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Housing Minister answering questions now
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Will the young actually work? Or will they just give up and get the older generations to pay for their lifestyle?
I'm beginning to think the best long term solution for me is to become a chav. The lifestyle is better.0 -
How do you know im even a member?
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:look how many replies it got compared to your feeble attempt
Yep.
Page after page of crashaholics moaning because they've realised the Tories have absolutely no interest in allowing a housing market crash to happen.
Such a turnaround from just a year ago.... :rotfl:“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
Yep.
Page after page of crashaholics moaning because they've realised the Tories have absolutely no interest in allowing a housing market crash to happen.
Such a turnaround from just a year ago.... :rotfl:
In your blinkered view thats what you are reading.
Tell me....why do you still read that site when they banned you? Does it hurt you that much? Even after all this time? :rotfl:
Maybe you and sibley should start up a support group. You can let it all out then.
HPC must be !!!!ing themselves laughing at the fact that you just cant keep away from their site0 -
IveSeenTheLight wrote: »Does his statement indicate he wants falls?
Remember average earnings are positive
No it doesn't. But then, I never said it did, did I. Unlike hamish who said he wanted rises.0 -
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
IveSeenTheLight wrote: »Where are they going to emigrate to?
How much is that going to cost them?
What are their job prospects in those countries?
What are their emigration conditions?
It's nice to think the grass is greener on the other side, but it's not always so.
In the last few years or so I have seen seven well educated professional people (all friends) emigrate from the UK, to go abroad, and two more are going next year.
They are all doing similar jobs but with a higher standard of living.
Every single one of them left due to housing costs and concern over how they would afford having a child in Britain. None of them would have gone if they could have afforded a modest house here.
This is happening all over the country.
I fail to see how losing educated economically productive young people to other countries so that some pensioner here can get 20 times what they paid for their house, to go and live in a nursing home being cared for by someone on minimum wage who is half supported on benefits is of use to anyone.0 -
ruggedtoast wrote: »In the last few years or so I have seen seven well educated professional people (all friends) emigrate from the UK, to go abroad, and two more are going next year.
They are all doing similar jobs but with a higher standard of living.
Every single one of them left due to housing costs and concern over how they would afford having a child in Britain. None of them would have gone if they could have afforded a modest house here.
This is happening all over the country.
.
Except of course, it isn't.
This bear meme has been comprehensively demolished.
Not only are less people emigrating now than before the recession, but more people are returning to the UK from overseas, where they have discovered that the grass is most certainly not greener.
Lets look at some likely destinations....
Australia. Great economy, good weather, and the most expensive housing costs relative to income in the world.
Hong Kong and Singapore. Extortionate housing costs.
Middle East..... Tax free income and most expat contracts pay for housing, you can therefore return with a nice deposit or even a house buying fund if you're there long enough. But thats always been the case. And it ain't exactly the safest of destinations at the moment.
Canada. Expensive housing unless you live in the middle of nowhere. And you can buy cheap houses in the middle of nowhere here too.
USA. 20% unemployment rate, crippling medical costs, very difficult to get a work visa for..... And it's full of Americans. Enough said.
Mainland Europe. Unless you're a banker or politician, you'll need to be fluent in another language. That rules out 99% of Brits.
If you want to leave, then leave..... Most end up returning, but good luck to you.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Except of course, it isn't.
This bear meme has been comprehensively demolished.
Not only are less people emigrating now than before the recession, but more people are returning to the UK from overseas, where they have discovered that the grass is most certainly not greener.
Lets look at some likely destinations....
Australia. Great economy, good weather, and the most expensive housing costs relative to income in the world.
Hong Kong and Singapore. Extortionate housing costs.
Middle East..... Tax free income and most expat contracts pay for housing, you can therefore return with a nice deposit or even a house buying fund if you're there long enough. But thats always been the case. And it ain't exactly the safest of destinations at the moment.
Canada. Expensive housing unless you live in the middle of nowhere. And you can buy cheap houses in the middle of nowhere here too.
USA. 20% unemployment rate, crippling medical costs, very difficult to get a work visa for..... And it's full of Americans. Enough said.
Mainland Europe. Unless you're a banker or politician, you'll need to be fluent in another language. That rules out 99% of Brits.
If you want to leave, then leave..... Most end up returning, but good luck to you.
Sod off Hamish.0
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