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Post by Gawa on Oct 10, 2023 23:25:00 GMT
You seem like you would have alot in common..... If he's gorgeous, sexy, intelligent and on the right side of history then ye defo. 🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Oct 11, 2023 8:11:55 GMT
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 11, 2023 8:19:43 GMT
I hope they uncover every last bit of corruption. However we all kind of know it will see little success. A couple of show piece convictions worth a few million quid and then it'll be brushed under the carpet. Its stuff like this that momentarily makes me think Trump had a point about the corruption amongst the political elite. If he wasn't compromised himself his message might have hit home harder. But he's right on that one point, we are governed by corrupt fuckers. Only the blind can't see that. |
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Post by aureliuspotter on Oct 11, 2023 14:23:04 GMT
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Oct 11, 2023 20:16:35 GMT
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 11, 2023 20:30:44 GMT
Absolutely crackers. We're circling the drain at this point heading for the vortex 😔 |
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Post by Gods on Oct 11, 2023 22:15:04 GMT
When Labour say they will 'build another 1.5 million homes' what does that mean?
So far as I know governments haven't built any houses for decades.
Do they mean in effect that planning regulations will get changed, for example building on green belt land, such that private companies might be incented to build 1.5 million houses regardless of local objections?
The last thing we need where I live is more fucking people, the local infrastructure is creaking as it is!
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Post by Paul Spencer on Oct 11, 2023 22:28:22 GMT
When Labour say they will 'build another 1.5 million homes' what does that mean? The last thing we need where I live is more fucking people, the local infrastructure is creaking as it is! It means they're going to start a war on nimbyism mate! 🤫 |
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Post by Gods on Oct 11, 2023 22:35:23 GMT
When Labour say they will 'build another 1.5 million homes' what does that mean? The last thing we need where I live is more fucking people, the local infrastructure is creaking as it is! It means they're going to start a war on nimbyism mate! 🤫 Indeed, so it seems, I'm nothing if not a nimby :-) |
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Post by Gawa on Oct 11, 2023 22:48:37 GMT
I think they should build more appartments to be honest. If you go to major European cities they're filled with high rise apartments and the city centres are generally alot busier too due to the denser population.
All we ever hear about is our dying towns and city centres and how high streets are dead, restaurants closing and pubs shutting down. But most uk cities only really have high end apartments, student accommodation or terraced houses on the outskirts. London being an obvious exception of course.
Maybe if we invested more in affordable accommodation in city centres then we'd solve housing issues, we'd add more life and money into high streets etc. And we wouldn't have to worry as much about infrastructure as those areas are already built up. Obviously would need to provision for the increased population in terms of health services, schools etc..
Rather than hotels, car parks, high end unaffordable apartments, Airbnb rentals. Just get lots of affordable housing for working people who want to live there and raise families and build communities. And through the people will come more footfall, more money into the area and more jobs.
Not sure if a bad idea. Downsides would be potentially increased crime, stress on health services if investment not made. Maybe there wouldn't be able to support the extra traffic which people living there would add to.
But then if you look at London, alot of people there don't own cars. So maybe the housing could be made affordable with the clause of there not being a parking space. And I don't know Maybe throw in a few electric car and electric scooter rentals available across the apartments. So if you do need a car you can rent it per the mile sort of thing. For those who did want a car they could probably find some sort of annual car parking pass.
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Post by rowbeartoe on Oct 12, 2023 4:57:51 GMT
How do you tell a rape victim that even though he's been convicted in court you'll see them walking down the street tomorrow as we're full up
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Post by iancransonsknees on Oct 12, 2023 6:11:36 GMT
How do you tell a rape victim that even though he's been convicted in court you'll see them walking down the street tomorrow as we're full up Chemical castration? |
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Oct 12, 2023 6:16:13 GMT
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Post by satoshi on Oct 12, 2023 6:34:47 GMT
There’s a convicted high risk sex offender currently living rough in the milton area. The local facebook groups are keeping an eye on him and warning each other.
The police were contacted multiple times and weren’t interested, but now he’s breached his probation order they’re out to arrest him apparently.
He’ll then be released in some other unsuspecting neighbourhood to do the same.
What the fuck is this country.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 12, 2023 7:05:56 GMT
There’s a convicted high risk sex offender currently living rough in the milton area. The local facebook groups are keeping an eye on him and warning each other. The police were contacted multiple times and weren’t interested, but now he’s breached his probation order they’re out to arrest him apparently. He’ll then be released in some other unsuspecting neighbourhood to do the same. What the fuck is this country. Its a scary thought living in an urban area where your kids are wandering about to and from the park etc. You don't want to scare them but you need to make them aware that these horrible people exist. Need to build more prisons but I'd imagine the nimbys would make that hard work. The hs2 savings should leave a few quid lying about for a couple of big prisons surely. |
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Post by aureliuspotter on Oct 12, 2023 7:20:26 GMT
There’s a convicted high risk sex offender currently living rough in the milton area. The local facebook groups are keeping an eye on him and warning each other. The police were contacted multiple times and weren’t interested, but now he’s breached his probation order they’re out to arrest him apparently. He’ll then be released in some other unsuspecting neighbourhood to do the same. What the fuck is this country. Another rapist not being deported 🙄 |
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Post by Veritas on Oct 12, 2023 8:41:35 GMT
There’s a convicted high risk sex offender currently living rough in the milton area. The local facebook groups are keeping an eye on him and warning each other. The police were contacted multiple times and weren’t interested, but now he’s breached his probation order they’re out to arrest him apparently. He’ll then be released in some other unsuspecting neighbourhood to do the same. What the fuck is this country. Its a scary thought living in an urban area where your kids are wandering about to and from the park etc. You don't want to scare them but you need to make them aware that these horrible people exist. Need to build more prisons but I'd imagine the nimbys would make that hard work. The hs2 savings should leave a few quid lying about for a couple of big prisons surely. Or we could stop putting so many people in prison who don't need to be there so there is space for those who should be. |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 12, 2023 8:46:13 GMT
Its a scary thought living in an urban area where your kids are wandering about to and from the park etc. You don't want to scare them but you need to make them aware that these horrible people exist. Need to build more prisons but I'd imagine the nimbys would make that hard work. The hs2 savings should leave a few quid lying about for a couple of big prisons surely. Or we could stop putting so many people in prison who don't need to be there so there is space for those who should be. I fully agree. However I still think more prisons are needed. There are some absolute scum buckets running free in this country that need locking up but our police force and justice system is broken. They also need updating so they can actually serve the purpose of rehabilitation. The punishment is loss of freedom. The time inside should be about reforming them. Well that's what should happen in a civilised society in my opinion. |
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Post by mrcoke on Oct 12, 2023 9:31:09 GMT
I think they should build more appartments to be honest. If you go to major European cities they're filled with high rise apartments and the city centres are generally alot busier too due to the denser population. All we ever hear about is our dying towns and city centres and how high streets are dead, restaurants closing and pubs shutting down. But most uk cities only really have high end apartments, student accommodation or terraced houses on the outskirts. London being an obvious exception of course. Maybe if we invested more in affordable accommodation in city centres then we'd solve housing issues, we'd add more life and money into high streets etc. And we wouldn't have to worry as much about infrastructure as those areas are already built up. Obviously would need to provision for the increased population in terms of health services, schools etc.. Rather than hotels, car parks, high end unaffordable apartments, Airbnb rentals. Just get lots of affordable housing for working people who want to live there and raise families and build communities. And through the people will come more footfall, more money into the area and more jobs. Not sure if a bad idea. Downsides would be potentially increased crime, stress on health services if investment not made. Maybe there wouldn't be able to support the extra traffic which people living there would add to. But then if you look at London, alot of people there don't own cars. So maybe the housing could be made affordable with the clause of there not being a parking space. And I don't know Maybe throw in a few electric car and electric scooter rentals available across the apartments. So if you do need a car you can rent it per the mile sort of thing. For those who did want a car they could probably find some sort of annual car parking pass. The build to rent market is booming: www.savills.co.uk/research_articles/229130/349509-0#:~:text=UK%20Build%20to%20Rent%20Investment,-The%20second%20quarter&text=Investment%20picked%20up%20with%20a,and%20continue%20to%20attract%20investment. This is more for housing than apartments because that is what the UK market wants generally; UK citizens prefer houses to flats. www.buyassociationgroup.com/en-gb/2023/07/27/build-to-rent-2023/nolettinggo.co.uk/blog/what-is-driving-the-rental-market-boom/Aside from what the customer wants to buy, it also has to be appreciated that there is only so much construction capacity in the UK. London has approved another skyscraper, the third highest in the City, and there are more on the way: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/55-bishopsgate-skyscraper-city-of-london-approved-b1095956.htmlThere are only so many builders, so Labour can promise what they want (Starmer: " So today we launch a new plan to get Britain building again.") but the resources have to be provided, which would likely mean a lot more immigration, because young British people don't want to be construction workers. It isn't just a question of speeding up the planning process, you need people and materials. The industry is at full capacity: tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/housing-starts#:~:text=Housing%20Starts%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%20is%20expected%20to%20be,macro%20models%20and%20analysts%20expectations. One area of apartment construction that is growing is student accommodation. Builders of these are making record profits as demand booms: propertyindustryeye.com/record-student-levels-add-to-massive-over-demand-in-the-letting-market/In 2022 the UK issued nearly 500,000 study visa grants for international students, an 81% increase when compared to pre-pandemic figures. Indian nationals enrolled into UK universities saw a 307% surge (105,278) compared to pre-COVID 2019 figures (34,261). www.ibisworld.com/united-kingdom/market-research-reports/student-accommodation-industry/ |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 12, 2023 9:41:56 GMT
I think they should build more appartments to be honest. If you go to major European cities they're filled with high rise apartments and the city centres are generally alot busier too due to the denser population. All we ever hear about is our dying towns and city centres and how high streets are dead, restaurants closing and pubs shutting down. But most uk cities only really have high end apartments, student accommodation or terraced houses on the outskirts. London being an obvious exception of course. Maybe if we invested more in affordable accommodation in city centres then we'd solve housing issues, we'd add more life and money into high streets etc. And we wouldn't have to worry as much about infrastructure as those areas are already built up. Obviously would need to provision for the increased population in terms of health services, schools etc.. Rather than hotels, car parks, high end unaffordable apartments, Airbnb rentals. Just get lots of affordable housing for working people who want to live there and raise families and build communities. And through the people will come more footfall, more money into the area and more jobs. Not sure if a bad idea. Downsides would be potentially increased crime, stress on health services if investment not made. Maybe there wouldn't be able to support the extra traffic which people living there would add to. But then if you look at London, alot of people there don't own cars. So maybe the housing could be made affordable with the clause of there not being a parking space. And I don't know Maybe throw in a few electric car and electric scooter rentals available across the apartments. So if you do need a car you can rent it per the mile sort of thing. For those who did want a car they could probably find some sort of annual car parking pass. You're definitely onto something. And its kind of the way Manchester has been going. However the problem in Manchester is the roads can't cope and people still want their cars in many cases which I fully understand. But families living in city centres is still not a UK thing as they don't tend to have things like schools and facilities for young families. But with decent planning that could to an extent be resolved. But good point about reviving city and town centres. Hard to argue against that really. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 10:22:40 GMT
I think they should build more appartments to be honest. If you go to major European cities they're filled with high rise apartments and the city centres are generally alot busier too due to the denser population. All we ever hear about is our dying towns and city centres and how high streets are dead, restaurants closing and pubs shutting down. But most uk cities only really have high end apartments, student accommodation or terraced houses on the outskirts. London being an obvious exception of course. Maybe if we invested more in affordable accommodation in city centres then we'd solve housing issues, we'd add more life and money into high streets etc. And we wouldn't have to worry as much about infrastructure as those areas are already built up. Obviously would need to provision for the increased population in terms of health services, schools etc.. Rather than hotels, car parks, high end unaffordable apartments, Airbnb rentals. Just get lots of affordable housing for working people who want to live there and raise families and build communities. And through the people will come more footfall, more money into the area and more jobs. Not sure if a bad idea. Downsides would be potentially increased crime, stress on health services if investment not made. Maybe there wouldn't be able to support the extra traffic which people living there would add to. But then if you look at London, alot of people there don't own cars. So maybe the housing could be made affordable with the clause of there not being a parking space. And I don't know Maybe throw in a few electric car and electric scooter rentals available across the apartments. So if you do need a car you can rent it per the mile sort of thing. For those who did want a car they could probably find some sort of annual car parking pass. You're definitely onto something. And its kind of the way Manchester has been going. However the problem in Manchester is the roads can't cope and people still want their cars in many cases which I fully understand. But families living in city centres is still not a UK thing as they don't tend to have things like schools and facilities for young families. But with decent planning that could to an extent be resolved. But good point about reviving city and town centres. Hard to argue against that really. It would surely have to be more than decent planning though. More like impeccable planning. We always have a tendency to build out rather than up. Apartments need a far bigger foundation, so you’d have to tear out a community to build one. I can see them moving into more green space along railroad lines. Creating commuter towns that have their own schools etc and a basic convenience store. It’s what they’ve done in Exeter to help it grow (they did also add 1-2 apartment buildings but half of those are full with students anyways). |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 12, 2023 10:44:02 GMT
You're definitely onto something. And its kind of the way Manchester has been going. However the problem in Manchester is the roads can't cope and people still want their cars in many cases which I fully understand. But families living in city centres is still not a UK thing as they don't tend to have things like schools and facilities for young families. But with decent planning that could to an extent be resolved. But good point about reviving city and town centres. Hard to argue against that really. It would surely have to be more than decent planning though. More like impeccable planning. We always have a tendency to build out rather than up. Apartments need a far bigger foundation, so you’d have to tear out a community to build one. I can see them moving into more green space along railroad lines. Creating commuter towns that have their own schools etc and a basic convenience store. It’s what they’ve done in Exeter to help it grow (they did also add 1-2 apartment buildings but half of those are full with students anyways). Aye don't hold your breath for the planning system to get better. Its what I've been involved in for the last 30 years. And its got progressively worse despite both parties always saying we're going to sort this planning system out. No they're not. Its the biggest political football ever. And an apathetic public who secretly hate any form of development going. We like our shitty system as it suits the nimby that lurks inside us all. |
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Oct 12, 2023 11:20:01 GMT
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Post by knype on Oct 12, 2023 11:22:14 GMT
Who'd have thought after cancelling everything but covid for years and then strikes by the unions would cause a waiting list ? |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 12, 2023 11:40:32 GMT
Who'd have thought after cancelling everything but covid for years and then strikes by the unions would cause a waiting list ? That's a fair enough point actually. This govt is still shit though 😆 |
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Post by aureliuspotter on Oct 12, 2023 11:44:28 GMT
Who'd have thought after cancelling everything but covid for years and then strikes by the unions would cause a waiting list ? That's a fair enough point actually. This govt is still shit though 😆 Very good point by Knype. Agree that the government is shit, as will the next government which will be Labour, then the one after that which will be Tory again. |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 12, 2023 11:48:55 GMT
That's a fair enough point actually. This govt is still shit though 😆 Very good point by Knype. Agree that the government is shit, as will the next government which will be Labour, then the one after that which will be Tory again. Sadly you're probably right. I think this proportional representation might need looking into. It might encourage a bit more cross party working that'll cut between all this division and entrenchment of ideas. Could flush out some of the echo chambers that if we're honest we all slip into now and again. Maybe? |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Oct 12, 2023 12:15:12 GMT
I so hope Labour properly go after these bastards! |
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Oct 12, 2023 12:16:43 GMT
Who'd have thought after cancelling everything but covid for years and then strikes by the unions would cause a waiting list ? Is there any beginning to your intelligence mate? |
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Oct 12, 2023 12:17:23 GMT
I so hope Labour properly go after these bastards! As do I, jail would be good if they weren't already full  |
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