sally cinnamon wrote:The Chancellor doesn't need to be an economics graduate if he has the right people around him, however Osborne has surrounded himself with a cabal of 20something year old socialites from upper class backgrounds that are his 'special advisors':
There's no way these kids who have no real lifetime experience of the real world are the best and most experienced people for a job at this level, they have just networked their way into jobs which will look great on their CV and are totally out of their depth directing a country's economic policy in such difficult circumstances.
Its like handing the country over to a set of sixth formers.
Team Cameron/Osborne are going to find it increasingly difficult to connect with the voters if the "posh boys" tag keeps getting used by the media - expect to find Clegg being brought more to the front to take some of the fire anytime around now, he looks just as posh and is as disposable as a Bic razor to Team Cameron/Osborne.
sally cinnamon wrote:The Chancellor doesn't need to be an economics graduate if he has the right people around him, however Osborne has surrounded himself with a cabal of 20something year old socialites from upper class backgrounds that are his 'special advisors':
There's no way these kids who have no real lifetime experience of the real world are the best and most experienced people for a job at this level, they have just networked their way into jobs which will look great on their CV and are totally out of their depth directing a country's economic policy in such difficult circumstances.
Its like handing the country over to a set of sixth formers.
Team Cameron/Osborne are going to find it increasingly difficult to connect with the voters if the "posh boys" tag keeps getting used by the media - expect to find Clegg being brought more to the front to take some of the fire anytime around now, he looks just as posh and is as disposable as a Bic razor to Team Cameron/Osborne.
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Watched Brian Paddick on Daily Politics today and he put forward an idea that I have suggested for long enough now.
London can now build its own housing (a la GLA), London owns thousands of hectares of land suitable for social housing projects. The land would be built on utilising capital secured from The City, figuring that there are enough pension funds and other institutional investors who would prefer to invest in rental properties, as opposed to government bonds. As the cost of the actual build is only 40% of a new property price, these homes could be rented at 40% of market rates and still provide an attractive ROI to institutional investors.
The investors get a better return than government bonds with almost the same security. People are employed to build the projects. People are then housed at reasonable rents, with little to no need for claiming rent allowances. There is a knock-on improvment to the economy and such a scheme would be far more effective in reducing overall rents.
Watched Brian Paddick on Daily Politics today and he put forward an idea that I have suggested for long enough now.
London can now build its own housing (a la GLA), London owns thousands of hectares of land suitable for social housing projects. The land would be built on utilising capital secured from The City, figuring that there are enough pension funds and other institutional investors who would prefer to invest in rental properties, as opposed to government bonds. As the cost of the actual build is only 40% of a new property price, these homes could be rented at 40% of market rates and still provide an attractive ROI to institutional investors.
The investors get a better return than government bonds with almost the same security. People are employed to build the projects. People are then housed at reasonable rents, with little to no need for claiming rent allowances. There is a knock-on improvment to the economy and such a scheme would be far more effective in reducing overall rents.
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cod'ead wrote:Watched Brian Paddick on Daily Politics today and he put forward an idea that I have suggested for long enough now.
London can now build its own housing (a la GLA), London owns thousands of hectares of land suitable for social housing projects. The land would be built on utilising capital secured from The City, figuring that there are enough pension funds and other institutional investors who would prefer to invest in rental properties, as opposed to government bonds. As the cost of the actual build is only 40% of a new property price, these homes could be rented at 40% of market rates and still provide an attractive ROI to institutional investors.
The investors get a better return than government bonds with almost the same security. People are employed to build the projects. People are then housed at reasonable rents, with little to no need for claiming rent allowances. There is a knock-on improvment to the economy and such a scheme would be far more effective in reducing overall rents.
What's the problem?
Its joined up thinking and it gives the plebs hope. Never gunna happen, Our leaders are thick and subborn and the plebs belong in the gutter have you learned nothing?
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
"My view is that you have a responsibility to support people in difficulty. It's a prime concern of ours - we can't run away from that."
Try telling that to the half million who will lose ESA benefit from Monday or the 1 million who are on DLA at the moment but will not qualify for the new Personal Independant Payment. You have been running away for 2 years IDS and you haven't stopped running yet.
"My view is that you have a responsibility to support people in difficulty. It's a prime concern of ours - we can't run away from that."
Try telling that to the half million who will lose ESA benefit from Monday or the 1 million who are on DLA at the moment but will not qualify for the new Personal Independant Payment. You have been running away for 2 years IDS and you haven't stopped running yet.
Lies, lies and more damned lies.
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Hull White Star wrote:"My view is that you have a responsibility to support people in difficulty. It's a prime concern of ours - we can't run away from that."
Try telling that to the half million who will lose ESA benefit from Monday or the 1 million who are on DLA at the moment but will not qualify for the new Personal Independant Payment. You have been running away for 2 years IDS and you haven't stopped running yet.
Lies, lies and more damned lies.
But it's a sound bite that can be wheeled out over and over to show that they care
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Hull White Star wrote:"My view is that you have a responsibility to support people in difficulty. It's a prime concern of ours - we can't run away from that."
Try telling that to the half million who will lose ESA benefit from Monday or the 1 million who are on DLA at the moment but will not qualify for the new Personal Independant Payment. You have been running away for 2 years IDS and you haven't stopped running yet.
Lies, lies and more damned lies.
I don't think anyone is fooled by IDS's apparently sudden bout of social conscience, he probably thinks that if Gideon looks to him for an extra £10bn, he won't have a department left to run.
I'm just enjoying the infighting, it makes a great spectator sport
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Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
cod'ead wrote:I don't think anyone is fooled by IDS's apparently sudden bout of social conscience, he probably thinks that if Gideon looks to him for an extra £10bn, he won't have a department left to run.
I'm just enjoying the infighting, it makes a great spectator sport
When Hunt goes, will the trail lead direct to Osborne and then Dave Boy? Mr Murdoch may have done the country a great favour.
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