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
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- 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
- 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?
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.Careful Al, you’ll get yourself into trouble with such comments.
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
- 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
Personally I cannot see any way out of these conundrums that lie at the heart of Britains problems.
Al
- 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
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... re_btn_url
Basically to try and diminish the flow of refugees
Al
- 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
Right wing on the march in EU...whilst we turn left.
Al
- 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 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
Doesnt really surprise me 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
- 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
Al
- 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
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
- 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...
Dog and Duck
Al
Dog and Duck
Al
- 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
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
- 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
Al
- 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
Al
- 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
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
- 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
Not exactly on topic but interesting phenominum...
Al
- 12 Mar 2024, 3:03pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: UK energy
- Replies: 953
- Views: 163941