No Fault Evictions

[Jacob]

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It's very obvious what needs to be done, we need to improve the infrastructure in this country including the housing stock. Give people the option of good quality social housing and bad landlords go out of business. The problem is it's expensive and you can't cut tax to buy elections at the same time. Would YOU vote for a party that said "income tax will go up it needs to". If not you are part of the problem.

Good housing designed and built with such things as solar and rainwater harvesting, built to be heated by heat pumps. Here's a radical idea from the "National Socialists" why don't we design a peoples house in the way they designed a peoples car.

We had Parker Morris standards but they were abandoned by Thatcher in 1980.
She is responsible for a great deal of what is wrong with Britain today.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...st-built-homes-europe-extreme-weather-upgrade

This mornings news says millionaires are abandoning Britain and taking their ill-gotten wealth with them! Good news - maybe their passports could be revoked to stop them coming back?
I don't expect it is true however - they are just putting it about because they think we shouldn't tax them more, and that they would be missed. Well they wouldn't!

 

[Ozi]

We had Parker Morris standards but they were abandoned by Thatcher in 1980.
She is responsible for a great deal of what is wrong with Britain today.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...st-built-homes-europe-extreme-weather-upgrade

This mornings news says millionaires are abandoning Britain and taking their ill-gotten wealth with them! Good news - maybe their passports could be revoked to stop them coming back?
I don't expect it is true however - they are just putting it about because they think we shouldn't tax them more, and that they would be missed. Well they wouldn't!

So sorry you wouldn't miss me Jacob

 

[Jacob]

..... The quality of rented properties, which seem to start off as acceptable, soon degrade into the usual damp-ridden, mouldy homes we hear so much about. The reason? Poor home-making skills from the tenants.

Yes everything is the fault of those at the bottom of the heap! I'm surprised you didn't mention single-mothers-on-benefits!

 

[Ozi]

Yes everything is the fault of those at the bottom of the heap! I'm surprised you didn't mention single-mothers-on-benefits!

So much more reasonable to blame those at the top of the heap.

 

[Lons]

.............was a "silly cow".

Yes she's been on the politics show this morning trying to excuse away her free clothing allowance and quickly skipping over the fact she bought her council house.

 

[AJB Temple]

It was interesting that Ms Rayner is adamant that she has broken no rules, but is unable to see that her behaviour makes her look greedy and grasping. My experience of genuine working class people (limited to Coventry by and large) is that most abhor freeloaders. Lammy defended Starmer's blatant freeloading by saying that he wanted to look nice for the election. Appallingly tone deaf. Obviously the Tories were just as bad in previous periods and it just creates an impression that MPs are narcissistic people. It is very unfortunate for Britain that we cannot find a way to recruit people of both honour and ability.

 

[Lons]

It was interesting that Ms Rayner is adamant that she has broken no rules, but is unable to see that her behaviour makes her look greedy and grasping. My experience of genuine working class people (limited to Coventry by and large) is that most abhor freeloaders. Lammy defended Starmer's blatant freeloading by saying that he wanted to look nice for the election. Appallingly tone deaf. Obviously the Tories were just as bad in previous periods and it just creates an impression that MPs are narcissistic people. It is very unfortunate for Britain that we cannot find a way to recruit people of both honour and ability.

+1
Also very sad that a multi millionaire with a very good salary on top of his investment income can't like normal people buy his own tickets to watch his favourite football team. He can afford his own, secure private box and I'm sure Arsenal would appreciate the income.

You can't say honour, integrity and ability in the same sentence as politician.

 

[John Brown]

We had Parker Morris standards but they were abandoned by Thatcher in 1980.
She is responsible for a great deal of what is wrong with Britain today.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...st-built-homes-europe-extreme-weather-upgrade

This mornings news says millionaires are abandoning Britain and taking their ill-gotten wealth with them! Good news - maybe their passports could be revoked to stop them coming back?
I don't expect it is true however - they are just putting it about because they think we shouldn't tax them more, and that they would be missed. Well they wouldn't!

Re. Millionaires leaving in droves, the numbers are largely made up. Tim Harford looked into it in "More or less".
I know, BBC left wing liars... Get your facts from social media or the Daily Mail.

 

[Ozi]

Not condoning this sort of behavior as it shows a lack of empathy with the ordinary people they are there to represent but as people become more wealthy it's hard not to loose touch with the value of items. I personally value a purchase by how long I have to work to buy it and how much I need it. I know my perception has changed greatly, I assume the perceived value of these gifts would be much lower to someone on their income.

I remember Michael Heseltine being challenged in the commons about multiple additional jobs. One was mentioned and his response was that's ridiculous I only spend a couple of afternoons a year on that and I'm hardly paid anything. I don't remember the exact figure but it was higher than my annual salary as an engineer at the time. Bit of an eye opener.

Doesn't compare with Rishi Sunaks misses and the tax avoidance. I'm sure we could have found one more prison cell if we'd looked hard enough.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Tax avoidance is perfectly legal. It's what people pay accountants a lot of money for.

 

[ey_tony]

On the contrary, ey_tony, we have both saved and started, or belonged to pensions schemes that have, on retirement, provided a pretty comfortable life. I don't feel penalised because some slackers get handdouts. I do, however, enjoy the ability to spend money I earned, without worrying about the future, on things like holidays, entertainment, trips around the UK and my workshop. Can't do that on benefits, can you?

I'm comfortable having made provision for my retirement so like you I have no issues but it still irks me that those feckless beings who squandered all of their earnings on drinking, smoking, gambling or whatever throughout their life are able to claim all the benefits to cover their living expenses plus a multitude of other claims they can make whereas I (and millions like me) have to fund those out of my own savings which I've set aside over the years.

It seems if you don't make provision for retirement then it's no big deal, the state will bail you out.