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by 88 2mo ago
Exactly this. Housing land supply in the UK is bottlenecked by politics (NIMBYism) and economics (private developers seeking to maximise profits) not software.
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by 88 2y ago
Odd to see the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) presented in such a positive light. As an engineering project Crossrail became famous for being repeatedly delayed (eventually opening four years late) and many billions over budget. Since opening t
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by 88 2y ago
Same as those advancing the anti-motorist policies mentioned in the article. Buy property on the cheap because it’s on a busy road. Campaign to have the road fully/partially blocked to motor traffic, and/or speed limit reduced to
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by 88 3y ago
Each to their own but a £13k Vauxhall Corsa doesn’t seem like a bargain to me.
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by 88 3y ago
The average fully-qualified GP has something like 2,300 patients registered to them. If you assume 2.5 people per household for those new homes, their needs would be met by the addition of a single GP to an existing surgery. Then consider t
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by 88 3y ago
When you consider there are decades of under supply to make up for, this is still a paltry figure.
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by 88 4y ago
Presume they mean ajar, not fully opened
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by 88 4y ago
For small shop owners it’s a vicious cycle. They don’t want to take in Scottish notes because many customers won’t want them as change. Customers don’t want them as change because a lot of shop owners won’t take them. As per the article, th
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by 88 4y ago
> People aren't always available, so you have to work around or wait. I would have thought if everyone moved to four-day workweeks, they would all take the same day off, essentially extending the weekend.
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by 88 4y ago
Just a theory but in a downturn I could see a lot of companies increasing their ad spend as they lose existing customers and find they need to work harder to acquire new ones. Obviously this doesn’t apply to advertising which is just gratui
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by 88 4y ago
This is beginning to feel like the Freenode takeover drama
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by 88 4y ago
What kind of social problems are people seeing GPs about, that they otherwise wouldn’t? The example usually given is the other way round, that the woeful provision of care by the NHS leads to other public services (notably the police) becom
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by 88 4y ago
That’s a feature. The value of AccurateRip comes from the accuracy of data submitted to it. Tightly controlling how data can be submitted allows that accuracy to be maintained.
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by 88 4y ago
De minimis non curat lex
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by 88 4y ago
Does your ISP allow you to use their service to host a server? Most expressly prohibit it in their terms and conditions.
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by 88 4y ago
Have you considered that a consultant hired to fix a specific problem, and salaried employees seeking to justify their existence, may have slightly misaligned incentives?
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by 88 4y ago
Successful YouTubers get a good chunk of their income from brand deals. Doesn’t matter if your video gets monetized if a company has loaned/gifted you a product and paid you to make a video featuring it.
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by 88 4y ago
Except the Supreme Court have said they will not consider an appeal. So it is not illegal.
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by 88 4y ago
Corbyn self-identifies as a socialist.
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by 88 4y ago
So it’s illegal in your opinion but not in actual fact?
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by 88 4y ago
If it’s widely accepted that placing more women on corporate boards delivers better results for companies, then investors will push companies to do just that. Those that fail to do so will see their share price lag behind their competitors.
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by 88 4y ago
> But why do you need 10 fake Birkins? Different colours?
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by 88 4y ago
Does that mean the UK doesn’t have income, outgoings and debts?
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by 88 4y ago
So what is your point? The UK cannot print its way out of its debts, so what’s the relevance?
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by 88 4y ago
Please enlighten me on how people and countries differ in the basic concepts of having income, outgoings, and debts
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by 88 4y ago
Yes of course, the UK could simply print enough money to repay all its debts and that wouldn’t have any harmful or damaging effects on its economy whatsoever…
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by 88 4y ago
The fact many (note: not all) of those crossing via this means are intercepted and processed through an administrative process does not make it controlled migration.
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by 88 4y ago
Austerity is not a difficult policy to understand. If your personal debts had grown exponentially over the past year, and your income showed no signs of exceeding your outgoings, would you not make some effort to reduce your outgoings?
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by 88 4y ago
Perhaps we could do this with an NI increase that costs higher earners more, raising the NI threshold to benefit those on lower incomes, reducing fuel duty, and providing council tax rebates for those living in lower value properties?
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by 88 4y ago
If you completely ignore the context of a global financial crisis in 2008 and pandemic in 2020, I suppose you might think austerity has been unsuccessful.

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