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Re: The terrible ratings trend for Sunak – politicalbetting.com
In a free market, yes. In a free market if rents go high then people will build new homes to let out in order to capitalise, which brings prices back down into equilibrium. The problem though is we don't have a free market. Anything but in fact. Currently the availability of properties has nothing to do with supply and… -
Re: Next week things can only get better for Sunak or worse – politicalbetting.com
Unsurprising, Young HY, since the central Tory government has been throwing public money at Tory-run councils. They can afford to build more houses. Not the right sort of houses, of course - far too expensive for ordinary people. But that's Ok, because we don't want to have the wrong sort of people living near us, do we… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The paper that should worry the Tories this morning is the Dai
Well, now you’re showing your true colours. Let’s make it easy. CUMMINGS DROVE A SICK PERSON 262 MILES ACROSS ENGLAND TO STAY IN A SECOND HOUSE WHEN GOVERNMENT RULES WERE TO STAY AT HOME. HE DID THIS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO STAY IN A HOUSE WITH A GARDEN. HE ALSO DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE LAW. KINNOCK WENT TO HIS FATHER’S HOUSE… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » This could be right – Corbyn blocking moves for a second refer
On more mundane socioeconomic matters an explanation for why the Conservatives are struggling among the under 35s: ' Britain’s increasingly unaffordable housing market has delayed the age when most adults become homeowners by at least eight years since 1997, according to official figures. Among one of several signals that… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » New YouGov CON members poll finds fewer than a third wanting T
The problem with long term, large scale developments is that it ties up the housing allocation in the local development plan to the benefit of that builder. They won't lose their planning consent as long as the site is in development, no matter how long it is taking, and that can shut other potential developers out. The… -
Re: Rebuild, copy or destroy – how should we deal with our cities’ history? – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Voters think 2026 will be the end of the Keir show – politicalbetting.com
Good morning, everyone. I see the USA gets more demented by the day. "US President Donald Trump has been discussing "a range of options" to acquire Greenland, including use of the military, the White House said." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyg1jg8xkmo -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » “Private poll” seen by Mirror sees Corbyn with 22% lead on
I think one of the quotes from the Blair speech is quite telling on this point, and speaks to the disconnect between Corbyn supporters and others: “Let me make my position clear: I wouldn’t want to win on an old-fashioned leftist platform. Even if I thought it was the route to victory, I wouldn’t take it.” That's pretty… -
Re: Brexit effect: employment – politicalbetting.com
This is from the House of Commons library "The UK’s recent trade performance in services has been much better than that for goods. UK goods exports to the EU fell sharply in January 2021 after the end of the Brexit transition period, before recovering strongly in February 2021. Goods exports to the EU remain below their… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Marf on Rochester and Harry Hayfield’s local and Westminste
Wonder, was it the tweet or her comment about the tweet that did for Thornberry? "Image of Rochester", if Bad Al was still about would have been spun no problem as something positive or at least not particularly negative. Of course he would be lying / covering up and he never did any of that. However, tweeting that image… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The danger of making resignation threats is this that you look
Where to start... UC is about making it as easy as possible to go back to work. The difficulty people have moving from a weekly to a monthly budget was one of the larger barriers to work. The benefits system kept people in a weekly system of payments while the world of work was mostly moving onto monthly. It managed their… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The fight to be next CON leader and PM: The race begins
At the moment Boris is incurring the enmity of 450+ of the 650 MPs in the house and has no ostentatious support. If he had entered the house all the speeches would probably been personal attacks on him, and nothing done. If (I repeat if) he gets the PM position then he'll have the ostensible backing of the Troy party MPs… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Tories must be hoping that the newly created elected mayor
On betting, an admission. I haven't actually placed a bet for at least two years. This was essentially down to not having the cash, having been maintaining two houses on one income, while we tried to sell the house my wife owned before we got together. That self-imposed restriction wasn't without its frustrations, none… -
Re: Understanding the rise of Kamala Harris – politicalbetting.com
Why do you think that empty houses do not attract Council Tax? The only time the LL does not pay it is when there is a tenant in. There may be a short grace period - here it is one month, then the LL gets progressively mullered to the extent that it is a deterrent to deep renovation. And it's once per house, so if it has… -
Re: Sir John Curtice thinks the Tories are new Lib Dems – politicalbetting.com
Clearly nobody thought outside the box when undertaking the risk-assessment for the SMO. If somebody had told Putin a mass of the country's industrial base would being flattened, with his hydrocarbons sector ablaze north to south - somebody would have been out a window. It has always been the obvious way to beat Russia… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If you’ve been betting on Farage as next UKIP leader then look
Housing prices have very little to do with the supply and demand for housing. It is primarily a function of how fractional reserve banking works - commercial banks simply create money to provide as debt. There used to be brakes on this ability, primarily the fact that interest rates were (at some level) tied to money… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Going long. Why a 2019 election is a lot less likely than gamb
That is utter bollocks, and you know it. It is far too late to send UK forces to intervene now the Turkish invasion has started; in those terms, it is also too late for the US to do so, were Trump to change his mind on a whim. As you appear unwilling or unable to answer my question, I have done so for you:… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Steven Woolf, who was odds on favourite to replace Farage, qui
Just you're wrong, I attended an LSE event last year, for Corbyn to become PM, Tory MPs would have to either vote for it or abstain. From their briefing paper: What does the law say? For example, there’s been big speculation about what happens if a minority Labour or Conservative government gets defeated on their Queen’s… -
Re: The Peculiar UnPopularity of Politicians – politicalbetting.com
Well now. “This is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the House of Representatives that the office of the sergeant at arms for the House of Representatives has been served with a grand jury subpoena for documents issued by the U.S. Department of Justice”… -
Re: It’s not looking good for Suella Braverman – politicalbetting.com
Four days in, and: - waiting lists haven't come down - small boats are still crossing the Channel - not one new house has been built - not one new wind farm has emerged - interest rates still haven't been cut. Labour: all promises and no delivery.
