So if cheap houses are so good for the economy....

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

.....why are ministers being urged to "abandon Northern cities" which have some of the cheapest land and house prices in the UK?

Surely the North of England should be booming by now?

And Detroit should be the boomiest city in America?

Just sayin....:D

Carl31

Obviously this is a wind up, Even you must understand why the north is struggling compared to the rest of the UK?

CLAPTON

Carl31 wrote: »

Obviously this is a wind up, Even you must understand why the north is struggling compared to the rest of the UK?

why is that?

michaels

Carl31 wrote: »

Obviously this is a wind up, Even you must understand why the north is struggling compared to the rest of the UK?

Is it because the amount of transfer from wealth creators in other parts of the country is being reduced?

ruggedtoast

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

.....why are ministers being urged to "abandon Northern cities" which have some of the cheapest land and house prices in the UK?

Surely the North of England should be booming by now?

And Detroit should be the boomiest city in America?

Just sayin....:D

If you have a regional economy based largely on unionised industries and mining, then elect some right-wing nutcase hell bent on destroying unionised industries and mining, then when you finally get rid of her put nothing in their place other than a few call centres, it can't come as much of a surprise when those regions fail to do well.

As I said in another post, those regions if they were allowed to actually compete on a level playing field could well be doing much better if they were unshackled from the dead hand of Westminster and it's London obsession, that has now turned most of the SE into a dormitory town.

Loughton_Monkey

ruggedtoast wrote: »

If you have a regional economy based largely on unionised industries and mining, then elect some right-wing nutcase hell bent on destroying unionised industries and mining, then when you finally get rid of her put nothing in their place other than a few call centres, it can't come as much of a surprise when those regions fail to do well.

If you have a regional economy based largely on unionised industries and mining, permanently on strike, hell bent on destroying these industries, then when you finally get rid of the unions, nothing will go in their place other than a few call centres, it can't come as much of a surprise when those regions fail to do well.

ging84

Our economy would be in so much better shape if we were mining loads of coal and exporting it to China, about the only place left with high demand for it, maybe they'd rather buy British coal at 5x+ the price they can mine their own

the_flying_pig

Well, er, you see

TruckerT

ging84 wrote: »

Our economy would be in so much better shape if we were mining loads of coal and exporting it to China, about the only place left with high demand for it, maybe they'd rather buy British coal at 5x+ the price they can mine their own

Given the current angst about UK energy prices, maybe we should re-open the mines, and try to dominate the world economy like we used to in the good old days.

TruckerT

Graham_Devon

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

If you have a regional economy based largely on unionised industries and mining, permanently on strike, hell bent on destroying these industries, then when you finally get rid of the unions, nothing will go in their place other than a few call centres, it can't come as much of a surprise when those regions fail to do well.

That's one of the most ridiculous, serious posts I've yet seen on these boards.

Those on strike were not hell bent on destroying the industries, but I would assume you would rather they worked purely to throw some crumbs to their children in place of a normal meal at tea time. Afterall, they couldn't afford much more, hence why going on strike.

Feel free to thank me with your "Complete Nonsense" username, which is rather amusing, but rather worrying that you are spending so much time doing this sort of stuff.

chucky

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

If you have a regional economy based largely on unionised industries and mining, permanently on strike, hell bent on destroying these industries, then when you finally get rid of the unions, nothing will go in their place other than a few call centres, it can't come as much of a surprise when those regions fail to do well.

Many people won't get this, it will fly over their heads and they will froth at the mouth while they type an angry illogical response.