General Election - 4th July 2024

Who will you be voting for in the General Election?

  • Labour

    Votes: 266 56.8%

  • Conservative

    Votes: 12 2.6%

  • Liberal Democrat

    Votes: 40 8.5%

  • Reform

    Votes: 71 15.2%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 28 6.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 51 10.9%
  • Total voters
    468
Worsleyweb said:
In part yes - rent controls have however practically turned off investment in property in Scotland making the supply and demand imbalance even worse and to the severe detriment of the economy. Raynor will no doubt want to introduce that down here I don't have all the answers on this - but planning law needs a good look at. Had to be made easier to develop new homes. I think part of the answer must be to consider abolishment of stamp duty for young people, government backed deposits, an improved large scale PRS sector.

A stable housing minister will be much welcomed.
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Landlords whinging in Scotland? Cry me a tartan river.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I think the removal of the double jeopardy principle, on balance, was correct, especially given the safeguards that were built in. Justice should always be a search for fairness in a way that is codified. If new evidence comes to the fore that is compelling in relation to a serious offence then surely it’s correct that a jury gets to determine that?

But more widely I agree that we need to be vigilant around rights we might take for granted.
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DNA was, rightly, the end of double jeopardy.
 
BrianW said:

General Election Prediction

www.electoralcalculus.co.uk

The state of play. It has changed quite a bit over the weeks.
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There's one here - it's got electoral calculus from a day earlier, but has all the predictions grouped together, and you can scroll down for individual seats.


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Some of the more unpredictable races are interesting. 30p Lee is going to win by 38% according to IPSOS, but the FT have him losing by 20%!
 
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BrianW said:

General Election Prediction

www.electoralcalculus.co.uk

The state of play. It has changed quite a bit over the weeks.
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The symbolism of the party sat across from the government of the day, not being one of Labour or the Conservatives would be absolutely huge. Hoping the Lib Dems bring their best ground game over the next few days and the Conservatives do one last mad thing before we go to the polls.

Btw - that video they did of "comrade Rayner" shows not just how desperate they are but how utterly incompetent. The way they visually post processed it softened her considerably. My only thought watching it was I'd never noticed before that Rayner has really nice kind eyes!
 
Mr Kobayashi said:
No it isn't.

Worsley admitted he couldn't argue against this point.

www.google.com

The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis

Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism
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That article simply isn't true. Saying Londons (Greater ) population hasn't grown since 1945 is completely disingenuous and the whole article based arround this lie. It fell from a post war peak up until about 25 years ago. But since then it has grown rapidly and is now higher than it has ever been. Check it out its a fact.

The UKs population has also grown I note the article doesnt dispute this it just conveniently ignores it.

Secondly people don't want to live in terrace houses they want modern houses with more space. Add these two points together and you have the need to build more houses. Supply isn't meeting demand.
 
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