'Wings Over TalkHearts' Politics Thread

[Mr A]

Hammer the BTL landlords and something will pop up in its place. People are always brighter than Hector.

Build to rent is becoming the new thing now. Huge in England. Plenty units in Aberdeen and 2,500 new units planned in Edinburgh and Glasgow. They are essentially serviced apartments.

If you want to solve the issue with house prices you need to build more of them – it is simple. Hammering BTLs (who provide a good service for those that can't afford to buy) is tinkering around the edges and not much more. It sounds good from a policy point of view – and it allows people to jjyay at the prospect of them taking a hit but we need to build more houses. Lots, lots more.

Rent controls and going after BTL just hinders investment in this country.

We need a government who will actually sit down and figure out how to do this.

[PHOODLE-OUt]

We need a government who will actually sit down and figure out how to do this.

Mags has withdrawn his support for the Tories

[CritchSmile]

Corbyn has already planned out a mass housebuilding  project if he gain power.

No one needs to "sit down and have a think about it". Theresa May is in government and she should start this tomorrow. Every day that goes by is a day wasted.

The Conservatives are negligent. Again.

[PHOODLE-OUt]

Rent caps - hammering BTL Landlords

Those pesky people that cant afford to buy, trying to mess with their Landlord's extorted profit margins

[Mr A]

There has been no proper expansion of the housing stock, north or south of the border, for decades. All the tories fault tho (always someone else's fault amarite).

It isn't as simple as instructing builder to start building houses tomorrow. There are city plans, regional plans, green belts and all manner of other issues that have to be considered.

[Zizou]

There has been no proper expansion of the housing stock,  north or south of the border,  for decades. All the tories fault tho (always someone else's fault amarite).

It isn't as simple as instructing builder to start building houses tomorrow. There are city plans, regional plans, green belts and all manner of other issues that have to be considered.

If you want to solve the issue with house prices you need to build more of them – it is simple

[Mr A]

[Zizou]

You've just demonstrated how difficult it actually is.

Anyway, Germany seem to operate well under rent controls, seems to breed stability and financial security to renters (albeit under a different housing culture) What do people think about that?

https://www.ft.com/content/7e682660-1019...144feabdc0

I haven't formed a view either way. The general consensus among economists seems to be it is a bad idea. Seems to work in places though.

What is certain is the status quo can't carry on and successive governments have failed to solve the problem.

[Walter Sobchak]

Anyone see any of May's speech "in defence of the free market?"

All her points in defence of the free market are areas the Tories have been failing on in perpetuity; "…and an accountable government, progressively taxing the economic activity which the market generates…to fund high-quality public services which are freely available to all citizens, according to needs." is just a whopping great lie.

[PHOODLE-OUt]

Far-right Scots nationalist group placed on UK terror list

https://stv.tv/news/politics/1398738-sco...rror-list/

10 years in the pokey coming up for some of you lot

Mags, I'll set up a PM and we can start making a list for the authorities

[Mr A]

Anyone heard from Bateman?

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Folk losing their mind because Scottish Dawn are being referred to as Scottish and not British

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Anyone heard from Bateman?

[Peas N Gravy]

Terrorists

[PHOODLE-OUt]

Add Peas N Gravy to the list pls Mags

[Bill Cosby]

As bad as the IRA.

[Shuto Makino]

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages...5&LangID=E

Liberal hero

[Mr A]

Add Peas N Gravy to the list pls Mags

Added.

Terrifying how many of them are amongst us

[Big Physical Acey]

[Cheeky Gnando’s]

She is single handedly preventing VS from being the most publicly sustained breakdown of the year