So you’re saying there aren’t?
So you’re saying he didn’t?
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I would equally like to see your evidence of this (unless its on film)
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Lots of people suggest the Earth is flat too. And thats exactly my position on this. By all means make out there suggestions but back them up.
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Are you saying it isn’t?
Nice deflection.
Only in the mind of a few
Jesus Christ. That’s low, even for you.
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Desperate Dane.
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Welcome back Manuel
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Who do you think handed him the gerbil?
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You’re a very naughty boy
I would actually go further than Monbiot’s proposals and restrict the purchasing of property to UK passport holders only, individuals only, those over the age of 18 only and only one property per person.
Such common sense will never be actioned, though, as it would be to the financial detriment of the politicians and their chums.
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Make it illegal to turn a property into an HMO too
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relating this to australian property theres a few massive issues there that would need to be compromised (i.e if a development company cant by a large plot of land with a single existing dwelling, then who is building the housing stock) but im sure that could be overcome with common sense, the 18 year old and passport holders whilst problematic on a few smaller technicalities could be very positive in cooling demand, the limiting of one property per person is the most interesting one…ithe knock on effect of a bubble in the share market and commercial property could be dangerous, but if it was limited to say a three year period, it could just ease that demand enough, my guess is youd still have a raft of demand by the boomer generation funding deposits for younger relatives…
id love to read an indepth article on it (relating to the australian property market) …
interesting
I can see where you’re going with this but wouldnt ond property per person kill the rental market? I concede something needs to happen with that as well.
Yes to reform of property ownership but also land. Not farm land, the land hoarders, grouse moor toffs, and the like.
And fuck me would I love to tax the shit out of the Royal family for the rental stunts they pull under the Duchy. Charging the NHS rent ffs.
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Some sort of land value tax could cover that. I think it had been suggested as an alternative to council tax but whenever it was proposed, the parties wet themselves over the consequences.
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I remember reading an opinion piece a while ago suggesting that it was precisely the private rental market that has led to the affordability crisis. I can’t seem to find it now, I think it’s this one, but I’m not 100% sure:
Elon Musk wants to rename the English Channel
Elon Musk’s row with the UK has deepened this week, with Brits left fuming over a yet another controversial proposal from Donald Trump’s billionaire “First Buddy”.
Musk, 53, took to X in an early morning post on Sunday to suggest the country give a new name to “the water that separates England and France”. The “water” - otherwise known as the English Channel - he suggested, should be known by an American name, instead of the one it has held for longer than the US has existed.
The billionaire appeared to suggest the English Channel should become the “George Washington Channel” by sharing a picture of the passage labelling it as such. The suggestion, as have many of his previous trolling attempts, did not go down well with British X users, many of whom roasted the billionaire in his own comments section.
Gilt treading slowly downward, back to where it was a month ago and likely to continue. I would say Reeves has managed through that crisis at this point.
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Hasn’t he got better things to do? 
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