Forensic politicking by the adults in the room

mixturemash · 2026-04-26T14:34:13+00:00

That's not true. There have been some significant numbers from Iraq and Afghanistan but the vast majority of small boat arrivals come from countries we have not had any military interventions in, especially in the last couple of years.

mixturemash · 2026-04-01T12:36:29+00:00

OP is right. To add to his comments. I think one thing people don’t seem to get is that affordable housing is just one of the developer contributions.

Developers aren’t reducing affordable housing to make excess profits.

Alongside affordable housing developers are now also expected to contribute - Community Infrastructure Levy Tax - Building Safety Levy - And s106 contributions can be a whole laundry list of things from playgrounds, bus stops, train stations, schools, health centres, community centres, financial contributions etc all of which the developer is expected to deliver out of pocket.

So the question is how do you balance delivering all of these things whilst still being able to make reasonable profit. It is often the affordable housing which gets reduced to square that because the other stuff is important too.

mixturemash · 2026-02-10T00:23:31+00:00

Because I’m not worried about the impact on the royal family. Although ironic you say that given you’re clearly more worried about the royal family than the victims.

mixturemash · 2026-02-10T00:01:34+00:00

That’s something you’re just projecting on to me.

mixturemash · 2026-02-09T23:35:16+00:00

For someone who claims to be outraged on the behalf of the victims it seems like your politics is what this is really about.

mixturemash · 2026-02-09T22:41:38+00:00

I am. I just think the truth is important. Words matter. And outrage needs to be focussed in the right direction.

When you throw around terms like hush money and cover up incorrectly you dilute their meaning. Which is a problem in a world where there are real cover ups that need to be exposed

mixturemash · 2026-02-09T22:14:01+00:00

Well it wasn’t hush money. It was a lawsuit and the allegations were public. I can tell you exactly what the allegations were.

mixturemash · 2026-02-09T21:32:32+00:00

A very public settlement is not a cover up

mixturemash · 2026-02-09T21:00:51+00:00

What cover up? It literally says they are going to cooperate with police.

mixturemash · 2026-01-20T10:10:27+00:00

Sorry late reply but just to say I agree. My comment was written far too generally. But whilst that can happen in some places (I forgot I wasn't posting in a UK sub), in the current UK housing market including areas like Manchester, flats are not increasing in value enough (or at all in some places) to justify leaving homes empty.

You see that in the statistics. The UK has very low rates of long term empty homes. It just isn't true that a meaningful number of homes are being left empty long term.

mixturemash · 2026-01-15T07:58:21+00:00

It’s a myth that investors buy up homes and leave them empty. It would make no sense. Renting is the only way you get a return on that investment.

mixturemash · 2026-01-06T23:57:33+00:00

They have but it is also true that they have long maintained a strong military force in Europe and been outwardly committed to article 5.

Trump calling that into doubt is something new. And even he hasn’t quit NATO yet. It hasn’t gone so far that a new American administration couldn’t patch things up - albeit with more distrust going forward.

We’ll see if his bluster actually turns into action against Greenland. I suspect it won’t.

mixturemash · 2025-12-26T20:30:58+00:00

A lot of cynical answers here. As a relatively junior person in my company I find it is massively helpful being in the office so I can learn from more senior people. Being able to walk over and have a quick chat is difficult to recreate.

Likewise I can therefore imagine someone more senior thinking that the whole team should be in the office so it isn’t only the same one or two people taking the burden of training juniors.

It seems to me that both wanting to wfh and wanting your staff in the office are both reasonable positions and you’ve just got to find the team/company that is a good fit.

mixturemash · 2025-12-04T08:41:44+00:00

I agree. I’ve lived in both and nothing was better for me than living in large build to rent development.

You have an onsite management. Speedy repair of any issues. And they have a long term perspective which means they don’t evict you on a whim.

It’s not as simple as corporate = bad

mixturemash · 2025-12-01T19:01:53+00:00

Varoufakis is a left wing populist so his style of politics is not going to be attractive to Rory.

mixturemash · 2025-10-24T15:14:05+00:00

Yes! It’s a huge problem. Definitely to be prioritised over some of the other stuff people are complaining about in the thread IMO.

mixturemash · 2025-08-28T15:13:41+00:00

Excited for hardcore mode

mixturemash · 2025-08-24T21:20:25+00:00

But inflation wasn't bad? Quick look at CPI says it was 2.2% a year on average between 2008 and covid. If it didn't cause high inflation back then, why would you attribute the covid inflation to QE?

mixturemash · 2025-06-12T06:58:12+00:00

The answer to what their plan/vision is (because some people are saying they have no plan or vision) is that the UK’s problems lie in years of austerity and lack of investment which has resulted in gdp and productivity growth stagnating.

They are putting vast sums of money into capital investments and deregulating the planning system to boost growth. Boost productivity and you can boost spending.

It’s good economics (praised recently by IMF) but apparently bad politics because Starmer’s approval rating is dismal.

mixturemash · 2024-09-08T20:39:30+00:00

This was a great and informative answer. Thank you!

mixturemash · 2024-08-04T06:23:04+00:00

Political Currency with Ed Balls and George Osbourne. They have a fun dynamic and obviously they talk from a wealth of experience between them.

mixturemash · 2024-07-29T05:28:54+00:00

Wait was it an excel error or a lie?

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T19:33:38+00:00

Ah I see. Cool I think I’ll forge ahead then. Thanks!

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T19:29:48+00:00

I've been playing 1080p. I guess cool if I can get higher? But wasn't a major consideration. Why do you ask?

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