SteveJ
So our English Universities are soon to be filled with the offspring of Bankers, Hedge Fund Managers, GPs and Dentists whilst the kids of working and lower middle classes bugger off to Scotland or Ireland to get educated? I'd go to Ireland if I were a student and use the £27,000 I would have spent on a student loan on a nice apartment or house. Then in a few years time when Irelands' property ...
It makes me laugh seeing these British workers arriving back from Libya whinging 'It was terrible - people were killing each other' and 'our company just abandoned us'. Where exactly do they think they have been working all these years? Did they really not understand the risks of working in the Middle East? Did they even know where they were working?
Is it just me or are other Dawlish people enthusiastic about the uprisings in the middle east and the possibility that democracy could eventually filter up into western countires like the UK and Europe (and maybe even the US)? The news is full of, well, 'news' for a change and I find it really encouraging. Whilst other countries are getting rid of their dictators and pilferers, I just watched ...
It could be sooner, Lynne that is true, but I think the government has not yet p*ssed off enough people for an uprising like we see in Egypt. They have of course already p*ssed off most people under the age of 25 (tuition fees trebled, no hope of ever buying a house, etc.). The reason I say a year is because many of the government funded agencies are being phased out by March 2012. There will be ...
Good to see they are building nice-sized detached family homes. Overpriced, unaffordable and not enough of them, but otherwise good. I can't wait until the BoE puts up interest rates to end this crazy housing bubble once and for all. Found this on their website the other day. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/inflationreport/ir10nov.pdf Chart 1.9 - property prices, shows that the ...
The train is cheaper than a car as long as you travel off peak or book in advance. Train travel in the UK is not profitable and requries government support. If govenment support was lifted and prices went up to cover the true cost, I think most people would opt for a bus or coach. The erosion of the coast is not going to stop and would have taken place even if sea levels remained static. At some ...
I think there are 2 schools of thought here. I am all for letting the banks fail, accepting the job losses, repossessions, etc. picking up the pieces, learning by the mistakes and building a better system. In fact, I could not care less if it 'costs' more which I'm sure it would not. It may be 'embarrassing' for some people who overstretched and now are unable to keep up with the Joneses but who ...
Forgot to comment on: "millions of average, working, tax-paying people in this country" I hear this a lot yet I do not know many people who did this. I believe it was a small minority who were binging on debt (or credit depending whether you are a banker or a person).
The ONS material I was refering to was in the original post. Here it is again: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/crbslbg0111.pdf I agree, bobbleoff, that my quoted figures are not enough to make the case. Like I said in my other post I believe they add weight to my argument for those who think bonuses and bailouts are necessary or good. As far as I am concered, I do not want a single penny of ...
@bobbleoff . yes you are entitled to your own views and these are just my opinions which are shared by others also from what i have gathered. Perhaps my original post looks like I am trying to jump tenuously from premise to conclusion when I was really following on from previous posts on here and suggesting that this new information (via the ONS pdf publication) adds weight to the arguments of ...
