What is that "mate" of mine Sadiq Khan trying to achieve ?

 

You lost you demented little cretin, get over it and concentrate on your job you terrorist sympathiser.

31 minutes ago, royal white said:

There’s loads of decent landlords, many who end up getting shafted for 1000s, money they know they will never see again. It’s a myth that all landlords are making loads of money on the back of vulnerable tenants 

Many decent landlords are getting shafted, because a UK government decided that it was a good idea to start paying housing benefit to the tenant rather than directly to the landlords to cover rent.

34 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Selling council houses and not building more was a ridiculous policy.

It was but let’s not exacerbate the problem by allowing economic migrants to stay and I’ll argue that legal migration has been to high for to long. 

and i'll argue its a necessary evil

who the fuck do you think is going to work to earn and pay the taxes to pay care and pensions for all us old fuckers

todays shocker, former environment minsiter didnt realise she had shares in shell worth over 70k

 

she promises she wont do it agaion

it stinks to high heaven

19 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

It was but let’s not exacerbate the problem by allowing economic migrants to stay and I’ll argue that legal migration has been to high for to long. 

Sadly, we do need legal migration, and a lot more of it, if the forecasts are to believed. At present, we have vacancies that we just can't fill, and with an ever aging population, we're going to need somebody to work and pay the taxes, and we're not "producing" enough people ourselves

UK natural population set to start to decline by 2025 | Financial Times (ft.com)

Get the fuckers processed and working.

Send the shady Albanians packing

8 minutes ago, Spider said:

Get the fuckers processed and working.

Send the shady Albanians packing

Yes to both, if only the Government actually wanted to.....

1 hour ago, Traf said:

Many decent landlords are getting shafted, because a UK government decided that it was a good idea to start paying housing benefit to the tenant rather than directly to the landlords to cover rent.

Led to us selling our rental. Absolutely screwed us.

1 hour ago, royal white said:

There’s loads of decent landlords, many who end up getting shafted for 1000s, money they know they will never see again. It’s a myth that all landlords are making loads of money on the back of vulnerable tenants 

It is - mine is great but she's also pushed back on the letting agency who are constantly trying to get her to increase the rent.

I also know of some absolute horror stories in London. As ever its a mixed bag, but renters do need more protection as well, and indeed its a nightmare for landlords who get a shitty tenet and it tales forver to get unclaimed rent money back and/or to get them out.

50 minutes ago, Casino said:

and i'll argue its a necessary evil

who the fuck do you think is going to work to earn and pay the taxes to pay care and pensions for all us old fuckers

To high for too long, not an end to immigration, it has to be controlled, the alternative is to continue at levels that we can’t absorb because we haven’t got the infrastructure required. 

43 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Sadly, we do need legal migration, and a lot more of it, if the forecasts are to believed. At present, we have vacancies that we just can't fill, and with an ever aging population, we're going to need somebody to work and pay the taxes, and we're not "producing" enough people ourselves

UK natural population set to start to decline by 2025 | Financial Times (ft.com)

I never said no immigration. See my previous post. 

Edited August 11, 20232 yr by Mounts Kipper

3 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

To high for too long, not an end to immigration, it has to be controlled, the alternative is to continue at levels that we can’t absorb because we haven’t got the infrastructure required. 

Doubt anyone would argue in favour of uncontrolled immigration. At this point, it would just be nice if the Home Office did their fucking job.

23 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

To high for too long, not an end to immigration, it has to be controlled, the alternative is to continue at levels that we can’t absorb because we haven’t got the infrastructure required. 

We should leave the EU and take control of immigration.

Seems the obvious thing to do.

2 hours ago, royal white said:

Then every time there’s plans to build new houses we get the the protestors out complaining about new builds. Mentioned it last week, my old school teacher, ex Labour councillor, screaming on social media the we need new houses then then the other month he was at a demo trying to prevent new houses being built. 

All for new housing just not near them 

Especially when affordable housing gets mentioned or a HMO

6 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

All for new housing just not near them 

Especially when affordable housing gets mentioned or a HMO

Indeed, nobody wants "affordable" housing near them, as generally housing associations buy them up and then move loads of scutters in 

One of the new estates they're building on the edge of our village was going to have some affordable housing on it, but the village busy bodies managed to complain to the right people, and not there isn't going to be any. The company building the houses, to get around it, are doubling up on the affordable housing element on one of their other build sites around Luton somewhere I believe.

 

17 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Indeed, nobody wants "affordable" housing near them, as generally housing associations buy them up and then move loads of scutters in 

One of the new estates they're building on the edge of our village was going to have some affordable housing on it, but the village busy bodies managed to complain to the right people, and not there isn't going to be any. The company building the houses, to get around it, are doubling up on the affordable housing element on one of their other build sites around Luton somewhere I believe.

 

Wouldn't have been due to the busy bodies complaining, it would need the developer to show that it would not be financially viable to do so 

What do we want? 
 

New affordable housing 

 

when do we want it?

 

Never if its near me. 
 

And repeat 

 

 

Edited August 11, 20232 yr by royal white

2 minutes ago, royal white said:

What do we want? 
 

New affordable housing 

 

when do we want it?

 

Never if its near me. 
 

And repeat 

 

 

It's amazing how many people reckon if they say they've seen great crested newts then it'll stop the whole thing, despite there being no water for over a mile away 

14 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

Wouldn't have been due to the busy bodies complaining, it would need the developer to show that it would not be financially viable to do so 

Fair enough, I do know they were on the original plans, the Parish Council asked us to write some letters (I couldn't be arsed) and then next thing, no more scutter homes. 

No matter what the reason, they're not being built here now, which is great news for us

4 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Fair enough, I do know they were on the original plans, the Parish Council asked us to write some letters (I couldn't be arsed) and then next thing, no more scutter homes. 

No matter what the reason, they're not being built here now, which is great news for us

If it was for less than 10 houses then there's no requirement to provide affordable housing but some developers do as a 'sweetener' 

Maybe the objections made them drop it in the hope that it would get through as councillors on planning committees are well known for making up spurious reasons 

Probably relatively cheap in Luton so shove them there and under the flight path to the airport 

1 minute ago, DirtySanchez said:

If it was for less than 10 houses then there's no requirement to provide affordable housing but some developers do as a 'sweetener' 

Maybe the objections made them drop it in the hope that it would get through as councillors on planning committees are well known for making up spurious reasons 

Probably relatively cheap in Luton so shove them there and under the flight path to the airport 

I think it was for 8 houses if I remember correctly...

To be honest, they shouldn't be building anymore new houses here, the infrastructure just isn't there. Any new kids that come into the village, have fuck all chance of getting into the small school here.

Still, I guess they have to be built somewhere, back to the old argument of "Let's build them......but not near me"

1 hour ago, Spider said:

We should leave the EU and take control of immigration.

Seems the obvious thing to do.

That'll never work, sounds a crazy plan to me.

8 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I think it was for 8 houses if I remember correctly...

To be honest, they shouldn't be building anymore new houses here, the infrastructure just isn't there. Any new kids that come into the village, have fuck all chance of getting into the small school here.

Still, I guess they have to be built somewhere, back to the old argument of "Let's build them......but not near me"

Can they not just extend the school like they do elsewhere? 

10 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I think it was for 8 houses if I remember correctly...

To be honest, they shouldn't be building anymore new houses here, the infrastructure just isn't there. Any new kids that come into the village, have fuck all chance of getting into the small school here.

Still, I guess they have to be built somewhere, back to the old argument of "Let's build them......but not near me"

Kids could go to school in London.

What's needed is whole estates building on on industrial land along with new schools, etc included. Rather than 8 house here and there.

problem is successive governments have had no interest in funding them. Imagine if all the money spaffed on crooked COVID contracts went to improving the national infrastructure.