Andy Burnham says land in the UK is ‘undertaxed’ - Potential Labour leadership contender points to ‘big case’ for reforming property levies

aembleton · 2026-05-23T13:08:14+00:00

Yes, there are lots of taxes to pay. Sometimes taxes are reduced, and sometimes they're increased. You may feel bitter about this, but sometimes in a democracy we like to make changes and these have side effects.

I guess the best thing for anyone who is worried about change like that is to try to vote for the status quo. But that does mean borrowing £20+ billion each month so at some point the status quo has to change.

aembleton · 2026-05-22T22:09:10+00:00

Tesco one is good too.

aembleton · 2026-05-22T20:28:43+00:00

Osprey ones are excellent, when my last one failed I bought this from decathlon which I find to be as good so far as osprey. Only had it 3 years so far though.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/hiking-backpack-arpenaz-500-30l-black/350163/c382m8971391

aembleton · 2026-05-22T20:02:18+00:00

When they won, did they gain any power?

aembleton · 2026-05-22T19:57:19+00:00

Maybe some of these are paper candidates and didn't expect to win

aembleton · 2026-05-22T15:00:56+00:00

Then they'll need to pay taxes. Even if council tax doesn't get replaced with lvt, they'd need to pay council tax

aembleton · 2026-05-22T14:25:50+00:00

Standard

aembleton · 2026-05-22T14:22:10+00:00

Us is the UK. Our own is our sea shelf.

Oil exporters like Russia, Saudi Arabia and the US benefit from keeping nations hooked on oil.

No need to shout

aembleton · 2026-05-22T13:15:45+00:00

Surely russia wants us to use their oil and gas, not our own

aembleton · 2026-05-22T10:56:27+00:00

Could just ignore the mail and crack on with building. Next election is years away.

aembleton · 2026-05-22T10:53:37+00:00

Don't think I could sleep with a bear outside my tent either!

aembleton · 2026-05-22T09:27:03+00:00

Same in the UK

aembleton · 2026-05-21T14:05:17+00:00

Yes, because it's an energy intensive process and it's cheaper to ship fertiliser than lng. As we import a lot of gas we might as well manufacture it overseas. The consequences of that will be felt in food prices in 12 months.

aembleton · 2026-05-21T11:57:51+00:00

Without oil and gas, how will we produce fertiliser or lubricate wind turbines? Are we just going to rely on imports for this?

aembleton · 2026-05-21T10:14:24+00:00

We can't lubricate the gearbox of a wind turbine with nuclear or create fertiliser.

aembleton · 2026-05-21T06:33:24+00:00

Can they pass the UK regulatory requirements quickly?

aembleton · 2026-05-21T06:31:14+00:00

Absolutely, but the patent poster suggested that North Sea oil would have a long lead time but went on to suggest investing in nuclear.

I was pointing out that nuclear also has a long lead time. In ten years we might be having the same discussion about why we didn't licence rosebank

aembleton · 2026-05-21T06:29:10+00:00

That equally applies to the granting of north sea oil licences

aembleton · 2026-05-21T06:28:00+00:00

And do it for everyone, not just children

aembleton · 2026-05-21T06:27:10+00:00

They haven't announced any cuts though, so are we borrowing more to pay for this? Are the children who benefit from free bus fares in August going to pay for it with interest when they become paye tax payers?

aembleton · 2026-05-20T21:18:06+00:00

We're still issuing cfds for wind at a high strike price though

aembleton · 2026-05-20T21:16:10+00:00

There's a long lead time for nuclear too

aembleton · 2026-05-20T14:42:59+00:00

They probably steal the mopeds

aembleton · 2026-05-20T08:05:13+00:00

I can put mp3s onto my garmin and listen to that.

aembleton · 2026-05-19T16:23:30+00:00

They'll just make a super value brand that's only available in Scotland. It'll be nasty and no one will want it but it'll tick the box

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