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Rents in this country are left entirely to the free market, unlike most other European nations, making it perilous and expensive. This is one of the main reasons people want to buy their own homes. Tories, of course, have no interest in addressing this. Loosening planning laws per se won't...

Right-to-buy is just another really poorly thought out idea that Johnson is using to distract from his multiple failings. If we genuinely want to sort out housing then I'd start by looking at regulating the private rental market (where 9bn is housing benefit is going every year). We might...

Slighter posher Brummies. Both ears, own teeth. 😁

I think we're actually aligned on this, but I'd say it could be a reasonable protest if done reasonably (i.e. without offering threat to patrons or staff). However, I don't agree with the purpose of it for a minute. I'm absolutely for freedom of religion, and absolutely against anyone trying to...

Personally speaking, I thought O'Hare was too Brummie. But his performances quickly won me over.

Fair enough, as previous, you're right on this, and I'm clearly wrong. I'll just have to get you next time. 🙂

Fair enough, I stand corrected. I didn't recall that at all, RTD wins!

Yeah, maybe this will help. None of them were calling remain the next day. Perhaps in all the excitement, you were mistaken. https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2016/jun/25/brexit-front-pages-in-pictures

Do you really think the Daily Mail or Daily Express would be tolerant of any Labour leader who'd had five children with other women whilst married? Who'd been sacked for lying? Who wrote overtly racist comments, in his regular columns. Who ditched his security detail to attend a bunga-bunga...

Johnson has never wanted the best team, he wants the ultra-loyalists who go along with him regardless. Unfortunately the Venn diagram of 'loyal to Johnson' and 'a complete idiot' fit in the same exact circle. Why do you think he would change? He has already gone from 'humbled' to "I'd do the...

I worked for a credit card company for a while. We had a very small but nonetheless surprising number of indebted customers who's family claimed they had died, but later turned out to be very much alive! I don't know why, but for some reason it cheered me up that anyone would have the front to...

Agreed, unless you owe them a million and they've secured it against your house. Then you better hope that they leave you enough for an umbrella. 😁

Except that that would look like (and in fact be) political opportunism, and would likely be highlighted as such by the opposition. Don't get me wrong, they're Tory MPs, so morals are always elastic at best, but they want to be seen as getting rid of Boris for the good of the country, rather...

Bit busy today, but I'll just leave this here. How the hell did he even get to be PM?

Got the big calls right? 21,000 unnecessary deaths from the delays and dither, and that's the best case. This from that legendary left-wing rag, the Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-dithering-delay-cost-21000-lives-spring-analysis/ Not...

Politely disagree, NW. If they had morals, he would have been gone weeks ago. Look at how long it's taken to get here and all of the other ministers who've defended him. For most MPs, this is about electoral calculus, not morals - that ship has sailed, I'm afraid.

The worst thing for the Tories now, is if he wins it! If I was Labour, I'd make hay of the fact that a substantial majority of the party of law and order sat on the fence and vacillated, even though most of the country knew what needed to be done immediately the facts came out. Ministers who...

No mate, it was because you were, and seemingly still are, a WUM. Nice that you remember though.

Jesus. Afternoon Pot, meet Kettle.

Nowhere near as exciting, sadly, but I do really like marmalade.