Time will tell, if he sticks to boring, competent governing then I think he will win enough back to prevent a 1997 style loss, it will be more like 2005. If the stars align he could pull off a 2010 victory.
You think he's governing, um, competently?
You can get a 5Y mortgage at under 5% and a 2Y mortgage at 5.1%, those rates were 5.79% and 6.39% under Liz Truss so yes, I think he is.
Our remortgage (and loan to finance an extension) finally completed on friday. Ten year fix at 2.87%. Already below the old rate we were paying on our variable rate previous mortgage.
I think that 2 year discounted variables may be the best option for many for the next period.
I am back up for renewal in September. Thank God the rates have come down a notch. Hopefully they will fall further.
On the other side of the ledger, I am hearing that rents are going up sharply due to falling supply. Is that your experience?
September 2023, presumably? My thoughts.
Asking rents have headed up quite substantially, here following locally 20% price increases in values over 2 years. Locally if I compare a 2 bed terrace I purchased in 2016-17 for 80k, when the asking rent for a long-term say 5+ year tenant (rather than a maximise rent and the tenant will leave fairly quickly tenant) was £450-475 per month. Floor price locally for such terraces is now ~100-110k.
An asking rent on that would now be £600-650 per month, and slightly less for a long-term and keep tenant. Those numbers are both up by about £100 in the last year.
I'm seeing in the press that alleged asking rates (eg Homelet survey) are jumping, with the usual extreme examples quoted, and the usual pretence that this is *all* rents, as opposed to asking rents for the ~1-2% of properties on the market. The Govt index of all rents for summer this year was more like +4%.
So yes - rents are increasing, but I suspect there is a London/SE effect as per usual.
My policy for years has been close to market for a new T, then follow CPI inflation as far as possible. During COVID I basically froze rents in cash terms as couples particularly found relationships under strain. This year (ie April 1 2023) I am looking at CPI increases, but I notice this morning that Govt have index linked Universal Credit and Pensions, but have frozen LHA in cash terms - a 10% effective cut.
On mortgage payments, my gearing is very low at under 20%, but for LLs with interest only mortgages payments may well have nearly doubled already, as they tend to work on Base + 3.5% ish, and base is now 3% headed for 4.5% in 2023.
On the basis of that last para, there will be a stretch in London, especially amongst high geared LLs. Plus if prices drift down banks may make 'margin calls' on the property values to shrink their books, and wrap up big portfolios. They did something similar before. Lower number of rentals may be possible, though the fastest shrinking place I know is Scotland where the PRS is 15% fewer properties over 6-8 years.
Potentially good times for cash buyers.
I am also hearing about the HMRC going after mid-size/bigger LLs who are dodging taxes. Heard one account of an LL with a ~100 property portfolio in the Midlands who was hit for nearly a million ukp. HMRC did some modestly creative linking of databases to get that one. "They weren't rented". "You own them, why was someone else paying Council Tax?". That case was of a 70s/80s immigrant who had built up a portfolio for usual "invest in property" security reasons in those circs, but I see no reason why it should be limited to that community where tax dodging exists.
In your circs, I'd keep an eye on it to see what offers arise; there are some decent ones around now. One point to note is that if you can get below 60% LTV, it should save a further 0.5%. Perhaps you will be made to switch from 'renting permission' to a BTL mortgage?
Thanks. I am an accidental landlord.
My issue with selling property in the UK is the tariff (ie stamp duty) on re-entering the market.
Both my family home and the flat are below 60% LTV at least. But I am going to have to do some homework.
The flat looked like it was coming vacant, but I’ve found a new tenant who volunteered to pay in six month instalments.
Unheard of, but it seemed to tally with a “News Agent” podcast on rapid rental price increases. A year ago, it seemed much harder to find tenants.
Accidental? Fell over and picked up a tenant? Or did the deliberate commercially based calculations including tax and making a conscious decision to become an (accidental) landlord.......
Moved overseas and didn’t want to dispose of the assets for tax reasons, just as you say.
I’ve complained on here before stamp duty, the capital locked in those properties would be better off re-allocated elsewhere.
I also regularly argue for property tax even though on paper I would lose out significantly.
What channel is this on by the way? I'm assuming BBC on the grounds that England are winning. But it would be nice to see the curse of ITV lifted.
It is BBC...
There you go then. The test comes when we are up against the cursed ITV. (I quite like ITV, actually, but the stats on the curse seem to just get further and further away from 'could happen by accident'. Even when England win on ITV, it is scratchy and unconvincing against poor opponents.)
To be fair, we’d normally scrape these games or lose it 1-0
The number of games we've seen England playing against teams that put 11 behind the ball and just working the ball from wing back to wing back via the centre backs, trying to find a way through and really struggling to do it...
This game started much the same, but Shaw's cross and Bellingham's header put paid to that.
After reading reports of feverish arguments on social media about Joe Lycett's apparent shredding of £10k in protest against David Beckham's selling his soul to Qatar, it's funny to read that he didn't in fact shred a penny, and instead donated the money to charity: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63703831
No doubt some people will still work out a way to condemn him, though, and almost certainly the magic word "woke" will be used ...
Time will tell, if he sticks to boring, competent governing then I think he will win enough back to prevent a 1997 style loss, it will be more like 2005. If the stars align he could pull off a 2010 victory.
You think he's governing, um, competently?
You can get a 5Y mortgage at under 5% and a 2Y mortgage at 5.1%, those rates were 5.79% and 6.39% under Liz Truss so yes, I think he is.
Our remortgage (and loan to finance an extension) finally completed on friday. Ten year fix at 2.87%. Already below the old rate we were paying on our variable rate previous mortgage.
I think that 2 year discounted variables may be the best option for many for the next period.
I am back up for renewal in September. Thank God the rates have come down a notch. Hopefully they will fall further.
On the other side of the ledger, I am hearing that rents are going up sharply due to falling supply. Is that your experience?
September 2023, presumably? My thoughts.
Asking rents have headed up quite substantially, here following locally 20% price increases in values over 2 years. Locally if I compare a 2 bed terrace I purchased in 2016-17 for 80k, when the asking rent for a long-term say 5+ year tenant (rather than a maximise rent and the tenant will leave fairly quickly tenant) was £450-475 per month. Floor price locally for such terraces is now ~100-110k.
An asking rent on that would now be £600-650 per month, and slightly less for a long-term and keep tenant. Those numbers are both up by about £100 in the last year.
I'm seeing in the press that alleged asking rates (eg Homelet survey) are jumping, with the usual extreme examples quoted, and the usual pretence that this is *all* rents, as opposed to asking rents for the ~1-2% of properties on the market. The Govt index of all rents for summer this year was more like +4%.
So yes - rents are increasing, but I suspect there is a London/SE effect as per usual.
My policy for years has been close to market for a new T, then follow CPI inflation as far as possible. During COVID I basically froze rents in cash terms as couples particularly found relationships under strain. This year (ie April 1 2023) I am looking at CPI increases, but I notice this morning that Govt have index linked Universal Credit and Pensions, but have frozen LHA in cash terms - a 10% effective cut.
On mortgage payments, my gearing is very low at under 20%, but for LLs with interest only mortgages payments may well have nearly doubled already, as they tend to work on Base + 3.5% ish, and base is now 3% headed for 4.5% in 2023.
On the basis of that last para, there will be a stretch in London, especially amongst high geared LLs. Plus if prices drift down banks may make 'margin calls' on the property values to shrink their books, and wrap up big portfolios. They did something similar before. Lower number of rentals may be possible, though the fastest shrinking place I know is Scotland where the PRS is 15% fewer properties over 6-8 years.
Potentially good times for cash buyers.
I am also hearing about the HMRC going after mid-size/bigger LLs who are dodging taxes. Heard one account of an LL with a ~100 property portfolio in the Midlands who was hit for nearly a million ukp. HMRC did some modestly creative linking of databases to get that one. "They weren't rented". "You own them, why was someone else paying Council Tax?". That case was of a 70s/80s immigrant who had built up a portfolio for usual "invest in property" security reasons in those circs, but I see no reason why it should be limited to that community where tax dodging exists.
In your circs, I'd keep an eye on it to see what offers arise; there are some decent ones around now. One point to note is that if you can get below 60% LTV, it should save a further 0.5%. Perhaps you will be made to switch from 'renting permission' to a BTL mortgage?
Thanks. I am an accidental landlord.
My issue with selling property in the UK is the tariff (ie stamp duty) on re-entering the market.
Both my family home and the flat are below 60% LTV at least. But I am going to have to do some homework.
The flat looked like it was coming vacant, but I’ve found a new tenant who volunteered to pay in six month instalments.
Unheard of, but it seemed to tally with a “News Agent” podcast on rapid rental price increases. A year ago, it seemed much harder to find tenants.
Accidental? Fell over and picked up a tenant? Or did the deliberate commercially based calculations including tax and making a conscious decision to become an (accidental) landlord.......
Moved overseas and didn’t want to dispose of the assets for tax reasons, just as you say.
I’ve complained on here before stamp duty, the capital locked in those properties would be better off re-allocated elsewhere.
I also regularly argue for property tax even though on paper I would lose out significantly.
But there is nothing accidental about any of it. You made rational decisions that financially you expected to be better off being a landlord than selling. Fine, but own the full responsibility of being a proper landlord rather than an accidental one, as well as the building.
After reading reports of feverish arguments on social media about Joe Lycett's apparent shredding of £10k in protest against David Beckham's selling his soul to Qatar, it's funny to read that he didn't in fact shred a penny, and instead donated the money to charity: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63703831
No doubt some people will still work out a way to condemn him, though, and almost certainly the magic word "woke" will be used ...
Hard to condemn that (depending on the charity, of course!) But as a threat "do what I say or I will donate £10k to charity" lacks a certain something.
Bellingham probably just put another £10m on his price back to the EPL. Another blow to our balance of payments!
Good news for Birmingham City, though, with the sell-on-fee. We could do with the money given what's been going on with the club these past few years (or more likely past fifteen, to be honest).
Time will tell, if he sticks to boring, competent governing then I think he will win enough back to prevent a 1997 style loss, it will be more like 2005. If the stars align he could pull off a 2010 victory.
You think he's governing, um, competently?
You can get a 5Y mortgage at under 5% and a 2Y mortgage at 5.1%, those rates were 5.79% and 6.39% under Liz Truss so yes, I think he is.
Our remortgage (and loan to finance an extension) finally completed on friday. Ten year fix at 2.87%. Already below the old rate we were paying on our variable rate previous mortgage.
I think that 2 year discounted variables may be the best option for many for the next period.
I am back up for renewal in September. Thank God the rates have come down a notch. Hopefully they will fall further.
On the other side of the ledger, I am hearing that rents are going up sharply due to falling supply. Is that your experience?
September 2023, presumably? My thoughts.
Asking rents have headed up quite substantially, here following locally 20% price increases in values over 2 years. Locally if I compare a 2 bed terrace I purchased in 2016-17 for 80k, when the asking rent for a long-term say 5+ year tenant (rather than a maximise rent and the tenant will leave fairly quickly tenant) was £450-475 per month. Floor price locally for such terraces is now ~100-110k.
An asking rent on that would now be £600-650 per month, and slightly less for a long-term and keep tenant. Those numbers are both up by about £100 in the last year.
I'm seeing in the press that alleged asking rates (eg Homelet survey) are jumping, with the usual extreme examples quoted, and the usual pretence that this is *all* rents, as opposed to asking rents for the ~1-2% of properties on the market. The Govt index of all rents for summer this year was more like +4%.
So yes - rents are increasing, but I suspect there is a London/SE effect as per usual.
My policy for years has been close to market for a new T, then follow CPI inflation as far as possible. During COVID I basically froze rents in cash terms as couples particularly found relationships under strain. This year (ie April 1 2023) I am looking at CPI increases, but I notice this morning that Govt have index linked Universal Credit and Pensions, but have frozen LHA in cash terms - a 10% effective cut.
On mortgage payments, my gearing is very low at under 20%, but for LLs with interest only mortgages payments may well have nearly doubled already, as they tend to work on Base + 3.5% ish, and base is now 3% headed for 4.5% in 2023.
On the basis of that last para, there will be a stretch in London, especially amongst high geared LLs. Plus if prices drift down banks may make 'margin calls' on the property values to shrink their books, and wrap up big portfolios. They did something similar before. Lower number of rentals may be possible, though the fastest shrinking place I know is Scotland where the PRS is 15% fewer properties over 6-8 years.
Potentially good times for cash buyers.
I am also hearing about the HMRC going after mid-size/bigger LLs who are dodging taxes. Heard one account of an LL with a ~100 property portfolio in the Midlands who was hit for nearly a million ukp. HMRC did some modestly creative linking of databases to get that one. "They weren't rented". "You own them, why was someone else paying Council Tax?". That case was of a 70s/80s immigrant who had built up a portfolio for usual "invest in property" security reasons in those circs, but I see no reason why it should be limited to that community where tax dodging exists.
In your circs, I'd keep an eye on it to see what offers arise; there are some decent ones around now. One point to note is that if you can get below 60% LTV, it should save a further 0.5%. Perhaps you will be made to switch from 'renting permission' to a BTL mortgage?
Thanks. I am an accidental landlord.
My issue with selling property in the UK is the tariff (ie stamp duty) on re-entering the market.
Both my family home and the flat are below 60% LTV at least. But I am going to have to do some homework.
The flat looked like it was coming vacant, but I’ve found a new tenant who volunteered to pay in six month instalments.
Unheard of, but it seemed to tally with a “News Agent” podcast on rapid rental price increases. A year ago, it seemed much harder to find tenants.
Accidental? Fell over and picked up a tenant? Or did the deliberate commercially based calculations including tax and making a conscious decision to become an (accidental) landlord.......
Moved overseas and didn’t want to dispose of the assets for tax reasons, just as you say.
I’ve complained on here before stamp duty, the capital locked in those properties would be better off re-allocated elsewhere.
I also regularly argue for property tax even though on paper I would lose out significantly.
But there is nothing accidental about any of it. You made rational decisions that financially you expected to be better off being a landlord than selling. Fine, but own the full responsibility of being a proper landlord rather than an accidental one, as well as the building.
Get over yourself.
I don’t deny being a landlord and I don’t think or suggest than being a landlord is in any way an issue. It’s just that my route to being one (and thereby the scale) is more contingent than some of the anecdotes @MattW was sharing.
This is possibly the most encouraging video I have seen out of Russia lately. A panellist on Russian TV berates Solovyov for even suggesting that peaceful cities should be attacked.
Meanwhile in Russia: a rare moment of sanity on Russian state TV, when one panelist was finally fed up with Vladimir Solovyov's threats to wipe Kyiv or Kharkiv off the face of the earth. https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1594529208650317824
Really all the modern countries should have just boycotted the tournament.
I wonder what would have happened if the ref (Brazilian) refused to book players for wearing the armband?
Trouble is, if we should boycott Qatar, should we not also refuse to play Iran for killing girls and gay people? Meanwhile, Formula 1 and (some) golfers are happy to sportswash those cuddly Saudis who, in shock news that will surprise no-one, have resumed executions at record pace.
Saudi Arabia has executed 12 people in 10 days for drug offences after a two-year hiatus, according to a human rights organisation.
That tangentially shows how Rwanda for channel crossers is doomed to failure. If people carry on taking drugs under threat of decapitation, they will continue crossing the channel under the much remoter threat of deporation. Deterrence don't deter.
OTOH, South East Asian governments have been pretty successful with their zero-tolerance policy on drug trafficking.
Another issue on which Westerners should be very careful about lecturing foreigners. These people have very bad memories of Europeans claiming exemption from local laws.
Define successful. There’s still plenty of drugs in SE Asia and plenty of new criminals being charged, so not much sign of a deterrence effect.
Three goals three black players. Not that it should matter an' all.
Jude Bellingham is mixed race. This isn't the US with their one drop nonsense.
If it's good enough for the BNP it's good enough for me.
I don't generally take any of my views from the BNP.
You are therefore living in a very cosy world; I know what the Guardian probably thinks about it all but they don't pose a problem for race relations in the UK.
Of course, it's entirely possible that post-Columbian emigrants took a very old coin with them.
Surely old news? Viking settlement is long established. There is a great book - "A voyage long and strange" on this subject.
But it can't be Vikings with a 1427 coin! The implication in the article is that there was contact and trade with the eastern seaboard of America - especially Northumberland - half a century and more before Columbus. I don't think it's inconceivable - if you had discovered a new land whose seas teemed with fish, you wouldn't necessarily tell all and sundry about it.
Three thousand years ago predates Rome, even as a kingdom.
Ancient Egypt.
A Kingdom/dynasty that was more than 3,000 years old at the time.
Yes, but I doubt Fifa meant to lambast them for past failings.
It wouldn't be an entirely uncharacteristic sudden change of focus from Fifa. "You cannot blame Qatar for using slave labour to build the stadia; that was how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids and you all go and visit those."
Of course, the pyramids weren’t built by slave labour. They were built by paid workers or workers paying their equivalent of tax through labour.
After reading reports of feverish arguments on social media about Joe Lycett's apparent shredding of £10k in protest against David Beckham's selling his soul to Qatar, it's funny to read that he didn't in fact shred a penny, and instead donated the money to charity: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63703831
No doubt some people will still work out a way to condemn him, though, and almost certainly the magic word "woke" will be used ...
Hard to condemn that (depending on the charity, of course!) But as a threat "do what I say or I will donate £10k to charity" lacks a certain something.
He got publicity for the point he was making very effectively.
Of course, it's entirely possible that post-Columbian emigrants took a very old coin with them.
Surely old news? Viking settlement is long established. There is a great book - "A voyage long and strange" on this subject.
The surprise for me was reading how the Norse apparently preceded the Inuit in Greenland (though other peoples had resided there previously and may been around on some different parts)
Asian football is really poor. Gone backwards recently, too. The same teams always qualify far too easily
Yes, and I wonder why? Poor domestic leagues, perhaps, and all the best players migrating to Europe
The best Europeans now go to academies from age 8 or so. The Asians concentrate on education. So they are going backwards at football. And forwards economically.That's my only explanation. Japan, Korea, Australia and Iran have had WC's where they were competitive. Not any more it seems. Qatar as Asian champions says it all really.
After reading reports of feverish arguments on social media about Joe Lycett's apparent shredding of £10k in protest against David Beckham's selling his soul to Qatar, it's funny to read that he didn't in fact shred a penny, and instead donated the money to charity: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63703831
No doubt some people will still work out a way to condemn him, though, and almost certainly the magic word "woke" will be used ...
Hard to condemn that (depending on the charity, of course!) But as a threat "do what I say or I will donate £10k to charity" lacks a certain something.
He is married to Carey Mulligan. The lucky bastard.
They have a boat here in Dartmouth and are seen pottering around the town.
She was brilliant in Dr Who as Sally Sparrow.
Best non-companion companion ever.
Um, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart would like a word.
Nope - he counts as a companion - multiple stories and has been in the Tardis.
Officially so, as per Wikipedia. ...As one of the most popular recurring supporting characters in the television series, the Brigadier is often listed among the Doctor's companions.[4] He is listed as such by the BBC[5] and is included in a book by John Nathan-Turner's (a former producer of Doctor Who) discussing all the Doctor's companions...
Of course, it's entirely possible that post-Columbian emigrants took a very old coin with them.
Surely old news? Viking settlement is long established. There is a great book - "A voyage long and strange" on this subject.
But it can't be Vikings with a 1427 coin! The implication in the article is that there was contact and trade with the eastern seaboard of America - especially Northumberland - half a century and more before Columbus. I don't think it's inconceivable - if you had discovered a new land whose seas teemed with fish, you wouldn't necessarily tell all and sundry about it.
I've just been reading about this
Viking settlement in America is now accepted
L'Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact of Europeans with the Americas outside of Greenland.[4] I
There are many speculations that traders from the British Isles might also have gone there before Columbus, because the knowledge of the American coast would have been handed down from Norse settlers in the UK
Really all the modern countries should have just boycotted the tournament.
I wonder what would have happened if the ref (Brazilian) refused to book players for wearing the armband?
Trouble is, if we should boycott Qatar, should we not also refuse to play Iran for killing girls and gay people? Meanwhile, Formula 1 and (some) golfers are happy to sportswash those cuddly Saudis who, in shock news that will surprise no-one, have resumed executions at record pace.
Saudi Arabia has executed 12 people in 10 days for drug offences after a two-year hiatus, according to a human rights organisation.
That tangentially shows how Rwanda for channel crossers is doomed to failure. If people carry on taking drugs under threat of decapitation, they will continue crossing the channel under the much remoter threat of deporation. Deterrence don't deter.
OTOH, South East Asian governments have been pretty successful with their zero-tolerance policy on drug trafficking.
Another issue on which Westerners should be very careful about lecturing foreigners. These people have very bad memories of Europeans claiming exemption from local laws.
Define successful. There’s still plenty of drugs in SE Asia and plenty of new criminals being charged, so not much sign of a deterrence effect.
I made the mistake of going to live in Taiwan cos I thought it might stop my drug use. Cheaper and much better quality was a compensation for the flaw in my thinking.
Of course, it's entirely possible that post-Columbian emigrants took a very old coin with them.
Or it's a Pilgrim Badge made to look like a Henry VI coin which were produced for a couple of hundred years after his death. Or indeed it could be a genuine coin used as a pilgrim token in a kind of deluxe version.
Of course, it's entirely possible that post-Columbian emigrants took a very old coin with them.
Surely old news? Viking settlement is long established. There is a great book - "A voyage long and strange" on this subject.
But it can't be Vikings with a 1427 coin! The implication in the article is that there was contact and trade with the eastern seaboard of America - especially Northumberland - half a century and more before Columbus. I don't think it's inconceivable - if you had discovered a new land whose seas teemed with fish, you wouldn't necessarily tell all and sundry about it.
I've just been reading about this
Viking settlement in America is now accepted
L'Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact of Europeans with the Americas outside of Greenland.[4] I
There are many speculations that traders from the British Isles might also have gone there before Columbus, because the knowledge of the American coast would have been handed down from Norse settlers in the UK
The question regarding the Vikings is how far did they get? Did they reach the Yucatan, for example.
Stop making a false comparison please. It's misleading.
The truth is that this is psepholoically like 1997 but economically FAR WORSE.
Conservatives on here need to prepare for the Dark Night of the Soul.
Unlike 1997 though there will be no golden economic legacy for Starmer and Reeves so the economy will then be their problem
1997 was not exactly a golden economic legacy even though things had improved since the collapse of the Major Government's economic strategy at the the time of the Autumn 1992 ERM fiasco. Labour still inherited Budget and Balance of Payments deficits. Ted Heath enjoyed a better legacy from Labour in 1970.
Terrible balance of payments figures (a £31 million trade deficit) and rising inflation, a selective employment tax, unemployment at its highest level since 1940 and union indiscipline?
Stop making a false comparison please. It's misleading.
The truth is that this is psepholoically like 1997 but economically FAR WORSE.
Conservatives on here need to prepare for the Dark Night of the Soul.
Unlike 1997 though there will be no golden economic legacy for Starmer and Reeves so the economy will then be their problem
1997 was not exactly a golden economic legacy even though things had improved since the collapse of the Major Government's economic strategy at the the time of the Autumn 1992 ERM fiasco. Labour still inherited Budget and Balance of Payments deficits. Ted Heath enjoyed a better legacy from Labour in 1970.
Terrible balance of payments figures (a £31 million trade deficit) and rising inflation, a selective employment tax, unemployment at its highest level since 1940 and union indiscipline?
A £31m trade deficit would be a fantastic achievement.
Stop making a false comparison please. It's misleading.
The truth is that this is psepholoically like 1997 but economically FAR WORSE.
Conservatives on here need to prepare for the Dark Night of the Soul.
Unlike 1997 though there will be no golden economic legacy for Starmer and Reeves so the economy will then be their problem
1997 was not exactly a golden economic legacy even though things had improved since the collapse of the Major Government's economic strategy at the the time of the Autumn 1992 ERM fiasco. Labour still inherited Budget and Balance of Payments deficits. Ted Heath enjoyed a better legacy from Labour in 1970.
Terrible balance of payments figures (a £31 million trade deficit) and rising inflation, a selective employment tax, unemployment at its highest level since 1940 and union indiscipline?
A £31m trade deficit would be a fantastic achievement.
Allowing for invisibles, would have been a large surplus.
They finished above South Korea in their qualification group. Saudi Arabia finished above Japan. Australia (In the Asia group) got around half the points of Saudi and Japan.
Iran is the top ranked team in Asia - it's incredibly astonishingly weak considering about 4.5 billion people live across the continent.
Stop making a false comparison please. It's misleading.
The truth is that this is psepholoically like 1997 but economically FAR WORSE.
Conservatives on here need to prepare for the Dark Night of the Soul.
Unlike 1997 though there will be no golden economic legacy for Starmer and Reeves so the economy will then be their problem
1997 was not exactly a golden economic legacy even though things had improved since the collapse of the Major Government's economic strategy at the the time of the Autumn 1992 ERM fiasco. Labour still inherited Budget and Balance of Payments deficits. Ted Heath enjoyed a better legacy from Labour in 1970.
Terrible balance of payments figures (a £31 million trade deficit) and rising inflation, a selective employment tax, unemployment at its highest level since 1940 and union indiscipline?
Union indiscipline? Strange term. I would have said that unions are being very disciplined in looking out for the interests of their members.
Stop making a false comparison please. It's misleading.
The truth is that this is psepholoically like 1997 but economically FAR WORSE.
Conservatives on here need to prepare for the Dark Night of the Soul.
Unlike 1997 though there will be no golden economic legacy for Starmer and Reeves so the economy will then be their problem
1997 was not exactly a golden economic legacy even though things had improved since the collapse of the Major Government's economic strategy at the the time of the Autumn 1992 ERM fiasco. Labour still inherited Budget and Balance of Payments deficits. Ted Heath enjoyed a better legacy from Labour in 1970.
Terrible balance of payments figures (a £31 million trade deficit) and rising inflation, a selective employment tax, unemployment at its highest level since 1940 and union indiscipline?
Union indiscipline? Strange term. I would have said that unions are being very disciplined in looking out for the interests of their members.
And nearly destroyed British industry and the economy in the 1970s. Inflation was also higher in 1970 than 1997
Landmark Grimsby seafood factory closing after losses of £8 million - The company chief executive said: “We believe in the future and that we are well-positioned in our key markets with well-run value-added operations in Europe”... https://twitter.com/grahambsi/status/1594448848768073730
Interesting thread from philosopher who was inspiration behind crypto exchange FTX, on what might have gone so spectacularly wrong to lose so many people their savings. A few months before the collapse of FTX MacAskill endorsed Scottish independence.
https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1594467765351776256 The 22-year-old Colorado Springs mass shooter whose record was mysteriously sealed after making a bomb threat last year is the grandson of GOP California State Assemblyman @RandyVoepel from San Diego, who voiced support for the Jan 6 Capitol attack...
...The mass shooter was arrested in 2021 following a standoff with police after kidnapping and threatening to kill his mother with a bomb.
He was charged with six felonies but the case was inexplicably dropped. He went on to obtain an AR-15 and committed mass murder last night.
There are 20 better teams in Europe, let alone with world...
You can only beat what's in front of you. In this case we are thrashing them
I am old enough to remember several decades of England starting tournaments nervously and cautiously, and sometimes calamitously
I was just making a point that the fifa rankings are nonsense.
I remember them claiming for years England were in the top 5. Not a chance. (I suppose it might technically make sense now, after the last tournaments)
There are 20 better teams in Europe, let alone with world...
You can only beat what's in front of you. In this case we are thrashing them
I am old enough to remember several decades of England starting tournaments nervously and cautiously, and sometimes calamitously
Spot on. As I have said before, Francis is absolutely unwilling to give England credit when it is due.
England done very well today. Bellingham showing class (as I have said for ages he should have been playing all the time). Saka excellent as well. Defence is still dodgy though.
Point was that due to the way FIFA ranking system works, you get nonsense like Iran being 20th in the world. The Athletic had a good piece the other day about why the group of death doesn't really exist now because of FIFA reeingeering the tournament meaning the best teams aren't actually all there e.g. Italy.
Stop making a false comparison please. It's misleading.
The truth is that this is psepholoically like 1997 but economically FAR WORSE.
Conservatives on here need to prepare for the Dark Night of the Soul.
Unlike 1997 though there will be no golden economic legacy for Starmer and Reeves so the economy will then be their problem
1997 was not exactly a golden economic legacy even though things had improved since the collapse of the Major Government's economic strategy at the the time of the Autumn 1992 ERM fiasco. Labour still inherited Budget and Balance of Payments deficits. Ted Heath enjoyed a better legacy from Labour in 1970.
Terrible balance of payments figures (a £31 million trade deficit) and rising inflation, a selective employment tax, unemployment at its highest level since 1940 and union indiscipline?
The Balance of Payments was in strong surplus at that time - notwithstanding a single month's deficit due to Jumbo Jets - far stronger than 1997.
There are 20 better teams in Europe, let alone with world...
You can only beat what's in front of you. In this case we are thrashing them
I am old enough to remember several decades of England starting tournaments nervously and cautiously, and sometimes calamitously
Spot on. As I have said before, Francis is absolutely unwilling to give England credit when it is due.
England done very well today. Point was that due to the way FIFA ranking system works, you get nonsense like Iran being 20th in the world. The Athletic had a good piece the other day about why the group of death doesn't really exist now because of FIFA reeingeering the tournament meaning the best teams aren't actually all there e.g. Italy.
I think the balance is about right. Perhaps European teams have pulled away in the last decade, but I think about a dozen teams from Europe is enough. Italy lost to Macedonia, so they're nothing special.
Landmark Grimsby seafood factory closing after losses of £8 million - The company chief executive said: “We believe in the future and that we are well-positioned in our key markets with well-run value-added operations in Europe”... https://twitter.com/grahambsi/status/1594448848768073730
Grimsby was a Leave vote stronghold in the EU Referendum of 2016.
The vote was counted by local authority area so Grimsby falls under North East Lincolnshire which voted 69.9% (55,185) to Leave the EU and 30.1% (23,797) to Remain.
There are 20 better teams in Europe, let alone with world...
You can only beat what's in front of you. In this case we are thrashing them
I am old enough to remember several decades of England starting tournaments nervously and cautiously, and sometimes calamitously
Spot on. As I have said before, Francis is absolutely unwilling to give England credit when it is due.
England done very well today. Bellingham showing class (as I have said for ages he should have been playing all the time). Saka excellent as well. Defence is still dodgy though.
Point was that due to the way FIFA ranking system works, you get nonsense like Iran being 20th in the world. The Athletic had a good piece the other day about why the group of death doesn't really exist now because of FIFA reeingeering the tournament meaning the best teams aren't actually all there e.g. Italy.
Mm, perhaps - though Fifa can hardly be held responsible for Italy failing to squeak past North Macedonia.
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A great first half from England, dominant against a side unlucky to lose their ‘keeper early on.
No protests so far.
I’ve complained on here before stamp duty, the capital locked in those properties would be better off re-allocated elsewhere.
I also regularly argue for property tax even though on paper I would lose out significantly.
These kids have no nerves
Gone backwards recently, too. The same teams always qualify far too easily
Jude Bellingham is the first-ever player born in or after 2000 to find the net at the World Cup.
This game started much the same, but Shaw's cross and Bellingham's header put paid to that.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63703831
No doubt some people will still work out a way to condemn him, though, and almost certainly the magic word "woke" will be used ...
I don’t deny being a landlord and I don’t think or suggest than being a landlord is in any way an issue. It’s just that my route to being one (and thereby the scale) is more contingent than some of the anecdotes @MattW was sharing.
Meanwhile in Russia: a rare moment of sanity on Russian state TV, when one panelist was finally fed up with Vladimir Solovyov's threats to wipe Kyiv or Kharkiv off the face of the earth.
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1594529208650317824
The implication in the article is that there was contact and trade with the eastern seaboard of America - especially Northumberland - half a century and more before Columbus. I don't think it's inconceivable - if you had discovered a new land whose seas teemed with fish, you wouldn't necessarily tell all and sundry about it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/sports/world-cup/europe-world-cup-winners-losers.html
only explanation.
Japan, Korea, Australia and Iran have had WC's where they were competitive. Not any more it seems. Qatar as Asian champions says it all really.
...As one of the most popular recurring supporting characters in the television series, the Brigadier is often listed among the Doctor's companions.[4] He is listed as such by the BBC[5] and is included in a book by John Nathan-Turner's (a former producer of Doctor Who) discussing all the Doctor's companions...
Viking settlement in America is now accepted
L'Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact of Europeans with the Americas outside of Greenland.[4] I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Anse_aux_Meadows
There are many speculations that traders from the British Isles might also have gone there before Columbus, because the knowledge of the American coast would have been handed down from Norse settlers in the UK
Cheaper and much better quality was a compensation for the flaw in my thinking.
England looking a bit like France in 2018? Or Spain in 2008?
OK, have to calm down
OK.
IRAN ARE GOING TO WIN NOW
Iran is the top ranked team in Asia - it's incredibly astonishingly weak considering about 4.5 billion people live across the continent.
Probably not. I am quite excitable
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
https://twitter.com/grahambsi/status/1594448848768073730
I am old enough to remember several decades of England starting tournaments nervously and cautiously, and sometimes calamitously
https://twitter.com/iainmartin1/status/1594689811566190594
https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1594467765351776256
The 22-year-old Colorado Springs mass shooter whose record was mysteriously sealed after making a bomb threat last year is the grandson of GOP California State Assemblyman @RandyVoepel from San Diego, who voiced support for the Jan 6 Capitol attack...
...The mass shooter was arrested in 2021 following a standoff with police after kidnapping and threatening to kill his mother with a bomb.
He was charged with six felonies but the case was inexplicably dropped. He went on to obtain an AR-15 and committed mass murder last night.
Point was that due to the way FIFA ranking system works, you get nonsense like Iran being 20th in the world. The Athletic had a good piece the other day about why the group of death doesn't really exist now because of FIFA reeingeering the tournament meaning the best teams aren't actually all there e.g. Italy.
Grimsby was a Leave vote stronghold in the EU Referendum of 2016.
The vote was counted by local authority area so Grimsby falls under North East Lincolnshire which voted 69.9% (55,185) to Leave the EU and 30.1% (23,797) to Remain.
North East Lincolnshire was the tenth highest Leave vote in the country
https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/how-grimsby-voted-eu-referendum-3500720
It's basically a knockout already.
As if Americans can play football without their body armour.