlueDom26

Well-Known Member
Of course I am. It’s all I think about.
Spongebob Squarepants Wtf GIF by MOODMAN
 

Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
It is really odd when you see Wes Streeting talking about cutting benefits and getting people back to work. Mental heath is an issue as people aren’t working so let’s “encourage them”

“Get on your E Scooter and find a job”

Why is he actually in the Labour Party?
The male Liz Kendall
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
He’s a real piece of shit.

 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
His tone and content is to impress idiots
 

wingy

Well-Known Member

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
The rentier economy


Honestly, tax profits from rent at >90%, the most extractive sector of Britain.
I agree, but sadly whichever way you do it if you increase the cost to the owner it will just be passed on to the renter with higher rents, exacerbating the problem.

The only way to sort this is going to be if you make it legally impossible for them to own all these homes in the first place, and how you do that is the $64k question. You could make it so that only people can own residential properties and each individual can only own one or two homes, but then you have the issue of how do you build them if the developer can't own them? Maybe some caveat that only a company building them can own them but must sell to a person, not a company? But then how much will that stifle new homes being built?
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
I agree, but sadly whichever way you do it if you increase the cost to the owner it will just be passed on to the renter with higher rents, exacerbating the problem.

The only way to sort this is going to be if you make it legally impossible for them to own all these homes in the first place, and how you do that is the $64k question. You could make it so that only people can own residential properties and each individual can only own one or two homes, but then you have the issue of how do you build them if the developer can't own them? Maybe some caveat that only a company building them can own them but must sell to a person, not a company? But then how much will that stifle new homes being built?
Rent controls
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
Those famous right wing policies of working rights and nationalised rail.

I've looked at the nationalised rail stuff, it's half-arsed at best. Retains the existing franchise system just with the train operators ran by publicly owned entities, it'll all be quickly undone when the government changes again in 2029. Does not address any of the core reasons why the public want the railways renationalised. The ROSCOs still exist and will continue to extract money from passengers for clapped out trains.
 

Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
Place this government on a left right scale of all the govts of your lifetime.
A dumbass thought if ever I heard one, there is no such scale. If you think there is please explain the method of measurement.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Top