The Theresa May General Election thread (edited)

Drew_TNBD

octatonic said:

I can't play this Youtube video!?!

Drew_TNBD

Last minute bit of research on my Labour candidate. Saw this on his Twitter feed:

Proud to be volunteering with @HendonLabour tomorrow to get @mikekatz elected as a new #LabourMP Taking a day off being a doctor to do it!!

Not being funny like... but I don't want doctors taking days off to volunteer for vote counting. I want doctors diagnosing cancer or common cold ffs!

octatonic

Surely doctors need time off like everyone else?
Surely people can spend their time off doing what they want?
Not all doctors are in clinical roles.

capo4th

Doctors will be voting Conservative today and so should you! 

Your country needs you vote Tory today !

mikeyrob73

I hope labour win just to see capo have the meltdown of all meltdowns 

Drew_TNBD

octatonic said:

Surely doctors need time off like everyone else?
Surely people can spend their time off doing what they want?
Not all doctors are in clinical roles.

Volunteering to spend a 16 hour day counting votes is not time off.

fields5069

Drew_TNBD said:

octatonic said:

Surely doctors need time off like everyone else?
Surely people can spend their time off doing what they want?
Not all doctors are in clinical roles.

Volunteering to spend a 16 hour day counting votes is not time off.

It's the annual leave police!

octatonic

Of course it is.
It is time off from working to do something unpaid.
Are you  conflating time off with downtime?

Drew_TNBD

Our MP was a bit of an expenses hog...

http://www.theipsa.org.uk/mp-costs/your-mp/matthew-offord/

capo4th

mikeyrob73 said:

I hope labour win just to see capo have the meltdown of all meltdowns 

Hope live in hope !

It could happen Corbyn could have brainwashed enough people however I trust the British public to vote with their heads and banish Corbyn into history as a failed terrorist apologist leader of the Labour Party.

The Labour supporter meltdown is what you should be worried about it could turn nasty.

Drew_TNBD

octatonic said:

Of course it is.
It is time off from working to do something unpaid.
Are you  conflating time off with downtime?

Yes.

fields5069

I'm taking the day off today. May I be excused to get out of bed please?

paulads

It'd take a miracle for Corbyn to win...I think the Conservatives will stumble over the line...sold as a strong and stable continuation of Government with

Theresa May - Prime Minister
Phillip Hammond - Chancellor of the Exchequer
Amber Rudd - Home Secretary
Boris Johnson - Foreign Secretary

In the aftermath, I think at least 3/4 of them will not be doing the jobs they are currently doing. 

fields5069

paulads said:

It'd take a miracle for Corbyn to win...I think the Conservatives will stumble over the line...sold as a strong and stable continuation of Government with

Theresa May - Prime Minister
Phillip Hammond - Chancellor of the Exchequer
Amber Rudd - Home Secretary
Boris Johnson - Foreign Secretary

In the aftermath, I think at least 3/4 of them will not be doing the jobs they are currently doing. 

You still want BoJo on the Brexit team?

fields5069

Drew_TNBD said:

Our MP was a bit of an expenses hog...

http://www.theipsa.org.uk/mp-costs/your-mp/matthew-offord/

To be honest only the office costs stand out. Most MPs use up their staffing allowance, presumably on 3 or 4 assistants, although I'll admit I've only looked at a handful. Some then insist on a separate office and some use their constituency home as an office. Some home workers even have the integrity to only claim part of their utility bill.

Drew_TNBD

fields5069 said:

I'm taking the day off today. May I be excused to get out of bed please?

No. You can rot in yer pit.

fields5069

Drew_TNBD said:

fields5069 said:

I'm taking the day off today. May I be excused to get out of bed please?

No. You can rot in yer pit.

I'm getting bed sores already!

Drew_TNBD

fields5069 said:

Drew_TNBD said:

fields5069 said:

I'm taking the day off today. May I be excused to get out of bed please?

No. You can rot in yer pit.

I'm getting bed sores already!

Me too. But it'll be worth it! Trust!

ToneControl

Legionreturns said:

I bought my first house for 41k, and sold it for 65k two years later. That was in 1996-98. That leg up helped me secure a bigger property which I also sold on at a profit when I moved up north. I was 21 when I bought my first place, and that was in Surrey.

Kids these days are lucky if they can afford a deposit on a 1 bed flat before they are 30. The problem is, many of my generation capitalised on rising prices by buying to let in huge numbers. Rent is now considerably more expensive than mortgage payments because of high demand and low interest. 

Something needs to give. We need more affordable housing (actually affordable, not what the Tories think is affordable!), more regulation of the private rental market and government help to get into properties, whether that's LA housing or help to buy. 

depends where you buy - The south east has gone crazy - so there are options. I have met emigres from down south up here, baffled why no one has followed them

You can buy a well-maintained terraced house in Liverpool for £50k with Double glazing, in a pleasant street 
A nice 3 bed ex-council semi is about £70k

From Northwich you can commute easily into Liverpool and Manchester. It is very near to Knutsford, probably the most upmarket town in the North west, and is surrounded by very nice countryside and good motorway links 
In Northwich, you can buy a nice terraced house for £80k
ex-council 3 beds next to an ofsted-outstanding school for £130k (very nicely done up ones)

The comment on rent vs mortgage confuses me: how could anyone offer a house to rent for less than the mortgage payments? Why would anyone buy a BTL to rent out if the income (before costs and the new tax) was less than mortgage payments would be? 

Drew_TNBD

ToneControl said:

Legionreturns said:

I bought my first house for 41k, and sold it for 65k two years later. That was in 1996-98. That leg up helped me secure a bigger property which I also sold on at a profit when I moved up north. I was 21 when I bought my first place, and that was in Surrey.

Kids these days are lucky if they can afford a deposit on a 1 bed flat before they are 30. The problem is, many of my generation capitalised on rising prices by buying to let in huge numbers. Rent is now considerably more expensive than mortgage payments because of high demand and low interest. 

Something needs to give. We need more affordable housing (actually affordable, not what the Tories think is affordable!), more regulation of the private rental market and government help to get into properties, whether that's LA housing or help to buy. 

depends where you buy - The south east has gone crazy - so there are options. I have met emigres from down south up here, baffled why no one has followed them

You can buy a well-maintained terraced house in Liverpool for £50k with Double glazing, in a pleasant street 
A nice 3 bed ex-council semi is about £70k

From Northwich you can commute easily into Liverpool and Manchester. It is very near to Knutsford, probably the most upmarket town in the North west, and is surrounded by very nice countryside and good motorway links 
In Northwich, you can buy a nice terraced house for £80k
ex-council 3 beds next to an ofsted-outstanding school for £130k (very nicely done up ones)

The comment on rent vs mortgage confuses me: how could anyone offer a house to rent for less than the mortgage payments? Why would anyone buy a BTL to rent out if the income (before costs and the new tax) was less than mortgage payments would be? 

Why would I want to live in Liverpool or Manchester?