National Trust against homes plan

[Barman]

The National Trust is to set itself up in direct opposition to the government's house-building programme.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to build three million more homes by 2020 to tackle the housing crisis.

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Why oh why doesn’t somebody – anybody - point out the foolishness of this plan?

Three million more homes means three million cookers, fridges, microwaves, TV’s, gas boilers, etc. – all imported…

Three million cars, perhaps as many as six or eight million (all imported)…

Six million adults plus eight million kids (mostly imported)…

Three million wheelie bins full of rubbish every week…

Yet we are constantly being told that the environment is ferked, the transport infrastructure can’t cope and climate change will turn most low-lying areas into attractive water features.

And slackjaw makes out this is a good thing and nobody questions it – even the National Trust doesn’t argue against three million new homes – just where they should be built.

No slackjaw, a good thing would be to pay people to fark-off to somewhere else and not build three million houses in green belt areas. Wanker!

 

[Snoopy]

 

You should stand for Parliament you silver tongued devil.

[Barman]

You should stand for Parliament you silver tongued devil.

I’m not sure about that but I was thinking about starting one of those petitions on the gov web site… 

[Sour Puss]

No slackjaw, a good thing would be to pay people to fark-off to somewhere else and not build three million houses in green belt areas. Wanker!

 

If they would let me take our pension, I would go and free up a property, my Mum needs looking after and has a nice little s/c flat in her garden, right next to the pool,  but if you want to live "outside of Europe" your pension is frozen and receives no cost of living increases, (also if I go they may decide not to let me back  )

[Barman]

Imagine the cost of three million homes, plus the extra infrastructure – not just roads but power generation, water provision, sewage, food, telephony, energy…

With the money saved you could encourage people to fark off with a gold-plated, index-linked pension and still be quids-in… 

[Darwins Selection]

As you say, these houses are only for single mothers and the unemployable.

Build nice big workhouses which can double up as prisons, instead of wasting the money on little individual houses.

The government could learn a lot from a study on battery farming techniques.

[Bar Wench]

Are there actually housing shortages though? Where are all these homeless people?

[Barman]

Are there actually housing shortages though? Where are all these homeless people?

One the way from Poland... 

[Bar Wench]

Are there actually housing shortages though? Where are all these homeless people?

One the way from Poland... 

SHUT THE BORDERS!!!

[chuntering again]

In another example of governmental foresight, they are closing eight Land Registry Offices by 2010.

[Barman]

In another example of governmental foresight, they are closing eight Land Registry Offices by 2010.

See? Wankers! 

[Grumpmeister]

Are there actually housing shortages though? Where are all these homeless people?

There is a shortage of people who actually own their own houses and as such can be taxed to the hilt by his bunch of con artists in power Wenchy.

[Bar Wench]

Are there actually housing shortages though? Where are all these homeless people?

There is a shortage of people who actually own their own houses and as such can be taxed to the hilt by his bunch of con artists in power Wenchy.

Ahhh that would be me then. Perhaps if all the buy to let landlords were forced to sell their portfolios it might lessen the shortage somewhat.

[Nick]

That's called ECONOMICS

Speaking as someone who lets two houses out I favour the preservation of the greenbelt

[Grumpmeister]

Are there actually housing shortages though? Where are all these homeless people?

There is a shortage of people who actually own their own houses and as such can be taxed to the hilt by his bunch of con artists in power Wenchy.

Ahhh that would be me then. Perhaps if all the buy to let landlords were forced to sell their portfolios it might lessen the shortage somewhat.

That will never happen because then the government would lose the extra revenue from the 2 homes or more mob.