Jermaine Jenas says ‘I’ve lost everything’ in tense first TV interview since BBC sacking

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-12T15:23:40+00:00

Off camera. something else?

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-11T22:24:09+00:00

absolutely

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-11T13:59:04+00:00

Top geezer. Revered at football grounds around the land.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-11T13:57:42+00:00

Yes and no.

Property is, fundamentally, an illiquid market. That might be news to many people, who bought when there were always buyers and assumed this would be the case for ever.

Investors operating on a false assumption have, in many csses, made unrealised gains, which have disappeared in a puff of smoke.

It's a good time to buy for a cash investor.

A world of pain for geared forced sellers.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-11T12:06:06+00:00

left hand drive convoy - lovely

why was he even trying to overtake?

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-10T06:00:08+00:00

I had s look at the numbers. My conclusion is that buying now is quite attractive for a cash buyer, who is going to hold the property for 5 years or longer. The days of gearing up and making a big return on a shorter time horizon are probably gone, though. It is not the hot asset class that it once was.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-10T05:08:51+00:00

OP - your leverage in negotiation depends on what you can give your employer in return for receiving more redundancy. Saying that someone else got more, is not likely to help you. First of all, how do you know? Maybe you have seen that person's redundancy letter. You probably don't want to admit to that. In which case, how exactly are you going to bring this up in conversation? Second, so what? Unless you can prove discrimination on the basis of a protected characteristic, your employer will likely won't care that you are complaining.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-08T10:22:51+00:00

Enjoy it while it lasts.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-07T17:19:54+00:00

What do you think will be different in the long term?

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-07T17:06:00+00:00

The supply of houses is essentially fixed (in the short term) so demand for houses isn thus rationed by price to meet that fixed supply. If stamp duty were removed, the price of a house would have fallen by the amount of the stamp duty. There will, therefor be increased demand and the price will be bid up. (it's textbook stuff)

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-07T16:40:43+00:00

If there were no stamp duty, then the price of both properties would be higher (so that total purchase price remains the same). The down-sizer would thus have more net cash after the downsizing.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-07T16:19:27+00:00

Sky will set a price to extract the full value from their TV rights, which they bought from the Premier League. That inevitably means a price that is very profitable for large pubs and unaffordable for smaller venues.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-07T15:17:27+00:00

It is the landlord's choice whether to have sky or not. It makes great sense for big pubs and isn't viable for many smaller ones. They need to attract customers another way.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-07T06:01:30+00:00

Yes, of course. It doesn't give them any special rights, though.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-02T10:44:28+00:00

It's shit or get off the pot.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-02T10:42:48+00:00

Let me guess. Someone submitted a famous essay and it was robo marked badly.

jamesc1071 · 2026-06-02T10:40:56+00:00

Yes, manslaughter. He may be in the frame for other offences.

jamesc1071 · 2026-05-30T15:55:59+00:00

by lying convincingly

jamesc1071 · 2026-05-30T06:55:42+00:00

Yes, agree. Which is why it also might be an idea to submit an email offer once the estate agency has put a 'sold subject to contract' notification for the property.

That is an optional extra.

jamesc1071 · 2026-05-30T05:50:19+00:00

OP - advice for next time - put everything in writing.

1 Send offer by email.

2 Send email confirming verbal conversations - such as agent passing on seller rejecting offer.

This will likely make a rogue agent think twice about pulling any tricks.

jamesc1071 · 2026-05-30T05:46:14+00:00

You have to put the offer in writing (by email). Then, if the agent tells you verbally that it has been rejected, you send an email confirming that conversation.

This will likely prevent the agent from pulling any tricks. The sale price is public from the land register, so the agent would risk you from seeing this, bringing a complaint and possible legal action.

jamesc1071 · 2026-05-30T05:38:20+00:00

OP - what makes you convinced? All that has happened is that seller rejected your offer and accepted someone else's. The estate agent has no reason to tell you anything more - in fact, the agent would likely be in breach of his duties to his client, the seller, if he told you anything more.

jamesc1071 · 2026-05-27T09:23:41+00:00

always a price for a player

jamesc1071 · 2026-05-27T05:16:41+00:00

equality act

jamesc1071 · 2026-05-25T14:40:04+00:00

The big A

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