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Eeyore

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'But if you believe you are a citizen of the world you are a citizen of nowhere. You don’t understand what citizenship means…' May's speech today. Blimey.
 


The Rivet

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Aug 9, 2011
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'But if you believe you are a citizen of the world you are a citizen of nowhere. You don’t understand what citizenship means…' May's speech today. Blimey.

Personally I can see that, the year of 'Star trek' is still some way off I guess.
 


Chicken Run

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Jul 17, 2003
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Ah, Herr T, the opinionated but highly elusive one. Sly old fox isn't he![/having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.
"a sly, manipulative woman"
synonyms:cunning, crafty, clever, wily, artful, guileful, tricky, conniving, scheming, devious, designing, deceitful, duplicitous, dishonest, disingenuous, underhand, sneaky, untrustworthy;

Nope just a typical champagne socialist!
 




The Rivet

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Aug 9, 2011
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Ah, Herr T, the opinionated but highly elusive one. Sly old fox isn't he![/having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.
"a sly, manipulative woman"
synonyms:cunning, crafty, clever, wily, artful, guileful, tricky, conniving, scheming, devious, designing, deceitful, duplicitous, dishonest, disingenuous, underhand, sneaky, untrustworthy;

Nope just a typical champagne socialist!


Love it! HT the ball is in your court. Just answer the mans/womans question...............
 










studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
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Mrs May embraces the ordinary working class by saying seize the day whereas Boris no doubt would have just said carpe diem, so not same old Tories, already dumbing down speeches.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Was hoping for an honest answer but alas I feel perhaps your afraid to reply truthfully, I genuinely thought better of you

My house in Hove is my primary family home. I'm not going to sell it. What I do with it is my business and I'm not in the habit of broadcasting my personal affairs on an Internet forum especially when it involves others such as my family and the folk who stay at my place). Similarly I don't typically talk in detail about my work or other personal things with strangers on forums.

Yes it's let. But I can reconcile this with my beliefs on landlords. I have stated before I actually supported Cameron's tax and position on buy-2-letters.

That said you seem a decent person (I'll overlook the champagne socialist comment :smile:). If I were to meet you in person I'd happily explain my situation; I think most people who know me will consider me reasonably open and honest.
 
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Herr Tubthumper

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He's already answered, he lets his flat in the Greater Brighton Area rent free to Syrians! And as we use to say at school in the 70's, "itchy beard"

that was a half-comedic reference to the last time you were banging on at me during start of the refugee crisis.
 


Chicken Run

Member Since Jul 2003
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My house in Hove is my primary family home. I'm not going to sell it. What I do with it is my business and I'm not in the habit of broadcasting my personal affairs on an Internet forum especially when it involves others such as my family and the folk who stay at my place). Similarly I don't typically talk in detail about my work or other personal things with strangers on forums.

Yes it's let. But I can reconcile this with my beliefs on landlords. I have stated before I actually supported Cameron's tax and position on buy-2-letters.

That said you seem a decent person (I'll overlook the champagne socialist comment :smile:). If I were to meet you in person I'd happily explain my situation; I think most people who know me will consider me reasonably open and honest.

All I'm saying is I'm sure you get the going rate which unfortunately in Brighton & Hove means 2 things, it will go up annually and be extortionate, I know this as I have been a private tenant for nearly 10 years!
 






pastafarian

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Sep 4, 2011
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I let the Syrian refugees stay rent free.

Out of interest did you arrange this privately through a charity or agency or even privately for Syrian asylum seekers already here that have been granted subsequent refugee status or through the official channels looking to help the people from the UN camps.
 


LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
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Sheffield
The irony of the new buy to let tax laws is that already high rents are going to increase substantially. As usual it's a policy which makes headlines (and tax receipts) but doesn't help the people it's "supposed" to.
 


Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
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In a pile of football shirts
The electorate voted conservative, who didn't at that time have flogging off the family silver - sorry, flogging off the council housing stock - as a policy in their manifesto.

So the electorate voted against the party that originally wanted to sell off the council houses. Democracy seems to make an ass of itself time and time again.
 


ALBION28

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Jul 26, 2011
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I find Teresa May's speeches confusing. she sounds like a socialist but leads the Conservative party. Wants the conservatives to not favour the priviledged but then puts forward policies to encourage priviledge (Grammar schools). Wants hard brexit? Brexit means Brexit. Then it will all be done without knowledge of parliament or the country. Deals behind doors? What a mess.
 




GT49er

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So the electorate voted against the party that originally wanted to sell off the council houses. Democracy seems to make an ass of itself time and time again.

Not an issue at the time really. There was too much not right with Labour at the time to overturn the residual Tory majority.
Thankfully once in a while though, democracy gets it right, like it did in June.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Out of interest did you arrange this privately through a charity or agency or even privately for Syrian asylum seekers already here that have been granted subsequent refugee status or through the official channels looking to help the people from the UN camps.

Open borders; I let anyone in.
 


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