She would be proud.

Big chest and massive boobs

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To true Kerm... Couple of the older lads here who were part of the miners strikes were saying along the lines of 'she earnt us a fortune when she was in power and still earning us money now she's dead gawd bless her'.....

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

I'm not sure the country needs more affordable housing per se, but maybe what it needs is accomodation that isn't sold off. The problem with affordable housing isn't going to be resolved if the affordable housing is sold, because it then has to increase in value in order to allow people to move upwards on the property ladder.

A better solution might be to provide property that is rented out aimed at low wage employed, that would act to stabalise the low end rental markets. Around my way, renting a one bedroom flat will cost you 750 quid a month, without bills, but there are always properties available. Even in a shared house, you'll be paying at least 300 a month.

These costs by far make up the councils budgets in terms of welfare, as whilst benefits might run to 200 per adult, housing benefit alone for the month will be at least 300 a month, per adult.

And thats before you get to families (a two bedroom house will be 1200 a month - Which in welfare cases means the housing benefit goes straight to a private landlord from the state).

Removing the low end rental market would also likely end up increasing the number of properties available to sell, as thus reducing the price.

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For all the problems with Thatcherism....And I've waffled on enough about them. What the country most definitely didn't want was the kind of alternative being offered at the time.

It must be continuously pointed out that the country only had two options. The left had been given their chance, the unions had picked them apart. Thatcher was a radical with blunt medicine maybe but her rise was of their own making.

Sure most of us would have preferred Thatcherism with the edges knocked off, maybe in some areas we needed a Howe or Heseltine.

Still, they both were strong EU supporters....Which she was in the beginning....That wasn't a terrible idea back then when the EU could have gone in a different direction. But she learned from experience and could smell the plans and the disaster brewing. She was convinced into signing us up for ultimately damaging democratic agreements such as the Maastricht treaty, which she regretted.

Still, my one abiding memory of her was her 'No, No, No'.....Which contributed to her downfall but was magnificent.

She wasn't perfect but she was the best we've had for ages.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I agree with you, the majority of the homes I listed I would rent out at a low fixed amount, some I would sell.

The country had to act fast after WW2 building Prefab homes to replenish all the buildings that were destroyed and also to respond to a baby boom that was needed so there was an eye on the next generation that was to come through.
I see the current crisis similar to this in a lot of ways, obviously we havent been bombed by the luftwaffe for a while but we need more housing, we need it now & we need it to be cost effective, the types of homes I suggest ticks those boxes.

It may not be everyones cup of tea but the alternative is to blunder on with rubbish part buy part rent schemes, no where near enough homes built for the demand & landlords taking the piss on the rental market, which seems to be the case with successive governments.

The mountains are calling & I must go.

It is an observation that you are incredibly anti-establishment yet apparantly happy to take the leg up's the establishment offer you and also conform to the stablishment, suburban idyll.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02