I's because people are sheep and also idiots. There is no need to panic buy.

 

 

The Sun has caused this by publishing old pics from March of empty shelves. It's reminded people and some would think they were pics from this week.

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First mistake was to read that horrible rag I guess

This part is really important — landlords were prioritised, again. People can fool themselves into thinking universities and the government just wanted students to have as normal an experience as possible. They wanted students to spend money, pay their rent, and not be seen as charging 9k to study at home.

 

Indeed, the Covid-19 global pandemic and responses to it have exposed the creaking and utterly corrupt rentier economy that is the UK.

 

That is what guides most of the actions taken by this government: The rentier class. We were told/ordered in the summer to get back to the office to help spend in the economy and support those landowners who rent out the offices and city spaces that depend on this activity to survive, when many were able to quite easily work from home (some just as or even more productively) and actually help to revive the LOCAL economy. Now students have been farmed out to their debt slave dwellings where they've been locked down and given third-rate online tuition for the very reasonable price of £9K (ha ha ) that they could have easily done from home.

 

Landlords were even protected in the early part of the crisis by being given a 'mortgage holiday', one luxury that their paying tenants were presumably not given. Basically, I am very pissed off about all of this.

Indeed, the Covid-19 global pandemic and responses to it have exposed the creaking and utterly corrupt rentier economy that is the UK.

 

That is what guides most of the actions taken by this government: The rentier class. We were told/ordered in the summer to get back to the office to help spend in the economy and support those landowners who rent out the offices and city spaces that depend on this activity to survive, when many were able to quite easily work from home (some just as or even more productively) and actually help to revive the LOCAL economy. Now students have been farmed out to their debt slave dwellings where they've been locked down and given third-rate online tuition for the very reasonable price of £9K (ha ha ) that they could have easily done from home.

 

Landlords were even protected in the early part of the crisis by being given a 'mortgage holiday', one luxury that their paying tenants were presumably not given. Basically, I am very pissed off about all of this.

 

Really hard to disagree with this. There is so much wrong with private landlords, they really distorte the property market, especially the lower end. It's unlikely the prpoerty market will ever fall as too many people will lose rather than gain. It would have been nice for these properites to be returned to the market and have first time buyers the opportunity to purchase them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54315320

 

This is really worrying. The rule of six is there for a reason and the chance that it and other vital restrictions may be repealed by Parliament is a victory for the don't care about Covid/anti-masker scum. And I don't use that word for people lightly but that's what they are.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54315320

 

This is really worrying. The rule of six is there for a reason and the chance that it may be repealed by Parliament is a victory for the don't care about Covid/anti-masker scum. And I don't use that word for people lightly but that's what they are.

 

You've got to admit the 10 p.m. curfew is completely redundant though, surely? It is if anything increasing the risk of spread by causing everyone to pile out at exactly the same time.

 

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54315320

 

This is really worrying. The rule of six is there for a reason and the chance that it and other vital restrictions may be repealed by Parliament is a victory for the don't care about Covid/anti-masker scum. And I don't use that word for people lightly but that's what they are.

 

What is the reason for the rule of specifically 6 though? Why is it safer for a family of 4 to meet with their grandparents than a family of 5?

You've got to admit the 10 p.m. curfew is completely redundant though, surely? It is if anything increasing the risk of spread by causing everyone to pile out at exactly the same time.

 

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Yes I admit that. However there shouldn't be 'everyone' anyway to come out of bars there should only be a few people in a bar at once.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54315320

 

This is really worrying. The rule of six is there for a reason and the chance that it and other vital restrictions may be repealed by Parliament is a victory for the don't care about Covid/anti-masker scum. And I don't use that word for people lightly but that's what they are.

I suspect the rule of six would stay. The point is that all these new laws are being introduced by decree. MPs, quite rightly, feel they should have a role to play. The thing that really went too far for me was the idea of introducing £10,000 fines without any scrutiny.

What is the reason for the rule of specifically 6 though? Why is it safer for a family of 4 to meet with their grandparents than a family of 5?

That's one reason why parliament should have a say. Get ministers to face the Commons and produce the evidence to persuade MPs to support it.

Really hard to disagree with this. There is so much wrong with private landlords, they really distorte the property market, especially the lower end. It's unlikely the prpoerty market will ever fall as too many people will lose rather than gain. It would have been nice for these properites to be returned to the market and have first time buyers the opportunity to purchase them.

 

 

Private landlords provide a vital service as there aren't enough council houses and flats to go round. There are good landlord and bad ones just like there are good and bad tenants.

I suspect the rule of six would stay. The point is that all these new laws are being introduced by decree. MPs, quite rightly, feel they should have a role to play. The thing that really went too far for me was the idea of introducing £10,000 fines without any scrutiny.

 

Yes I agree with the fact MPs should debate and vote on these laws, it will give them more democratic legitimacy.

What is the reason for the rule of specifically 6 though? Why is it safer for a family of 4 to meet with their grandparents than a family of 5?

Well I admit there should be some extenuating circumstances that do not result in fines such as the example you gave.

Private landlords provide a vital service as there aren't enough council houses and flats to go round.

 

The irony is too much.

Private landlords provide a vital service as there aren't enough council houses and flats to go round. There are good landlord and bad ones just like there are good and bad tenants.

 

Hear me out, if the landlords did not own the houses, they would be available at more affordable prices for normal people to own rather than to siphon off large parts of their income every month.

 

Landlords provide the same vital service to the housing market that a blood-sucking mosquito does to your skin.

It’s called parasitic capitalism

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Hear me out, if the landlords did not own the houses, they would be available at more affordable prices for normal people to own rather than to siphon off large parts of their income every month.

 

 

Yes but some normal people as you call them wouldn't ever get a mortgage to pay for any property. They're totally reliant on renting. Some choose to rent when they could perhaps buy. Not working or no stable work record, sick or disabled, no deposit, low income, no way can they get a loan. We couldn't until her employer kindly gave us a private mortgage at a very low interest rate.

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Yes but some normal people as you call them wouldn't ever get a mortgage to pay for any property. They're totally reliant on renting. Some choose to rent when they could perhaps buy. Not working or no stable work record, sick or disabled, no deposit, low income, no way can they get a loan. We couldn't until her employer kindly gave us a private mortgage at a very low interest rate.

 

But Chris, while some people choose to rent and especially in Western Europe I think this is more of a thing, we have a situation in lots of the UK where landlords buy up new build properites and exisiting properties because they have capital. How is it fair when the mortage might be £500 a month, and then it's rented out at £1000 a month to tenants. Not only that, the current system encourages people to then rent their own homes out if they are able to afford a second or third mortgage. Not everyone should havr the divine right to own a property, but there are lots of people who earn good salaries but can't afford to buy their own home as they live in an area with ridiculous prices vs their good salary.