Those regional breakdowns look very strange. UKIP has no real history ion the West Midlands but is polling at over 50%, while in the east Midlands - which is a heartland - it is level pegging with Labour.
I'd be tempted to answer the question "Do you agree with the statement 'UKIP are a racist party'" with "of course I disagree with it, it's grammatically incorrect".
What's the Atletico/Real rivalry like?? Could be pretty fruity given the game is only over in Lisbon - presumably half of Spain will bomb across the border??
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
They were superb tonight.
I've been a Chelsea fan for over fifty years and I'm sick and tired of Mourinho, I never wanted him back.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Mr. Socrates, that reminds me of ITV News at ten. I could be wrong, but isn't (wasn't, if you like) Mercer a former Conservative MP? Because it reported he still was one.
he may still not have officially taken up one of the Offices of Profit, so he may technically still be one.
Even if convicted, it is all but certain that he would only serve two years before being released under section 11 of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
They were superb tonight.
I've been a Chelsea fan for over fifty years and I'm sick and tired of Mourinho, I never wanted him back.
Why not? He could win you the title still. Dull and dour tactics?
Even if convicted, it is all but certain that he would only two years before being released under section 11 of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.
Has he been charged ? Odds are he'll be released and do some electioneering about the brits in the Irish elections.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Then you be lending your vote to the tories ;-)
Bob;s a big Osborne fan as he's on the side of high tax payers. ;-)
What's the Atletico/Real rivalry like?? Could be pretty fruity given the game is only over in Lisbon - presumably half of Spain will bomb across the border??
It's pretty one sided. Atletico hate Real; but it's not really reciprocated. Real's enemy and obsession is Barcelona. In the same way, Barcelona could not give a monkeys about Espanyol, the other Barcelona team.
Atletico was always the poor relation, with a stadium by the river in a dodgy part of town. They are actually a spin-off of Athletic Bilbao, which is why they play in the same colour shirts.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Then you be lending your vote to the tories ;-)
Bob;s a big Osborne fan as he's on the side of high tax payers. ;-)
LOL - the only people Ozzy is on the side of is the mega rich... Cuts taxes for additional rate earners, screws HR paying family men. One for Avery to explain I guess...
Mildly amused that the list of Paxoed [ahem] interviews manages to go from Howard in 1997 to Chloe Smith in 2012, magically missing out the whole 13 years of Labour government (not watched Newsnight much for years, but Bob Ainsworth got a grilling, I seem to recall): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27225422
Edited extra bit: 5 interviews, 3 against Conservatives (Howard, Smith, Hague) 1 against Conrad Black and 1 against Russell Brand.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
They were superb tonight.
I've been a Chelsea fan for over fifty years and I'm sick and tired of Mourinho, I never wanted him back.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Then you be lending your vote to the tories ;-)
Bob;s a big Osborne fan as he's on the side of high tax payers. ;-)
LOL - the only people Ozzy is on the side of is the mega rich... Cuts taxes for additional rate earners, screws HR paying family men. One for Avery to explain I guess...
Bob you are mega rich - your hair cut alone could buy two houses in bumpkinland.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Then you be lending your vote to the tories ;-)
Bob;s a big Osborne fan as he's on the side of high tax payers. ;-)
LOL - the only people Ozzy is on the side of is the mega rich... Cuts taxes for additional rate earners, screws HR paying family men. One for Avery to explain I guess...
Bob you are mega rich - your hair cut alone could buy two houses in bumpkinland.
We'd better not mention the haircut - I got sneered at by The Watcher this morning which is never an enjoyable experience
Not sure that is a good line for Ed, as a lot of "hard working" folk voted for Thatcher...The sort of people Cameron just can't convince to get to vote for him.
I think that attack line says more about Ed than UKIP / Farage. In Ed's world everything Thatcher related is evil, in the real world the picture is less cut and dry.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Then you be lending your vote to the tories ;-)
Bob;s a big Osborne fan as he's on the side of high tax payers. ;-)
LOL - the only people Ozzy is on the side of is the mega rich... Cuts taxes for additional rate earners, screws HR paying family men. One for Avery to explain I guess...
Bob you are mega rich - your hair cut alone could buy two houses in bumpkinland.
We'd better not mention the haircut - I got sneered at by The Watcher this morning which is never an enjoyable experience
What's the Atletico/Real rivalry like?? Could be pretty fruity given the game is only over in Lisbon - presumably half of Spain will bomb across the border??
It's pretty one sided. Atletico hate Real; but it's not really reciprocated. Real's enemy and obsession is Barcelona. In the same way, Barcelona could not give a monkeys about Espanyol, the other Barcelona team.
Atletico was always the poor relation, with a stadium by the river in a dodgy part of town. They are actually a spin-off of Athletic Bilbao, which is why they play in the same colour shirts.
I can imagine Atletico hate that. Let's hope they stuff Real in the final. Might make the Whites change their view ;-)
Mr. Socrates, that reminds me of ITV News at ten. I could be wrong, but isn't (wasn't, if you like) Mercer a former Conservative MP? Because it reported he still was one.
he may still not have officially taken up one of the Offices of Profit, so he may technically still be one.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
They were superb tonight.
I've been a Chelsea fan for over fifty years and I'm sick and tired of Mourinho, I never wanted him back.
How can any Chelsea fan be sick of Mourinho?
I was sick of him and his childish tantrums the first time he was here.
My main issue is that he will never give the kids a chance, he'd rather by a rubbish player from abroad than trust his young players" that's how we end up with Eto'o and give Lukaku to Everton.
That's the way to attack UKIP from a Labour perspective though. Forget about the stupid racism accusations and go to the heart of the neo-liberal economic policies that UKIP's leadership believes in.
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Then you be lending your vote to the tories ;-)
Bob;s a big Osborne fan as he's on the side of high tax payers. ;-)
LOL - the only people Ozzy is on the side of is the mega rich... Cuts taxes for additional rate earners, screws HR paying family men. One for Avery to explain I guess...
Bob you are mega rich - your hair cut alone could buy two houses in bumpkinland.
We'd better not mention the haircut - I got sneered at by The Watcher this morning which is never an enjoyable experience
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Then you be lending your vote to the tories ;-)
Bob;s a big Osborne fan as he's on the side of high tax payers. ;-)
LOL - the only people Ozzy is on the side of is the mega rich... Cuts taxes for additional rate earners, screws HR paying family men. One for Avery to explain I guess...
Bob you are mega rich - your hair cut alone could buy two houses in bumpkinland.
We'd better not mention the haircut - I got sneered at by The Watcher this morning which is never an enjoyable experience
What's the Atletico/Real rivalry like?? Could be pretty fruity given the game is only over in Lisbon - presumably half of Spain will bomb across the border??
It's pretty one sided. Atletico hate Real; but it's not really reciprocated. Real's enemy and obsession is Barcelona. In the same way, Barcelona could not give a monkeys about Espanyol, the other Barcelona team.
Atletico was always the poor relation, with a stadium by the river in a dodgy part of town. They are actually a spin-off of Athletic Bilbao, which is why they play in the same colour shirts.
I can imagine Atletico hate that. Let's hope they stuff Real in the final. Might make the Whites change their view ;-)
Real have beaten them a couple of times already this season. They seem to the be the only ones that can put Atletico on the back foot. A final in Lisbon is made for Ronaldo. But here's hoping. Visca Atleti.
Probably the most important thing about Atletico, though, is that they were the side beaten (5-1) in the final by the first British club to win a major European trophy.
That's the way to attack UKIP from a Labour perspective though. Forget about the stupid racism accusations and go to the heart of the neo-liberal economic policies that UKIP's leadership believes in.
Yup. Nice line from Ed. Tyke will be voting Labour shortly, he has already shown signs of turning... ;-)
Not sure that is a good line for Ed, as a lot of "hard working" folk voted for Thatcher...The sort of people Cameron just can't convince to get to vote for him.
I think that attack line says more about Ed than UKIP / Farage. In Ed's world everything Thatcher related is evil, in the real world the picture is less cut and dry.
It's a good line for Labour-inclined voters in traditional Labour seats. Probably much more effective for the GE than for the EU elections though.
Not sure that is a good line for Ed, as a lot of "hard working" folk voted for Thatcher...The sort of people Cameron just can't convince to get to vote for him.
I think that attack line says more about Ed than UKIP / Farage. In Ed's world everything Thatcher related is evil, in the real world the picture is less cut and dry.
It's a good line for Labour-inclined voters in traditional Labour seats. Probably much more effective for the GE than for the EU elections though.
Maybe, if you are going for the 35% strategy and preaching to the converted. Not exactly trying to attract the aspirational types that Thatcher, then Blair managed to get and Cameron fails miserably with. One nation and all that.
Not sure that is a good line for Ed, as a lot of "hard working" folk voted for Thatcher...The sort of people Cameron just can't convince to get to vote for him.
I think that attack line says more about Ed than UKIP / Farage. In Ed's world everything Thatcher related is evil, in the real world the picture is less cut and dry.
It's a good line for Labour-inclined voters in traditional Labour seats. Probably much more effective for the GE than for the EU elections though.
According to the Daily Mail graph, UKIP are heading for 40% in Greater London. I think it must have been a mistake; can't believe they're really that high in the capital.
Not sure that is a good line for Ed, as a lot of "hard working" folk voted for Thatcher...The sort of people Cameron just can't convince to get to vote for him.
I think that attack line says more about Ed than UKIP / Farage. In Ed's world everything Thatcher related is evil, in the real world the picture is less cut and dry.
It's a good line for Labour-inclined voters in traditional Labour seats. Probably much more effective for the GE than for the EU elections though.
Maybe, if you are going for the 35% strategy and preaching to the converted. Not exactly trying to attract the inspirational types that Thatcher, then Blair managed to get and Cameron fails miserably with.
True enough. Labour does not do aspiration these days, which is a great shame.
According to the Daily Mail graph, UKIP are heading for 40% in Greater London. I think it must have been a mistake; can't believe they're really that high in the capital.
No chance down here. Probably the least fertile place in the UK for the kippers. Soft liberal left and pro Europe.
Not sure that is a good line for Ed, as a lot of "hard working" folk voted for Thatcher...The sort of people Cameron just can't convince to get to vote for him.
I think that attack line says more about Ed than UKIP / Farage. In Ed's world everything Thatcher related is evil, in the real world the picture is less cut and dry.
Hard to say for me as I come from an extremely Thatcherite area.... but it's full of working class people that voted for Thatcher.
I don't suppose Ed is targeting the Essex/London borders in particular mind you
Think it's fair to say pretty much the entire world will be rooting for Atletico in the European Cup Final. Real have won it nine times already and are effectively funded by the Spanish government. Atletico fans deserve a medal for supporting the red and whites given the vast wealth and prestige just outside their own backyard
Bob,as a labour supporter,what about lending your vote to ukip for the euro elections ;-)
Ha ha nice try Tyke, but I like to support the underdog ;-)
Then you be lending your vote to the tories ;-)
Bob;s a big Osborne fan as he's on the side of high tax payers. ;-)
LOL - the only people Ozzy is on the side of is the mega rich... Cuts taxes for additional rate earners, screws HR paying family men. One for Avery to explain I guess...
Bob you are mega rich - your hair cut alone could buy two houses in bumpkinland.
We'd better not mention the haircut - I got sneered at by The Watcher this morning which is never an enjoyable experience
Great move from Labour on banning rent fees - massive scam been going on for years. Lab on the move tonight ? Another decent YouGov too...
Their outline policy sounds reasonable enough, but the devil is always in the detail isn't it? There is also the cast iron rule: limit price and you will curtail supply. Doesn't matter whether it's flats in Brent or bog rolls in Venezuela you cannot buck the market ultimately without consequences.
As I say seems reasonable what they are outlining, but I've been the victim of well intentioned unintended consequences when it comes to Labour legislation so I remain constructively skeptical shall we say.
Not sure that is a good line for Ed, as a lot of "hard working" folk voted for Thatcher...The sort of people Cameron just can't convince to get to vote for him.
I think that attack line says more about Ed than UKIP / Farage. In Ed's world everything Thatcher related is evil, in the real world the picture is less cut and dry.
It's a good line for Labour-inclined voters in traditional Labour seats. Probably much more effective for the GE than for the EU elections though.
Useful in shoring up votes in London where people rely on public services, decent line for the locals.
At the launch of Labour's election campaign in Redbridge, Miliband is expected to say that "the next Labour government will legislate to make three year tenancies the standard in the British private rented sector".
According to the Daily Mail graph, UKIP are heading for 40% in Greater London. I think it must have been a mistake; can't believe they're really that high in the capital.
According to the Daily Mail graph, UKIP are heading for 40% in Greater London. I think it must have been a mistake; can't believe they're really that high in the capital.
Greater London, zones 4-6 I can well believe it.
If it's just outer London then possibly true, all London no chance.
At the launch of Labour's election campaign in Redbridge, Miliband is expected to say that "the next Labour government will legislate to make three year tenancies the standard in the British private rented sector".
This will be interesting for the BTL mortgage sector where AST's are required and are typically 6 to 12 months.... if a tenant has a 3 year tenancy, the lender might not be able to take the property back if the owner defaults.... could have serious impact on BTL mortgage market perhaps? But more a legal matter than my area, so welcome experts views on this?
Mildly amused that the list of Paxoed [ahem] interviews manages to go from Howard in 1997 to Chloe Smith in 2012, magically missing out the whole 13 years of Labour government (not watched Newsnight much for years, but Bob Ainsworth got a grilling, I seem to recall): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27225422
Edited extra bit: 5 interviews, 3 against Conservatives (Howard, Smith, Hague) 1 against Conrad Black and 1 against Russell Brand.
Did Paxman ever grill Brown or Blair, or did Campbell and other minders keep them away from him? I can't think of a time when either was really put under pressure. Brown ought to have been given less of a free ride, it is still hard to understand how such a flawed character held office for so long.
"Labour’s announcement that it will impose rent and tenancy controls is one of the worst policy decisions in the history of modern British politics. It goes against one of the only true consensuses that exists among professional economists. No doubt with the best of intentions, Labour has unwittingly announced a policy that would devastate Britain’s cities by creating massive slums and exacerbate the housing crisis.
"Rent control is a stunningly bad idea that could devastate Britain’s cities and clobber renters. To paraphrase the socialist economist Assar Lindbeck: the only thing worse for cities than rent control is bombing them."
Presumably Ed's move on rents will be deemed Marxist for four months, and then the government will copy it.
Thing is it's part of the subliminal message I get personally from Ed which is he thinks ( so it seems to me) that profit implies someone has " lost " somehow that there is a "victim" of profit, rather than that's the thing that creates the good or service in the first place.
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
Mildly amused that the list of Paxoed [ahem] interviews manages to go from Howard in 1997 to Chloe Smith in 2012, magically missing out the whole 13 years of Labour government (not watched Newsnight much for years, but Bob Ainsworth got a grilling, I seem to recall): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27225422
Edited extra bit: 5 interviews, 3 against Conservatives (Howard, Smith, Hague) 1 against Conrad Black and 1 against Russell Brand.
Did Paxman ever grill Brown or Blair, or did Campbell and other minders keep them away from him? I can't think of a time when either was really put under pressure. Brown ought to have been given less of a free ride, it is still hard to understand how such a flawed character held office for so long.
The news about Adams is fact at last over-ruling arseholes in the NIO and Downing Street.
It is on public record by a number of Provo's at the time regarding his involvement. His protection has been at the behest of London. Don't forget the last government quite happily interfered in policing matters requesting release of arrested Provo's after Dear Leader Gerry phoned Uncle Tony.
The detectives doing this know what happened but the rocks under which they are looking have London politicians suggesting it might not be a good idea.
Yes, odds are he'll be released but, political machinations aside, I can tell you now that they haven't called him in for fun. They information is good.
Ironically if Gerry had still been stroking his beard up in Stormont this might have been harder to do.
Presumably Ed's move on rents will be deemed Marxist for four months, and then the government will copy it.
Presumably you realise what the coalition did with energy bills was not the same as the insane scheme Miliband had plucked out of his posterior?
As for this scheme: it's interesting. Although we now own a house (yay!), we'd rented for years, moving frequently. The one time we were really mucked about was when a landlord wanted the house back after six months when he wanted to move his family in. We had rented on the understanding that it was a long-term let, but were powerless. It was annoying, but we still had loads of relocation budget left, so it wasn't as bad as it would have been for some people.
But it doesn't look as if this would address that.
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
At the launch of Labour's election campaign in Redbridge, Miliband is expected to say that "the next Labour government will legislate to make three year tenancies the standard in the British private rented sector".
This will be interesting for the BTL mortgage sector where AST's are required and are typically 6 to 12 months.... if a tenant has a 3 year tenancy, the lender might not be able to take the property back if the owner defaults.... could have serious impact on BTL mortgage market perhaps? But more a legal matter than my area, so welcome experts views on this?
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
There are social issues to be addressed sure, such as families with kids in school having little security of long term tenure.. But you've got to be careful it's not cack handed regulation ( and Labour has serious form ) that just ends up buggering things up and reducing supply which would make matters worse, no matter how much it warms the hearts of Ed's base. Renters won't thank him if supply melts away.....
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
It's good politics and terrible economics.
The market has been a laughing stock for years - woefully under-regulated compared to other industries despite the fact we are dealing with people's homes. You are clearly a good, decent man but remember that many landlords are not like you. Entire postcodes of northern cities - eg Leeds 6 - have been turned over to slum housing by landlords who are getting away with blue murder.
There are problems in the rental market. Although I've rented a lot, I'm not really that knowledgeable about them from either side. We rented towards the mid-level, tried to be good tenants, and had no trouble paying on time. And we've never been a landlord.
I get the feeling the real problems are at the very low end of the rental market, although that's just a supposition.
As usual, it'd be good to know exactly what problems these changes will be trying to fix. It seems that unreasonable rent increases mid-term is one; security of tenure for tenant another.
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
It's good politics and terrible economics.
The market has been a laughing stock for years - woefully under-regulated compared to other industries despite the fact we are dealing with people's homes. You are clearly a good, decent man but remember that many landlords are not like you. Entire postcodes of northern cities - eg Leeds 6 - have been turned over to slum housing by landlords who are getting away with blue murder.
If you make renting out properties less attractive, fewer people will rent out their properties. This is not complicated.
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
It's good politics and terrible economics.
The market has been a laughing stock for years - woefully under-regulated compared to other industries despite the fact we are dealing with people's homes. You are clearly a good, decent man but remember that many landlords are not like you. Entire postcodes of northern cities - eg Leeds 6 - have been turned over to slum housing by landlords who are getting away with blue murder.
Entire postcodes of northern cities were demolished by Prescott's insane £2.2bn Pathfinder scheme and were never rebuilt.
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
It's good politics and terrible economics.
The market has been a laughing stock for years - woefully under-regulated compared to other industries despite the fact we are dealing with people's homes. You are clearly a good, decent man but remember that many landlords are not like you. Entire postcodes of northern cities - eg Leeds 6 - have been turned over to slum housing by landlords who are getting away with blue murder.
If you make renting out properties less attractive, fewer people will rent out their properties. This is not complicated.
What other use for endless terraces in northern cities do you suggest? Presumably the existing legislation is exactly what the market will bear and any more regulation will lead to a cut in supply?
At the launch of Labour's election campaign in Redbridge, Miliband is expected to say that "the next Labour government will legislate to make three year tenancies the standard in the British private rented sector".
This will be interesting for the BTL mortgage sector where AST's are required and are typically 6 to 12 months.... if a tenant has a 3 year tenancy, the lender might not be able to take the property back if the owner defaults.... could have serious impact on BTL mortgage market perhaps? But more a legal matter than my area, so welcome experts views on this?
Isn't the best rent control to build more homes?
Yes. Long term. But there's a raft of planning regs and NIMBYISM to overcome.
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
There are social issues to be addressed sure, such as families with kids in school having little security of long term tenure.. But you've got to be careful it's not cack handed regulation ( and Labour has serious form ) that just ends up buggering things up and reducing supply which would make matters worse, no matter how much it warms the hearts of Ed's base. Renters won't thank him if supply melts away.....
Decent landlords have nothing to fear from these measures. Rogue landlords do.
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
It's good politics and terrible economics.
The market has been a laughing stock for years - woefully under-regulated compared to other industries despite the fact we are dealing with people's homes. You are clearly a good, decent man but remember that many landlords are not like you. Entire postcodes of northern cities - eg Leeds 6 - have been turned over to slum housing by landlords who are getting away with blue murder.
If you make renting out properties less attractive, fewer people will rent out their properties. This is not complicated.
What other use for endless terraces in northern cities do you suggest? Presumably the existing legislation is exactly what the market will bear and any more regulation will lead to a cut in supply?
Sounds remarkably familiar.
When rents in London go through the roof and tenants are locked into three year contracts in areas they don't really want to live in because they can't get anywhere else, this isn't going to look so clever. The only longterm solution is to build more properties.
Lots of marginal London seats have stacks of young professionals that this will appeal to. Its a clear and easy message to remember as well. Vote Labour and be done with £1000 fee's everytime you move....
To be honest, the rental market has been a shambles for years - short term unstable tenancies, outrageous fees from agents for doing the square root of f-all, stolen deposits. It is high time it was better regulated. If the Tories want to fight on the sides of landlords, I doubt many at Labour HQ will shed a tear. Great, great move by Ed.
It's good politics and terrible economics.
The market has been a laughing stock for years - woefully under-regulated compared to other industries despite the fact we are dealing with people's homes. You are clearly a good, decent man but remember that many landlords are not like you. Entire postcodes of northern cities - eg Leeds 6 - have been turned over to slum housing by landlords who are getting away with blue murder.
If you make renting out properties less attractive, fewer people will rent out their properties. This is not complicated.
What other use for endless terraces in northern cities do you suggest? Presumably the existing legislation is exactly what the market will bear and any more regulation will lead to a cut in supply?
Sounds remarkably familiar.
I've never seen an endless terrace. Does it end at the coast, or does it continue under the sea (the rents must be fairly low there, surely?) Or is it a terrace-circle (therefore with no end) or, more daringly, a Möbius strip of terraced houses?
Lots of marginal London seats have stacks of young professionals that this will appeal to. Its a clear and easy message to remember as well. Vote Labour and be done with £1000 fee's everytime you move....
But add 300 a month as the cost of btl lending has rocketed.
Lots of marginal London seats have stacks of young professionals that this will appeal to. Its a clear and easy message to remember as well. Vote Labour and be done with £1000 fee's everytime you move....
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What's the Atletico/Real rivalry like?? Could be pretty fruity given the game is only over in Lisbon - presumably half of Spain will bomb across the border??
I've been a Chelsea fan for over fifty years and I'm sick and tired of Mourinho, I never wanted him back.
http://sluggerotoole.com/2014/04/30/breaking-gerry-adams-arrested-at-meeting-with-the-psni/
Atletico was always the poor relation, with a stadium by the river in a dodgy part of town. They are actually a spin-off of Athletic Bilbao, which is why they play in the same colour shirts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27225422
Edited extra bit: 5 interviews, 3 against Conservatives (Howard, Smith, Hague) 1 against Conrad Black and 1 against Russell Brand.
Mike Smithson @MSmithsonPB
Tonight's YouGov/Sun poll
CON 31
LAB 37
LD 9
Ukip 15
I'll take glory by any tenuous link to the Lane.
Ed Miliband ✔ @Ed_Miliband
Nigel Farage's policies towards working people are more Thatcherite than Lady Thatcher herself. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ed-miliband-vote-ukip-vote-3476030 …
Labour party in a panic and the clown speaks ;-)
I think that attack line says more about Ed than UKIP / Farage. In Ed's world everything Thatcher related is evil, in the real world the picture is less cut and dry.
http://www.hmtreasury.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/Three-Hundreds-of-Chiltern-69b4c.aspx
My main issue is that he will never give the kids a chance, he'd rather by a rubbish player from abroad than trust his young players" that's how we end up with Eto'o and give Lukaku to Everton.
http://press.labour.org.uk/post/84352297129/ed-miliband-launches-election-campaign-with-rents
George Eaton @georgeeaton
Three big pledges from Miliband: 1. Cap on rent rises 2. Three year tenancies 3. Ban on letting agent fees http://bit.ly/1jj1hMP
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breakingnews/offbeat/osborne-my-new-haircut-a-coverup-29625376.html
http://localfocusnews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/john-pugh-mp-is-standing-for-southport.html
Probably the most important thing about Atletico, though, is that they were the side beaten (5-1) in the final by the first British club to win a major European trophy.
Lab on the move tonight ?
Another decent YouGov too...
I don't suppose Ed is targeting the Essex/London borders in particular mind you
State control of your property.
http://www.cityam.com/blog/1398875118/labour-wants-introduce-one-policy-guaranteed-make-housing-crisis-worse
As I say seems reasonable what they are outlining, but I've been the victim of well intentioned unintended consequences when it comes to Labour legislation so I remain constructively skeptical shall we say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27202421
Ed is a pillock.
"Labour’s announcement that it will impose rent and tenancy controls is one of the worst policy decisions in the history of modern British politics. It goes against one of the only true consensuses that exists among professional economists. No doubt with the best of intentions, Labour has unwittingly announced a policy that would devastate Britain’s cities by creating massive slums and exacerbate the housing crisis.
This worries me.
It is on public record by a number of Provo's at the time regarding his involvement. His protection has been at the behest of London. Don't forget the last government quite happily interfered in policing matters requesting release of arrested Provo's after Dear Leader Gerry phoned Uncle Tony.
The detectives doing this know what happened but the rocks under which they are looking have London politicians suggesting it might not be a good idea.
Yes, odds are he'll be released but, political machinations aside, I can tell you now that they haven't called him in for fun. They information is good.
Ironically if Gerry had still been stroking his beard up in Stormont this might have been harder to do.
http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2014/04/katie-hopkins-it-s-time-we-issued-an-unemployed-person-s-uniform
As for this scheme: it's interesting. Although we now own a house (yay!), we'd rented for years, moving frequently. The one time we were really mucked about was when a landlord wanted the house back after six months when he wanted to move his family in. We had rented on the understanding that it was a long-term let, but were powerless. It was annoying, but we still had loads of relocation budget left, so it wasn't as bad as it would have been for some people.
But it doesn't look as if this would address that.
The devil will be in the details ...
'Presumably Ed's move on rents will be deemed Marxist for four months, and then the government will copy it.'
Back to the 70's with Ed,guaranteed to make a difficult situation even worse.
I get the feeling the real problems are at the very low end of the rental market, although that's just a supposition.
As usual, it'd be good to know exactly what problems these changes will be trying to fix. It seems that unreasonable rent increases mid-term is one; security of tenure for tenant another.
Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson
RT@labourpress: More about Labour's sweeping reforms of rented housing http://flip.it/UP11y >> don't read before bedtime. It's terrifying.
http://moneyweek.com/how-john-prescott-wasted-22bn/
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/nov/09/comment.housing
http://www.savebritainsheritage.org/news/campaign.php?id=191
But Labour would rather forget about that idiocy.
Sounds remarkably familiar.
Forget the economics of this. This will be a huge vote winner amongst a key demographic.
Lots of marginal London seats have stacks of young professionals that this will appeal to. Its a clear and easy message to remember as well. Vote Labour and be done with £1000 fee's everytime you move....
Much more important than the economics.
That gives the impression that you think as long as it garners votes it is good even if it is damaging in every other way.
Oh! It's Labour. That is the way they work, apparently.