Because you haven't built enough

The most disastrous government decision of the past 50 years (pre Brexit anyway) was Thatcher's policy of selling off council houses and nit replacing them. That created the housing bubble and an economy based on people borrowing money against the value of property (and buying it purely as an investment) to the extent that nobody dares build sufficient housing for the population, because to do so would cause a fall in the value of property (a value completely based on an excess of demand over supply). And people (old people again, because they're the ones who own nearly all of it) have come to believe they are entitled to expect the value of their property to only go up.

Posted By: mr carra on May 12th 2025 at 13:23:35

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Starmer’s upsetting the lefties again (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 10:33:27
- Shameful from Starmer, being led by that c**t Farage. (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, May 12, 18:02:54
- I like that anyone coming to the UK now needs degree level English (General Chat) - Klobo04, May 12, 15:04:52
  - you don't need a degree level in English ..... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 15:50:07
    - New arrangements are for A Level equivalent in English. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, May 12, 16:13:46
- Needs to sort the small boat nonsense (General Chat) - Disco, May 12, 12:40:23
  - Just shoot them all in the face (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 12, 13:48:47
    - Not until they are 75. (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 14:18:21
  - I hate to burst your bubble (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 12:44:37
    - Indeed, rigged system having seen some of the rulings (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, May 12, 17:08:55
    - Hahaha (n/m) (General Chat) - Wrath analytica, May 12, 16:32:19
      - Ah, the cunt of cunts is back (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 16:35:36
    - Well exactly (General Chat) - Disco, May 12, 13:20:26
      - I defer to your intimate knowledge of each of these asylum cases (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 13:22:22
        
        Clueless (General Chat) - phrankin, May 12, 18:30:04
        
        Bury your head ... (General Chat) - Disco, May 12, 13:25:31
    - What does that data show? (General Chat) - usacanary, May 12, 13:08:26
      - They are not French so not fleeing France. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 12, 13:42:01
        
        Surely you should seek Asylum at the first safe haven? (General Chat) - usacanary, May 12, 17:00:32
      - It shows that 70% of those arriving on small boats have been proven to (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 12, 13:37:25
        
        "What the bar is for granting asylum is entirely irrelevant for the small boats argument." (General Chat) - usacanary, May 12, 17:06:31
        
        As per current USA (General Chat) - phrankin, May 12, 18:28:08
      - According to Shoddy it’s fairly grim tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 13:14:18
      - The France thing is a different argument (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 13:11:07
        
        But why do they need to go to all the trouble to get to the UK. (General Chat) - usacanary, May 12, 17:09:41
        
        We would be entitled to return them if we were an EU country. What? Oh. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 12, 13:50:49
    - ^^this!^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 12, 12:46:59
  - come on read the rest of the posts... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 12:43:32
    - Don’t think anyone is calling them the enemy. But look at home ownership these days (General Chat) - footymadman, May 12, 12:56:53
      - if your population increases by a few million in a few years (General Chat) - paulg, May 12, 13:14:18
        
        Because you haven't built enough (General Chat) - mr carra, May 12, 13:23:35
        
        Yes we need house prices to go up…. (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 14:10:25
        
        impossible to build at the necessary rate (General Chat) - paulg, May 12, 13:41:18
- I say this every time (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 12, 12:07:21
  - Most wealth is hoarded by the few. The media then want us to all fight over the rest (General Chat) - footymadman, May 12, 12:53:27
    - What about cake though? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 12:58:32
    - It would be a little odd if the media was owned by poor people (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 12:55:34
      - You'd think it was the bankers and not the media who'd want to hoard the wealth (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 13:03:56
        
        They're not called fat cats for nothing (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 13:04:33
        
        Cats don't eat cake though. They prefer lasagne. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 13:07:05
  - What kind of cake? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 12:34:07
    - I think we should be told (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 12, 13:45:13
- It'll be like agricultural workers (General Chat) - Old Man, May 12, 11:53:51
  - Wages will go up (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, May 12, 15:23:41
- "a one-nation experiment in open borders" (General Chat) - paulg, May 12, 11:36:01
- just more prove ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 11:14:47
  - tbf old people do deserve a lot of shit (General Chat) - mr carra, May 12, 12:03:02
    - if everybody over 75 dropped dead overnight ..... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 12:32:24
      - It wouldn't (General Chat) - mr carra, May 12, 13:12:48
      - It wouldn’t. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, May 12, 12:43:46
    - Referendum on that over 75s idea please (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 12:14:17
      - c.f. Logan's Run. (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 12, 12:19:51
        
        Amphibious mobility scooters escaping across the channel (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 12:25:10
        
        Lol it may go so well here it’s introduced everywhere (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 12:32:58
  - If they really did they'd remove the pension triple lock (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:19:53
    - Triple lock is a really hard one as is means-testing the state pension (General Chat) - Old Man, May 12, 11:40:13
      - Agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:54:08
    - give them time ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 11:23:34
      - More chance of bringing back the death penalty (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 11:27:35
    - True but this far left government have made an error here. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:22:42
      - “Far left” lol (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:31:59
        
        Well everything is exaggerated to the extremes these days. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 12:07:12
      - exactly ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 11:25:33
        
        FAFO (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 11:29:10
        
        Whilst failing to tackle the channel crossings or even mention it. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:27:45
        
        Channel crossings make up less than 4% of immigration. In real terms they're insignificant (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, May 12, 11:38:47
        
        Insignificant in numbers but not (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:42:50
        
        in costs .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 11:46:03
        
        Benefit fraud estimated at around 7.5bn a year (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 12, 12:29:07
        
        ... (General Chat) - paulg, May 12, 13:00:19
        
        Government are trying to cut the length of the appeals process (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:53:21
        
        And also security etc. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:47:56
        
        ...is the right answer (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, May 12, 11:41:11
        
        Insignificant until you are directly affected by its consequences. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 12:38:33
        
        Hahahaha (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:31:41
        
        put some signs up "no boats allowed" (General Chat) - Tombs, May 12, 12:04:30
        
        I dont have an answer. Can't continue indefinitely though. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:43:47
        
        Lurker lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 11:29:34
- Need to quickly train a new generation of British arse wipers (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 10:37:23
  - They all want to be social-media influencers these days (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 11:08:29
  - come round (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, May 12, 10:49:32
    - Miracle poos only (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 10:57:58
  - Should land well with Reform voters (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 10:38:38

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