UK Politics

[steviewevie]

24 minutes ago, Neil said:

Looks like the faragists know they f**ked up.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/12/majority-of-brexit-voters-would-accept-free-movement-to-access-single-market-uk-eu?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

and yet the government still wouldn't dare go near it. 

[Neil]

23 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

and yet the government still wouldn't dare go near it. 

Reckon it needs a bit more than one recent poll for the govt to be brave enough.

I think that poll might also signal that the rise of farage is starting to peter out.

[lost]

Seems a huge number for the south west, I've never really thought of it as having the infrastucture of other regions:

 

 

[Neil]

9 minutes ago, lost said:

Seems a huge number for the south west, I've never really thought of it as having the infrastucture of other regions:

 

 

There's some bad housing problems in the south west with over 1000 street sleepers in Bristol alone. Also a lot of can't buy a house in the village I was brought up in.

Edited 2 hours ago by Neil

[steviewevie]

19 minutes ago, lost said:

Seems a huge number for the south west, I've never really thought of it as having the infrastucture of other regions:

 

 

for londoner 2nd homes.

[steviewevie]

They won't hit those targets...there will be massive push back from councils and nimbys etc. But, they might make some progress.

[lost]

20 minutes ago, Neil said:

There's some bad housing problems in the south west with over 1000 street sleepers in Bristol alone.

 

I think it is just short of another Bristol. 40k a year over 5 year parliament, 2.3 average occupancy, I make that 472k. Google says Bristol is 483k.

Edited 2 hours ago by lost

[lost]

12 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

They won't hit those targets...there will be massive push back from councils and nimbys etc. But, they might make some progress.

 

Yep. Just noticed how much green belt around Warrington is marked for development. From the people I know in Cheshire that is going to kick off big time.

[steviewevie]

56 minutes ago, lost said:

 

Yep. Just noticed how much green belt around Warrington is marked for development. From the people I know in Cheshire that is going to kick off big time.

also going to be a big push back from environmentalists (and from that yougov poll most people are environmentalists these days apparently)

[pink_triangle]

It’s fine to build the houses, but how will the roads cope with the additional traffic? where will people park in the village? Where will the kids in the new houses go to school and how will GP surgeries cope with extra people and no extra staff?

Edited 6 minutes ago by pink_triangle

[lost]

2 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

It’s fine to build the houses, but hii out will the roads cope with the additional traffic?

 

Thats what I thought about the south west. You would of thought the north and south east have much better infrastructure due to the north being the main area during the industrial revolution and the south east been the main area now.

 

its going to need massive road building in the South West.

[steviewevie]

15 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

It’s fine to build the houses, but how will the roads cope with the additional traffic? where will people park in the village? Where will the kids in the new houses go to school and how will GP surgeries cope with extra people and no extra staff?

well...that's where planning comes in.

[Crazyfool01]

11 minutes ago, lost said:

 

Thats what I thought about the south west. You would of thought the north and south east have much better infrastructure due to the north being the main area during the industrial revolution and the south east been the main area now.

 

its going to need massive road building in the South West.

as soon as there is an issue on the M5 the entire SW grinds to a halt and its happened pretty frequently lately 

[steviewevie]

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