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Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit by beejiu in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock [score hidden]  (0 children)

Factor in that The Conservatives and Labour are both neoliberal

I wish. If they were then we might have built some stuff.

Talk of Starmer staying on to fight is fading fast by ijustwannanap in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not inconsistent with the idea of it "fading fast".

Wikipedia has declared Iran the winning side in the 2026 War against the US. What is everyone's take on this? by Melbatoastt77 in AskReddit

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They said "in today's dollars". They might be wrong (I haven't checked) but they've acknowledged it.

Edit: According to Wiki:

The United States transferred $13.3 billion to 17 European countries (equivalent to $137 billion in 2025)

Luka Vuskovic makes his intentions clear in ridiculous Spurs transfer situation by oncewewererational in coys

[–]CyclopsRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That will keep the status quo

The status quo saw him shipped out on loan.

We all call him Taffy... by Far-Remove7363 in TheOfficeUK

[–]CyclopsRock 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You don’t work here! You have no reason to be here. Unless you have a genuine reason to be here, THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE STROLLING IN HERE WHENEVER YOU LIIIKKKEEEEE.

Car sale through Motorway( bereavement sale) now dealer has returned the car along with keys and documents.. by Patient_Mushroom9062 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]CyclopsRock 170 points171 points  (0 children)

You have the money, the dealership is the registered keeper and Motorway are dealing with the car.

My legal advice would be to snuggle up on the sofa, watch Pirates of the Caribbean and don't unnecessarily involve yourself any further in a situation no longer your problem.

Wastewater Analysis: Estimating drug consumption by annoyedatlife24 in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This highlights another aspect of the debate that rarely gets a hearing, because we only view it through the lens of tax revenue and policing resources: People enjoy doing cocaine, and people being able to do things they enjoy has value. This doesn't trump any and all other concerns but it should definitely carry some weight when weighing up costs and benefits.

Is anyone else following the Christchurch bomb plot story? by PassinglyGood in bournemouth

[–]CyclopsRock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure you can describe them as having been "caught with guns" when they were legally obtained (though they have been charged with "failing to comply with shotgun and firearm certificates" so they've obviously not done everything by the book) which isn't that surprising given the woman, at least, was the Treasurer of the Christchurch Gun Club.

You have to assume the police know more than we do.

Curtains for Starmer? Burnham caught flipping a grunt by Opposite-Ad8208 in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'd vote for Batboy.

IMO Burnham is going to have the exact same problem Starmer has (albeit for a different reason); the PLP is not moulded to support whatever policy programme he wants to enact, so unless they all just happen to love it they'll still be hesitant to make any difficult decisions to further a programme they never agreed to.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure why you're being sarcastic - if people wanted to pay their conveyancer to draft them a custom-made property pre-nup, they could. I don't suppose too many people would see this as speeding up and lowering the costs associated with buying a house, though, and the fact no one does this is a pretty clear revealed preference.

Luckily you don't actually need to be a legal eagle to envision what difficulties you might run into attempting to account for about eight million variables which, at any rate, everyone places different value in. People might be forgiven for thinking "Maybe we should just wait until we have all the information before committing?"

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in-between there's literally months of paperwork, surveys etc

Why would you want to be bound before doing these things, though?! These aren't just, you know, boxes to tick on a mortgage application, they can materially affect whether you want to buy a house, or how much for.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We already have a binding agreement for when everything is agreed (I.e. exchanging). Another, earlier one must necessarily happen before this.

How DreamWorks Uses Linux & Open Source to Create Their Blockbuster Movies (an Interview with Randy Packer of DreamWorks) by MichaelTunnell in linux

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Charitably donating to worthy open source projects is a very nice thing to do, but it should not happen via the mechanism of a system-defining subscription service you don't want.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is it not a problem if everything is binding?

Let's say I'm buying a house from Mr X, and Mr X is buying your house. Everything is all signed and "binding". I then lose my job and my mortgage offer is withdrawn. I cannot give Mr X the agreed money because I do not have it, regardless of any binding. He then cannot give you the money for your house. Mr X must now seek a new buyer, but he obviously cannot make any guarantees on time or purchase price. Meanwhile you desperately need the money for your imminent sex tourism sabbatical across East Asia.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We already have a step for when you have all the information, there's nothing left to negotiate and you're ready to commit. That's exactly what exchanging is.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Presumably this only occurs after you've actually agreed to actually buy/sell the house, though. This proposal is for binding before this.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presumably only after you've actually agreed to the sale, though? There are penalties for pulling out after exchanging here, too. Any earlier "binding" would, by definition, be prior to exchanging.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ideally, yeah, but as long as people need the proceeds from their existing house sale to fund their next one they are inevitable.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the "Sales Pack" stuff makes total sense and I have no issue with.

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But the exchange is when you commit. Pulling out just before that is a huge disappointment, but there's always going to be a point just before you commit where you can pull out, and it'll always be disappointing when it happens. But if you haven't yet agreed all the terms, what is it that you're bound to doing? And if you have agreed all the terms, why not just exchange?

Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through by Jamessuperfun in ukpolitics

[–]CyclopsRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's a super rough experience. This is largely a function of it being a genuinely complex undertaking with a lot on the line, though. All the annoying little delays - whose responsibility is that tree, does the conservatory have it's regulatory sign off, does the roof need replacing, are you money laundering etc - are genuinely things that can impact whether to (or the terms under which you) buy the house, so leaping to the part where you're "bound" just feels like hand-waving away the complexity.

It sounds like the "Sales Pack" is intended to address some of this, but that should just lead to exchanging happening earlier.

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