If we vote for Brexit what happens

CLAPTON

setmefree2 wrote: »

By the way there are plenty of under 40s who can afford to live in a house in London - they live in my own area where all the properties are houses with gardens (and we have good local schools).

The idea that all families living in London are living in flats is BS.

In fact there are single people living in my street - they have a whole house to themselves!!

which area is that then?

mwpt

CLAPTON wrote: »

which area is that then?

What about the Croydon area? Three bedroom houses for under £350k. A couple on a joint income of £70k should qualify (I think) for a £280k mortgage with £70k deposit (each saves £7k for five years). Monthly repayments of £1035 ish.

Then there is South East London. Eg:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-40381641.html

There are affordable areas around London, they're just not highly sought after. Hence, they're affordable. To a certain extent.

CLAPTON

mayonnaise wrote: »

Refugees and illegals don't tend to come over by Eurostar.
They (try to) come by clinging to trucks and vans going through Eurotunnel and the Ferry Operators, all of them private concerns.
The first thing they will do when setting foot on British soil is shout 'asylum'. Or are you suggesting we bail out of the UN and its refugee conventions also?
Your idea of returning them straight away is a Angry Little England Supremacist's fantasy and nothing more.

I'd stock up on some tents if I was Kent County Council as preparation for a brexit.

looks like we may have to close the tunnel : we didn't have it for 2000 years of recorded history anyway.

referring to 'little englanders' is deeply racist

Yolina

setmefree2 wrote: »

The idea that all families living in London are living in flats is BS.

I've never quite understood this obsession with 'houses not flats' in this country. Go anywhere on *whispers* the continent and families are perfectly happy to live in flats, and by flats I don't mean social housing

CLAPTON

Yolina wrote: »

I've never quite understood this obsession with 'houses not flats' in this country. Go anywhere on *whispers* the continent and families are perfectly happy to live in flats, and by flats I don't mean social housing

I (incorrectly) use the term house when I mean accommodation.
The issue is 'family sized' rather a room in a shared property whether house or flat.

and by the way, there are lots of houses that are in the social sector.

Thrugelmir

Yolina wrote: »

I've never quite understood this obsession with 'houses not flats' in this country. Go anywhere on *whispers* the continent and families are perfectly happy to live in flats, and by flats I don't mean social housing

Much of Europe was flattened in WW2. Flats replaced houses when Europe was rebuilt post war. Germany lost around 90% of it's housing stock.

kabayiri

setmefree2 wrote: »

http://www.standard.co.uk/business/anthony-hilton-immigration-the-power-behind-london-s-boom-a3193916.html

Yep. It's vital this issue is turned into a London thing. Not!

...despite the vast majority of people not living in London of course.

I really don't think that even the Remain team want to turn it into a "effect on London" issue. All you will then get is OUT campaigners in some of the places like Lincoln using it as an excuse that the powers that be don't understand or care.

Isn't this mirroring the anti-Westminster sentiment in the Scottish indy ref run up?

kabayiri

Yolina wrote: »

I've never quite understood this obsession with 'houses not flats' in this country. Go anywhere on *whispers* the continent and families are perfectly happy to live in flats, and by flats I don't mean social housing

Keen gardeners y'see, we English

Check out this educational video
https://youtu.be/EUyxCP5Rvco

Creating that cultivated traditional garden look isn't so easy when you're 6 floors up.

leveller2911

mayonnaise wrote: »

I'd stock up on some tents if I was Kent County Council as preparation for a brexit.

Do you seriously think they would stay in kent?.:rotfl:

You really didn't think that through Mayo....

Yolina

kabayiri wrote: »

Keen gardeners y'see, we English

Yes, I've noticed - the trend seems to be artificial turf, paving slabs and washing. Does washing grow well on the line?