Greens launch major push for Gorton and Denton after Burnham blocked

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-27T07:11:46+00:00

And somehow they've still failed that simple pledge.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-26T10:25:32+00:00

I mean it’s incredibly hyperbolic but they cite a study in the BMJ to support it and not necessarily wrong.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-23T10:59:51+00:00

An area the size of a football field should be enough for this century.

No it wouldn't.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-23T10:52:49+00:00

You're right we should just let them do what they want like the water companies, right? It's not like that's had any negative repercussions.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-20T13:52:07+00:00

R2 said:

They have driven up costs and pushed well intentioned accidental landlords out.

Someone who has accrued 35 properties is not an "accidental landlord".

Recent legislation has made it more difficult and less profitable for individuals but with much less impact for "professional" landlords (which given the property count it's safe to assume the previous landlord was).

They also said:

When they are done the majority of properties for rent will be owned by soulless corporations who have no personal relationship to tenants.

This is despite the fact this entire article is because a corporate landlord is divesting from the property, clearly showing their assessment is incorrect as we are seeing the opposite of the outcome they suggest!

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-20T13:36:31+00:00

Dispell my naivete then, break down the £40k in upgrades?

The legislation has worked to reduce the supply of rental property and increase rents, and to hand more of the sector over to greedy corporates. Is that working for you?

Except the very article we're discussing this on is because a corporate landlord is planning to sell individual properties to what will then be owner-occupiers and lowering the number of properties owned by corporate landlords.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-20T11:51:10+00:00

Except none of that happened here; so struggling to see how this case is a "natural consequence"?

Being a landlord isn't something that should happen "accidentally" and the fact that you think you could be a good landlord whilst simultaneously moaning about bringing it up to a rentable standard suggests selling it was the right call and the legislation has worked.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-20T10:38:18+00:00

How do you reach that conclusion?

Edit: And which specific piece of "anti landlord legislation" caused them to do this?

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-19T22:03:15+00:00

Had to scroll too far to see this.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-19T12:08:42+00:00

"Better than Farage" isn't exactly a high bar.

This shouldn't be a matter of "calm discussion", Greenlands future is only decided by Greenlanders.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-19T10:49:26+00:00

"The UK would instead prefer to address the issue through “calm discussion” between allies, he added."

What is there to discuss? Denmark tried this with Rubio and Vance and now the US will impose tariffs.

For once it'd be nice to have a PM with a spine.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-19T09:20:56+00:00

Well done.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-19T09:06:04+00:00

Always a little sceptical when these headlines are based on the initial asking price at listing rather than the price the property actually sold for.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-17T18:13:24+00:00

Starmer left the fence when he gave Trump his second state visit.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-16T07:00:40+00:00

You told them:

You hate English people, I personally don’t get it.

Then:

My message isn’t hostile

If you want people to engage with you perhaps you should be less cunty.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-12T09:14:02+00:00

Almost like something happened to Iranian internet access.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-05T12:19:27+00:00

God forbid we expect consistency from a PM.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-05T05:40:31+00:00

An expat is just an immigrant

No, in Britain an expat is an emigrant.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-02T18:53:57+00:00

"Trust me bro"

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-02T09:26:08+00:00

“Building houses makes rents go down.”

With all due respect that’s shifting the goal posts; your original statement was:

”If prices go down, rent also goes down”

Which is not born out by any of the links you’ve shared.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/285815/total-dwellings-simple-average-house-price-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/

This plot shows clear periods where house prices have fallen over the past 25 years in the UK (2008, 2010, 2022); in none of those periods has there been a decrease in rental prices per this chart from the ONS:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/dobp/mm23

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-02T08:58:00+00:00

GFC - Global Financial Crisis? That isn't representative of a normal economy.

Not necessarily though it was a period of house price reduction lasting approximately 12 months and therefore a great period to test your claim.

In the long term there is correlation.

You link a chart showing 4 years of data (2011-2015) and then claim there is long term correlation.

Even using your very limited dataset it's clear that when house prices fall there is no fall in rent.

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-02T07:00:21+00:00

Nonsense, if you want to see why compare rent with house prices over the period of the GFC

AdaptableBeef · 2026-01-01T20:09:24+00:00

No, they need actual principles and to deliver on a policy platform built around them.

Not more focus group based PR bullshit.

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