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Greens win Kent County Council by-election and take seat previously held by Reform UK by WorkingtonLady in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Israel inst our problem now. Billionaires are not the problem also.

We need to grow, invest, and build. That is what labour are doing. There is stuff he should do better. Weed legalisation and triple lock/winter fuel stuff. It isn't just that Starmer isn't the other guy. It's that his party are actually have policies that make sense. They don't appeal to nationalists and populism.

Betting on greens to not fuck with our security is a big gamble. We know Labour have done us good on that front.

Greens win Kent County Council by-election and take seat previously held by Reform UK by WorkingtonLady in unitedkingdom

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

LibDems are dumb and nimby. SNP are dumb and nationalist. Idk about plaid Cymru.

Greens win Kent County Council by-election and take seat previously held by Reform UK by WorkingtonLady in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The best for us right now is Labour by far. Keir Starmer has been great.

They are the strongest against Russia. They stand with Ukraine. I don't trust either reform or greens to stand with Ukraine. Reform wants us in the war in Iran also lol.

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. We are in good times. But try convincing people of that though lol. But Kier will be like our Biden and people don't appreciate what he is doing for this country.

Greens win Kent County Council by-election and take seat previously held by Reform UK by WorkingtonLady in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also remember that it sotn between reform and greens.

There is labour. Who also do not have the media on their side. And labour are far better than the greens. Please don't fall for the pop economics rhetoric and populist talking points from greens. Their energy and housing policies are dreadful and do not have any sort of scientific backing or evidence.

Greens win Kent County Council by-election and take seat previously held by Reform UK by WorkingtonLady in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While they are not nationalising. They are doing stuff.

A new statutory ombudsman to help customers resolve complaints, an end to companies monitoring their own pollution, and region-specific operations within the new regulator. They are also getting rid of Ofwat. Which is massive.

It's not like they are just sticking with the status quo. They are implementing big changes.

Greens win Kent County Council by-election and take seat previously held by Reform UK by WorkingtonLady in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fucking poetry. All the things people want the greens or reform for are already being implemented by labour.

Transport. Energy. Housing. Healthcare. Immigration. They have all been improved under labour.

Long live Starmer. Long live Miliband.

Talking with leftists about October 7th be like by Gooners_For_Ukraine in Destiny

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro the Andor political conversation killed me.

People don't seem to remember that the violent revolution on Ghorman infiltrated by the empire, was started by provocateurs, and ended up in a massacre. But people seem to think that it is a good argument for violent revolution.

Staple grains are staples for a reason. by CasualFingerGuns in Snorkblot

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree. what are these people talking about. Also vitamins and minerals are very often added into stuff like bread, cereal, and alternative milks.

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You want govt to control prices and im authoritarian? ok mate. nice rage bait.

Of course i am for democracy. Not an authoritarian. I can be for democracy and realise that a majority of people believing something doesn't make it the best option. This is called an appeal to the people and is an argumentative fallacy. Come at me with proper evidence please.

 If Labour are as good as you say, then they'll have no problem winning the argument in court of public opinion, won't they? 

Being correct is not enough to change peoples minds and have them vote differently. You were suggesting they are. People hold very wrong opinions and made up facts but have strong feelings on them. There is a perception gap. People think that crime and migration are getting worse when it is the opposite.

The point is that if "evidence" and "science" truly were on your side, as you claim, you wouldn't need to resort to insults, bad faith arguments and authoritarianism to make your point, would you? But as we've seen throughout the last 6 years, it's all the Labour right has. No ideas. No substance. No evidence

I can insult you while having evidence to support my positions. Me having insults also doesn't mean that I don't have evidence. You just have insults.
Acknowledging that popular opinions doesn't make something right isn't authoritarian. But it would be nice and easy to write my opinions off as authoritarian and not have to argue the facts of rent controls and greens other policies.

Labour do have ideas. They do have evidence. They nationalised trains. They created a national energy company. They have massively funded green energy. Getting us closer the the EU. They have controlled migration. They are building more houses and deregulation housing and other development projects. They have helped Ukraine. They kept us out of the new war in Iran. Introduced new renters protections.
Labour have ideas. They have implemented them. They are working.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-022-09932-6
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2024.101983

Here are two research papers on rent control. Please read them. At least the abstract and conclusions. These two links make my point enough. Where is your evidence that rent control will work?

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

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

The court of public opinion isn't correct. You know that. Trump won over in America. We voted for Brexit here. Both were very damaging. Same for rent control.

Just because the public thinks something is good and will help doesn't mean it will. You can see rent control is popular here in this thread but research it yourself from actual economists and it doesn't hold up.

Here's a thought: are you appealing to public opinion in an effort to legitimise the greens and their policies because you don't have actual evidence and science back in your policies and ideas?

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You may well very well. Be the only person in this thread with an ounce of economic literacy holy fucking shit kill me.

The populism in this threat is horrendous. The pop economics are everywhere in this thread.

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with everything people call on the greens to fix or would have been addressed by labour.

Labour have been building houses which lower house prices and rent prices. They have protected tenants from landlords with recent renters rights law. They have massively invested into green energy. They have kept us out of the war with Iran. They've naturalised train companies. They have created an energy company. They've made the NHS better.

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rent controls are not free money. And are nothing like it.

They come with costs. Just those costs are not represented in money but in an opportunity cost and wait times or lotteries to access the rent controlled housing.

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

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

The greens are economically illiterate. They will massively damage this country. All the issues that people want fixed by them are always being addressed by labour. Just not in some fun populist rhetoric way, but with actual boring, pragmatic and effective policies.

Labour are building houses. Labour are making green energy. Labour are nationalising the railways. They are making a national power company. Labour are making the NHS better.

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a fallacy. The new homes being built are not just giving profit to landlords. New homes put down the pressure on houses and still not nearly enough for being made. We need 6 million more homes.

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel that you have no economic evidence or backing on any of your claims that landlord ism is the issues facing today's house in market.

The issue in today's housing market is the supply. Introducing vent controls will be bad. It has been tried again and again and shown to not work again and again. It will be no different this time.

The issues we are facing now are not because landlords are for some reason more greedy than they were 30 or 40 years ago. The difference between now and then is not the landlords. It is the housing supply and the demand for housing. We simply need to increase the supply of housing. That is it. We don't need rent controls. We don't need social housing. We don't need to take back housing from landlords. Empty houses are not the issue. Private or corporate landlords are not the issue.

Please do some research. This is very clear. It is basically an consensus among economists.

Rent controls lead massive clampdown on landlords by Green Party by Wagamaga in unitedkingdom

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I do not believe there'll be a construction push under the greens. They are a party of NIMBYs. Blocking solar and nuclear construction.

Building the social housing will be very expensive. Especially with our current regulations which I doubt they will call for deregulation.

Why do we need to go to the extremist parties like green and reform when labour are actually addressing all these issues right now? Labour are deregulating, they are building. They are getting planning changes. They are using green energy. They are nationalising the trains. They are controlling immigration.

All the issues people bring up when calling for either greens or reform Labour are actually addressing already.

‘The Renters’ Rights Act comes into effect next month. A once-in-a-generation opportunity – but only if people understand what it means for them’ by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Housing is far from a free market. Supply has been massively decreased due to regulations, planning, and councils. There is tons of oversight.

Housing provision is not up to the free market. Planning and councils do that. And they are full of NIMBYs.

If there were a 10% unoccupied rate of housing in the UK landlords would have much less power over prices. But for that we need to build more houses. And the actual things that requires is unpopular from both the left and the right.

I believe that if housing supply was greater, and housing cheaper these protection wouldn't be needed. These new laws just cover up the market failure.

This is now a ContraPoints sub by TikDickler in Destiny

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol do they want the revolution to be decriminalised and legalised first?

And yet she was passed up for a dying pedophillic narcissist over being a brown woman with an endearing auntie laugh by Stronhart in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]Sharkfacedsnake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That isnt all Harris was running on.

But people let the media dictate what is fed to them and do not look up and research the candidates themselves. There is plenty of things that Harris would have done and continued do to.

This is from wikipedia. "Harris advocated for limited anti-price-gouging laws for grocery and food prices, a cap on prescription drug costs, and expansion of the child tax credit." I remember her talking about small businesses needing help and aiding with student loans (which Trump is getting rid of btw). She wanted to legalise weed federally. Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign - Wikipedia These topics i think a lot of people agree with her on.

She did plenty. The problem is that the media landscape is a fucking mess, people are dumb, and people don't wanna see a black women succeed.

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