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Indeed. There hasn't been any labour implemented direct costs increases to landlords. Suggesting otherwise is bollox. He can only be referring to the increased rental income tax rate, so wants more rent to offset the extra, and/or he's cranking up the rent before he's limited to how much he can fleece the tenants after the Act is implemented. Nothing to do with greed though. It's all on Rach.

That's more like it!

I said viable.

Bizarre response - I haven't agreed with much that Starmer has done. All I've done is highlighted that he hasn't increased costs to landlords. He's taking away s21 and limiting the ability to crank up rents, but that's not increasing costs to landlords. Please point to the costs to landlords that labour have introduced. Sure, landlords will put rents up, but there are no increases from labour to landlords which have led to that.

Yep, but no government since has addressed the problem to be fair. Private landlords are the only option for most people unfortunately.

Yep, constant focus on the problem is pointless and solves nowt. I'm still waiting for someone to tell what the viable solution is.

The rent reform change will limit future rent increases but that isn't a cost increase.

I doubt they would have given a monkeys. The same applies in white colour boxing, which is scarily dangerous. AJ/Paul size/ability differences are common, but it's all about the money. The way AJ was fighting, I think he was aware of the risk, and despite the pre fight words, he didn't want to seriously hurt the bloke. The KO punch could have been to the temple, but he went for the jaw instead.

Another Venezuelan oil tanker seized. https://news.sky.com/story/us-seize-another-tanker-off-coast-of-venezuela-13486172 All sorts wrong with this. It seems that Venezuela's choice is accept it's tankers will be seizes so stop exporting, or respond in some way and see themselves attacked. The pretext that the oil cash is used (presumably by the oil exporters) to fund drug exports (narco terrorism FFS) is as stupid as anything Trump has said.

Yep. 9 attempts to wrestle AJ down. Pathetic. Credit to the bloke for stepping in the ring though, and for bagging Jutta Leerdam.

It's a transparent persona. I'm ignoring the bloke. There are posters I don't always agree with on politics - Turkish, Iansums, and others - but they're honest and reasonable. I know this isn't the real world, but have a bit of authenticity.

It's the focus on negativity, and made up information, that grates. Sure, labour aren't doing great after being dealt a shit hand, but there are successes. You yourself focused on some negatives yesterday, and with factual inaccuracy. I balanced with some factual positives. I've never voted labour and probably never will, but the whole anti Starmer/labour environment we're in (in not talking this forum) is pathetic. People out there talk as if Starmer has somehow changed policy to invite illegal immigrants in, and open up the country, without any understanding of the facts or reality. You then get the likes of Duck suggesting that the huge reduction in net migration is a negative when we all know he'd be whining if it hadn't reduced. That's completely disingenuous of him and doesn't make for sensible discussion.

Indeed. It was a disingenuous post.

Treat Russia with respect, aka give it what it wants, give the oligarchs their money back, and buy it's oil and gas.

Net migration going up - moan. Going down - moan. We could all pick stats that are positive, or negative, but that's daft. Long term NHS waiting times reduced. Millions more NHS appointments given. Record judicial sitting days to cope with delays and volume. Probate grant times halved. Etc. Yep shit loads of negatives too, but this idea that everything is getting worse is bollox.