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Bacon Terrorist posted:Going after that BNP vote lol "Everything is idpol now!" ... "Wait no, not like that" e: 
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Yeah, the banks might not want to actually own those properties. A colleague of mine put in a low bid on a property he knew through the rumor mill was gonna get foreclosed on, which the bank pretended to be gravely offended at. A week later he got the property at the price of his original offer, 1/3 of the price it was originally bought at by the previous owner. Now this was a lovely-rear end property that would need a lot of repairs, which the bank obviously realized, but the general logic of them not wanting to sit on an asset which might depreciate dramatically due to previous neglect kinda goes for housing in general. Given all the speculation they do, even taking a 20% loss on a property might still be preferable to them, just because it lets them invest that money into whatever insane schemes they're now involved in. Like you pointed out, owning a vacant house has carrying costs associated with it. So the only reason to keep the house on your books would be to speculate on the price increase. And there's a million different financial products that you could purchase instead of owning a fleet of decaying houses that require you to maintain them. So you liquidate the house at whatever price you can get, and invest that in something that has a risk profile that you like, while not getting nasty letters because you didn't mow the lawn.
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Going after that BNP vote lol Is that Rupa Huq? Seems like a dumb thing to say that would absolutely be taken out of context by racist poo poo heels like Guido
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Sep 27, 2022 16:26
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Rupa Huq yes and she has had the whip withdrawn.
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Sep 27, 2022 16:32
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sassassin posted:My original mortgage in 2011 was 4.9%. How did I ever manage?
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Sep 27, 2022 16:34
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lol Rupa is my MP and an incredible weirdo. Unfortunately, while she could not be considered on the left by any margin, there are Labour right headbangers who will install an absolute loving oval office in her place.
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Sep 27, 2022 16:41
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I heard Darren Grimes is available.
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Sep 27, 2022 16:44
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I was going to say, she is not one of the worst ones.
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Sep 27, 2022 16:45
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"He's only superficially black, he went to private school"
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Sep 27, 2022 17:01
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https://twitter.com/michaeljswalker/status/1574766513881595906?s=46&t=7xqS0mn0nBwvMypxMBCD9A Can’t tell if he’s doing a bit or just confirming himself to be the thickest soft-left commentator in town.
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Comrade Fakename posted:lol Rupa is my MP and an incredible weirdo. Unfortunately, while she could not be considered on the left by any margin, there are Labour right headbangers who will install an absolute loving oval office in her place. She'll apologise and get the whip back because she a) isn't a socialist and b) did a Lesser Racism on the hierarchy
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Sep 27, 2022 17:07
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Answers Me posted:https://twitter.com/michaeljswalker/status/1574766513881595906?s=46&t=7xqS0mn0nBwvMypxMBCD9A Oh, Walker is a pure melt, a tub of Ben & Jerry's left out in the summer Floridian sun
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Sep 27, 2022 17:07
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Guavanaut posted:Still need to do something about the one in the bedroom that's behind the curtains, providing a perfect boiler-window heat transfer without ever having to interact with the room, currently just tucking the curtains behind it when it needs to be on. I made the mistake of putting full length black out curtains in the bedroom which does the same thing. I'm fortunate I don't really have the heating on though the night but the room isn't exactly toasty warm for me when I wake up. Still, there's a loving lamppost outside my window so I think I'll take pitch black tomblike sleep over a chilly morning.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:12
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I would expect plenty of people looking to ride the coattails of a labour government into power regardless of the likelihood of them doing anything actually worthwhile.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:13
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Guess the markets don't trust Kwarteng's confidence https://twitter.com/ScouseView/status/1574790758120542209
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Sep 27, 2022 17:21
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Kin posted:I made the mistake of putting full length black out curtains in the bedroom which does the same thing.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:24
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Going after that BNP vote lol Insinuating the he's a "coconut" is a lovely move. 
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Sep 27, 2022 17:26
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Clearly he's not black, he didn't vote for Joe Biden.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:26
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You could perhaps put shutters on the outside of the window, if you are in a position to do that anyway. Perhaps less practical for upstairs windows.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:28
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Just Another Lurker posted:Insinuating the he's a "coconut" is a lovely move. Yeah, that is a Lib Dem move
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Sep 27, 2022 17:30
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The biggest problem with shutters in the UK is surely that they'd rattle in the wind.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:37
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I've been thinking that Kwarteng is an evil downs baby accidentally made chancellor for few weeks now, but you won't catch me saying it out loud. [edit] Should point out that I work with a few downs kids and they're all great. Notably not evil, mind you. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) kingturnip fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sep 27, 2022 17:43
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kingturnip posted:I've been thinking that Kwarteng is an evil downs baby accidentally made chancellor for few weeks now, but you won't catch me saying it out loud. 
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Sep 27, 2022 17:47
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kingturnip posted:I've been thinking that Kwarteng is an evil downs baby accidentally made chancellor for few weeks now, but you won't catch me saying it out loud. 
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Sep 27, 2022 17:51
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Bobby Deluxe posted:The biggest problem with shutters in the UK is surely that they'd rattle in the wind. That's surely more an issue with fitment than anything else, you could make a latch that pulls it tight against the fixture.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:55
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forkboy84 posted:Yeah, that is a Lib Dem move Whatever happened to Tintower?
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Sep 27, 2022 18:00
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Bobby Deluxe posted:The biggest problem with shutters in the UK is surely that they'd rattle in the wind. There are old fishing cottages (except it's more like 3 terraced houses than cottages, dunno why we call them that) around here which have shutters over their front windows, & the face directly out at the Moray Firth & so absolutely get battered by the wind. Never seen anyone having to fix them, other than a fresh coat of paint. Pretty sure that shutters were designed with wind in mind.
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Sep 27, 2022 18:00
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forkboy84 posted:There are old fishing cottages (except it's more like 3 terraced houses than cottages, dunno why we call them that) around here which have shutters over their front windows, & the face directly out at the Moray Firth & so absolutely get battered by the wind. Never seen anyone having to fix them, other than a fresh coat of paint. Pretty sure that shutters were designed with wind in mind. Yeah probably the main use for them nowadays is literally for hurricane protection.
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Sep 27, 2022 18:03
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mrpwase posted:Whatever happened to Tintower?
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Sep 27, 2022 18:05
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Rarity posted:"He's only superficially black, he went to private school" hahahaha hahahahahaha
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Sep 27, 2022 18:05
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Apraxin posted:They still post, just not in this thread (presumably because the coconut thing is stuck in the collective consciousness). Yeah, see her regularly in the Internet Culture Warriors thread, in fact she's where I got the scoop on Grimy Darren being fired for dating the staff.
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Sep 27, 2022 18:06
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forkboy84 posted:There are old fishing cottages (except it's more like 3 terraced houses than cottages, dunno why we call them that) around here which have shutters over their front windows, & the face directly out at the Moray Firth & so absolutely get battered by the wind. Never seen anyone having to fix them, other than a fresh coat of paint. Pretty sure that shutters were designed with wind in mind. I'd consider shutters or close fitted blackout blinds but they're a lot more expensive than Big Cloth technology.
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Sep 27, 2022 18:08
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You could have a go at making yourself some out of a pallet if you want 
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Sep 27, 2022 18:13
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lmao, been getting quotes to fix the window in my spare room that won’t close properly and I’m being quoted ~£1,200 (because it needs scaffolding) and a wait until March. never mind, says I, I’ll just keep that door closed all winter to keep the heat in imagine my joy when I come home today and try to get in to fetch my laundry and the sodding mechanism won’t open properly. Had to take it to bits so now there’s a big hole in the door as well 
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Sep 27, 2022 18:13
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I am going to plaster every loving problem in this flat with duct tape until it fucks off
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Sep 27, 2022 18:14
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So keiths big speech eh? https://twitter.com/GdnPolitics/status/1574774629025345536 Is he promising to make a government backed energy wholesaler, like all those ones that went bankrupt?
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Sep 27, 2022 18:16
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No it's worse. It's an energy generator that will be able to make independent investments and probably sell energy to the wholesellers who will sell it to you.
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Sep 27, 2022 18:20
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Why is a government-owned energy firm that invests in green energy a bad thing?
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Sep 27, 2022 18:26
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oxford_town posted:Why is a government-owned energy firm that invests in green energy a bad thing? I'm guessing because it's being pushed by New New Labour, and this will just be another mechanism to funnel public cash to their mates but not quite as blatently as the Tories Or it'll be done in a such a hamfisted way to 'prove' that public ownership doesn't work and after a decade we should sell the whole thing off to EDF
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oxford_town posted:Why is a government-owned energy firm that invests in green energy a bad thing? Sounds like a half measure that'll just be used to subsidize private energy companies. Just nationalise the whole loving lot.
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