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How did you get to that conclusion? Of course it’s a land grab because Putin and many Russians deny Ukraine is an independent entity and the breakup of Belarus and Ukraine was considered a disaster for ethnic Russians. Onto the point about the war starting in the first place, Biden publicly...

What is the primary issue driving housing shortages? It’s not planning reform, it’s not corporate greed. The primary and most fundamental issue is that as a country, our population is growing too rapidly to keep up with the necessary infrastructure demands. Most of the country backs reducing...

It’s what the presenter asked of Angela Rayner and it was a mischievous question to ask. Nonetheless, the fact Rayner went from saying there’s not enough social housing to ‘there’s plenty of houses’ in a matter of seconds is amusing, but baffling. It demonstrated just how uncomfortable Labour...

It’s not a rant, it’s pointing out that the housing policies of this government and the last are not fit for purpose. Frankly, it’s an issue that permeates over a lot of policy areas which why it gets spoken about a lot. That, and the electorate has consistently voted to reduce numbers and the...

Exactly, if net migration was 0, the government would only address the housing deficit at the end of the parliament (1.5m homes). As it happens, the Government forecasts our population will grow by 2.5m people, something doesn’t add up. Two important things to note here; 1) the 300k target has...

Surely every Coventrian understands the look of bemusement when you call a bread roll a batch anywhere else in the country. My first time was up north when I was uni and the man serving me at the chippy did not have a clue what I was talking about! 😂

Disagreed because the governments in Germany and USA, in particular, were anxious about giving Putin ‘an off ramp’ and hesitated in giving the Ukrainians what they needed to turn the tide of war precisely because the Russians sabre-rattled. Specifically, the EU nations were concerned about...

That’s simply not true. One of the biggest things Ukraine wanted to do was to use US weapons for offensive purposes (I.e. in Russia) from the get go and particularly before the counter offensive in 2023. Biden delayed allowing this until after the 2024 election. Likewise, Germany also blocked...

Seen a bloke wearing a Cov shirt in Aachen during the Euros and for a moment, it seemed like this random German bloke supported us… … turned out he was from Cov when I got talking to him on the train in Belgium!

You’ve not seen the peace agreement so that’s impossible to make that judgement. It’s posturing from the Trump administration, JD Vance said in tweet that the US has leverage on both sides. Wake up and smell the coffee. The Biden administration could’ve put Ukraine in a much stronger position...

Agreed on cutting and/or raising thresholds or even abolishing SDLT altogether, it does partly clogs up the property market. That said, I have my doubts that elderly people would move from their family homes because of SDLT. The only people who would downsize are probably poorer pensioners who...

Both Labour and Tory parties signed up to the 300k house building target which was never met by the last government. Those numbers were predicated on net migration being 500k a year when it’s roughly 700-900k per year. Which means that even if the 300k house building target was met, there be a...

Let’s say this changed tomorrow, how much do we realistically expect that to boost house building in this country? We can even chuck in planning reform too. The 300k target for house building is based on 500k net migration (iirc) every year. The figures need to be adjusted to based on actual...

It’s all well and good saying that. Ultimately, any safeguards have to backed up by military force and there just isn’t the political will to enforce that.

Why don’t you wait and see what the agreement is, if there even is one before getting outraged over a complete hypothetical situation?

I can’t debate an unknown because it’s not clear what the concessions are. What does Russia have to concede? Ukraine occupies a small area in the Kursk region whilst, as you say, Russia occupies 20% of Ukraine. Unlike Ukraine, Russia isn’t reliant on foreign aid to prosecute its war. The only...

Why would Russia agree to those terms?

Yep and I agree. Russia has already ‘ruled out’ foreign troops to enforce the peace. At the end of the day, the position of the Trump administration is influenced by what happened 2 years prior and frankly, the previous US administration and EU countries gave Ukraine enough to prevent collapse...

That’s not really on the table though is it? They will probably cede the Donbas and Luhansk. Unless NATO directly intervenes, which it won’t, Ukraine doesn’t look likely to eject the Russian occupation. The only bet Ukraine has is if the Russian Federation collapses in a similar fashion to how...

This and it’s naive that any country other than the Baltic states and Poland have a real shared interest with Ukraine.