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by al_yrpal
19 Mar 2024, 1:36pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
Replies: 41
Views: 964

Re: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?

All right, lets just call it a 1 million per annum increase in population. At 3 bodies to a dwelling it requires 300,000 additional homes. When we arent building anything like that number it increases scarcity and drives up costs and rents. The cost of rent increases seriously affects the poor and the possibility of owning a home for first time buyers diminishes.

That and eye watering energy costs are two of the main drivers of the feeling of gloom.

Al
by al_yrpal
19 Mar 2024, 11:10am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
Replies: 41
Views: 964

Re: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?

Careful Al, you’ll get yourself into trouble with such comments.
Yes Carlton, thats another aspect of British life that needs fixing - restoration of free speech. We have become a shadow of what we once were. Its no crime to point out the obvious, fudging it has what has got us into this situation where we have created an underclass partially by denial, political correctness and greed.

No one seems to have a realistic plan to fix the housing and energy crises which are at the heart of the widespread poverty?

Al
by al_yrpal
19 Mar 2024, 9:17am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
Replies: 41
Views: 964

Re: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?

Its untenable. As we all know net immigration is approaching 1 million, thats 1,000 Grenfell Towers per annum. Lots of demand and greed since the early 2000s has forced up housing costs, the banks have piled in distributing big mortgages like confetti and any real drop in housing values would severly burn them and collapse the economy. Thus the least well off are toasted by unaffordable housing costs and Putins energy premium.

Personally I cannot see any way out of these conundrums that lie at the heart of Britains problems.

Al
by al_yrpal
17 Mar 2024, 1:46pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?
Replies: 920
Views: 831641

Re: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?

EU 'support' for Egypt...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... re_btn_url

Basically to try and diminish the flow of refugees

Al
by al_yrpal
16 Mar 2024, 10:35am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: UK Politics
Replies: 936
Views: 72563

Re: UK Politics

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... armer.html

Right wing on the march in EU...whilst we turn left.

Al
by al_yrpal
14 Mar 2024, 6:36pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?
Replies: 920
Views: 831641

Re: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?

So, according to some Remainers the ordinary voter cant be represented by someone they vote for.

Doesnt really surprise me :lol: Anyway we are out of the EU something ordinary people voted for. The establishment and most of academia will have to get over it...

Al
by al_yrpal
14 Mar 2024, 12:53pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?
Replies: 920
Views: 831641

Re: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?

Totally undemocratic, unsurprising... its the opinion of Remainers. Membership changed from what we originally voted for by the Maastricht Treaty. That was undemocratic too. I wouldnt term it a virus just a lack of understanding of what is right and fair.

Al
by al_yrpal
14 Mar 2024, 10:32am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?
Replies: 920
Views: 831641

Re: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?

Unanswered...

How are EU commissioners chosen and put in charge?

Where is the EU HQ Brussels or Strasbourg?

How much were we paying the EU?

How much did the EU gravy train cost and what is it now Horizon is back?

Al
by al_yrpal
13 Mar 2024, 5:06pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 55
Views: 2919

Re: How does your garden grow?

Snap...
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Dog and Duck

Al :wink:
by al_yrpal
13 Mar 2024, 4:34pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?
Replies: 920
Views: 831641

Re: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?

How many UK staff were in Brussels?

How are EU commissioners chosen and put in charge?

Where is the EU HQ Brussels or Strasbourg?

How much were we paying the EU?

Al
by al_yrpal
13 Mar 2024, 4:09pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: BEVs
Replies: 2122
Views: 108266

Re: BEVs

Begs for a standardised test on BEVs selected at random from the production line and conducted in warm and cold environments. They do crash tests, why not range tests?

Al
by al_yrpal
13 Mar 2024, 10:55am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: BEVs
Replies: 2122
Views: 108266

Re: BEVs

Emissions scandal, and now this? Manufacturers need to be honest about their products, top marks for What Car for these revalations.

Al
by al_yrpal
13 Mar 2024, 9:26am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: BEVs
Replies: 2122
Views: 108266

Re: BEVs

Latest scandal from the Torygraph....

A test by What Car magazine has revealed that the official figures for the range of electric cars over-estimates their real-life range by around a third. Vehicles were driven around a test track in Bedfordshire until they ran out of juice.

The result? A Lexus UX 300e (official range 273 miles) managed just 170 miles before slowing to a halt – 37.9 per cent less than advertised. A Volkswagen ID7 Pro (official range 383 miles) managed 254 and a Volvo XC40 Recharge (official range 331 miles) managed 252. Moreover, these are all supposedly long-range vehicles which retail at over £50,000 new.

Echos of the emissions scandal...can you believe anything manufacturers claim?

Al
by al_yrpal
13 Mar 2024, 7:41am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Take These (Supply) Chains from My Heart
Replies: 806
Views: 43239

Re: Take These (Supply) Chains from My Heart

Why firms are bringing their manufacturing back home - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68500499

Not exactly on topic but interesting phenominum...

Al
by al_yrpal
12 Mar 2024, 3:03pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: UK energy
Replies: 953
Views: 163941

Re: UK energy