What percentage of Sparks voted Brexit?

[Deleted member 26818]

That is opinion though - the fact is that the EU has changed, from a trade bloc to a meddling unelected federal body which has changed the face of Britain - the EU has brought about a situation where you mainly hear foreign voices in the street, where employers say they can no longer run their businesses without migrant workers, competition for property has pushed prices up beyond the means of many people who were born here, meaning people are faced with the prospect of living in digs for the rest of their lives if they haven't spent their working life saving up for their house back home.

Nobody knows for certain if we'll be better off when we leave, but the general consensus is that things can't keep going the way they are.

Most of that has sod all to do with the EU.

 

[Adam W]

Most of that has sod all to do with the EU.

Would you care to expand on that?

 

[telectrix]

Most of that has sod all to do with the EU.

why not.even non-eU migrants come here through europe, let'em in then move them on and dump them in UK has been EU policy for years.

 

[plugsandsparks]

Spoke to a client today who runs a business in UK, he cannot wait to leave, he has seen for his own eyes how EU multinationals have lobbied EU, skewed the market place and hurt many businesses in the process. We need a total clean break so our businesses can get on with global business on a level playing field. BTW he laughed at all the fuss about borders and customs, he imports from all over the world and states that the EU is actually more frustrating to deal with than US, china and asia, it isn't anything like what is being portrayed in the media. Over the cliff we go..... lol

 

[Nigel]

The EU's master plan is to have each Member State so reliant in it that they could never leave.

Portugal is a good example. One if the first things the EU done when Portugal joined was to give their farmers and manufacturing EU grants to close down. Portugal is now almost completely reliant on imports from............. yes, Germany.

We have to a certain extent almost fallen down the same hole. However we may just get out in time. The fact that we are talking about imploding as a direct result of leaving the EU scares me more than anything. The moment a country cannot survive without the input of foreign states then that country fails to be.

We will leave the EU as it is now impossible to be stopped. Anyone saying anything different does not understand how Parliament works.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Would you care to expand on that?

In the 80s Maggie Thatcher and the Tories gave Council Tenants the right to buy, whilst preventing Councils from using the proceeds from the sales to build more properties.
The resulting housing shortage and increased demand for housing has led to the escalation in house prices.

Maggie Thatcher and the Tories also decided to sell off all our nationalised industries for a fraction of their worth, resulting in our losing the millions of pounds of profit from those industries, the foreign ownership of those industries, a higher burden on our taxes and a reduction in public services.

Maggie Thatcher and the Tories also introduced competitive tendering, which resulted in an increase in foreign ownership, a decrease in wages, a decrease in the quality of work, an increase in costs, a higher burden on our taxes and a further reduction in public services.

Maggie Thatcher personally signed the freedom of movement agreement, which resulted in an increase in migrant workers from the EU, a further lowering of wages, an increase in the demand for housing and an increase on the demand for public services.

All this happened in the 80s, when the EU was still the EEC, just a trade block.

 

[Adam W]

In the 80s Maggie Thatcher and the Tories gave Council Tenants the right to buy, whilst preventing Councils from using the proceeds from the sales to build more properties.
The resulting housing shortage and increased demand for housing has led to the escalation in house prices.

Maggie Thatcher and the Tories also decided to sell off all our nationalised industries for a fraction of their worth, resulting in our losing the millions of pounds of profit from those industries, the foreign ownership of those industries, a higher burden on our taxes and a reduction in public services.

Maggie Thatcher and the Tories also introduced competitive tendering, which resulted in an increase in foreign ownership, a decrease in wages, a decrease in the quality of work, an increase in costs, a higher burden on our taxes and a further reduction in public services.

Maggie Thatcher personally signed the freedom of movement agreement, which resulted in an increase in migrant workers from the EU, a further lowering of wages, an increase in the demand for housing and an increase on the demand for public services.

All this happened in the 80s, when the EU was still the EEC, just a trade block.

Most of that has sod all to do with anything - that was 30 years ago and Maggie Thatcher died 5 years ago; you can't keep blaming her for everything.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Most of that has sod all to do with anything - that was 30 years ago and Maggie Thatcher died 5 years ago; you can't keep blaming her for everything.

That was just the start.
Both the Tories and the War criminal have continued the destruction.

 

[Adam W]

That was just the start.
Both the Tories and the War criminal have continued the destruction.

 

[telectrix]

In the 80s Maggie Thatcher and the Tories gave Council Tenants the right to buy, whilst preventing Councils from using the proceeds from the sales to build more properties.
The resulting housing shortage and increased demand for housing has led to the escalation in house prices.
i have to disagree with that. once tenants had purchased their council houses, they were no longer prospective tenants, sohow could that lead to a housing shortage? 1 less councilhouse available, but 1 less family wanting council rented accomodation.

Maggie Thatcher and the Tories also decided to sell off all our nationalised industries for a fraction of their worth, resulting in our losing the millions of pounds of profit from those industries, the foreign ownership of those industries, a higher burden on our taxes and a reduction in public services.
you mean the huge losses incurred by these overstaffed inefficient industries

Maggie Thatcher and the Tories also introduced competitive tendering, which resulted in an increase in foreign ownership, a decrease in wages, a decrease in the quality of work, an increase in costs, a higher burden on our taxes and a further reduction in public services.
i can agree partially with this statement.
Maggie Thatcher personally signed the freedom of movement agreement, which resulted in an increase in migrant workers from the EU, a further lowering of wages, an increase in the demand for housing and an increase on the demand for public services.

All this happened in the 80s, when the EU was still the EEC, just a trade block.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Those houses the Tennants purchased were no longer available for letting.
This created a shortage in public housing.
Prospective tennants then turned to the private sector.
This increased the demand on private housing.
As ther demand for private rented accommodation increased, landlords and prospective landlords purchased more property.
This further increased the demand on private housing.

Surprisingly only 20% of MPs are landlords.
Not surprisingly 70% of those are Tory.

 

[plugsandsparks]

I thought demand for housing was caused by many more single parent families and more people on the island wanting a house, whether the state or private builds them is neither here nor there.
Anyway, i think you will find that the free movement problem started when more countries were added to the EU during 2003 onwards. The actual agreements to add these countries and of course the impact of their movement was signed by TB, i remember the debates at the time and the government grossly (and negligently) under-estimated the number that would migrate (by millions) and hence we have a housing crisis. Maggie will be turning in her grave at the thoughts of what TB got up to opening up the UK to all and sundry, OH and conveniently forgetting to bolster up all our public services to cope.
What a muppet

 

[Deleted member 26818]

In 1965, my mum purchased a new build 2 bedroom flat for £3,000. She obtained a fixed rate mortgage from the newly formed GLC.
In 1969, my parents sold the flat for £5,000 and purchased a 3/4 bedroom house for £9,000. The two rear bedrooms had been converted into a kitchenette and bed sitting room.
My Paternal grandparents at the time were living in a Council 3 bed maisonette.
Following the death of my grandmother and the emigration to Canada of my Grandfather in 1975/6, the Council wrote to my Father and offered him the tenancy of my grandparents’ maisonette.
Although when my Grandparents first took up residency of the Maisonette, they had my Aunt living with them, for the majority of their tenancy they did not require 3 or even 2 bedrooms.
Today the Council would move them out to a 1 bed property in no time at all.

Surviving children of deceased tennants have always been able to inherit tenancies.
However, I have never heard of an instance where a tenancy was offered to someone living somewhere other than at the address of the tenancy.
Today even someone living at the address would have to fight to inherit the tenancy.

I can only assume, that at that time, during the 60s and 70s, there was no housing shortage in the area.

I personally know that housing policy in the area has changed since the beginning of the 80s.
Prospective tenants were allowed to refuse as many offers of tenancy as they wanted and still maintain their place on the waiting list. Over time this has been reduced to two offers, to one offer to now, no right of refusal.
In fact local Councils are now offering prospective tenants tenancies in other cities with no right of refusal.
Someone who has lived in Leyton all their lives and now needs Council accommodation, will not be offered somewhere local, perhaps in a neighbouring area, such as Leytonstone, Walthamstow, etc. instead they will be offered somewhere in Oldham or Manchester, even Barrow in Furness.

Some people will say, we have had an increase in our population.
In actual fact, the indigenous population is decreasing.
The population of the UK decreased from the 60s to the mid 70s, when it started to slightly increase again.
From 1985 (just after Thatcher signed the freedom of movement agreement) the population has been steadily increasing, mainly due to immigration.

To cap it all, Thatcher introduced a policy which reduced public housing, at the same time signed an agreement which increased immigration and over 70% of MPs that are landlords are Tory.
We no longer have a housing shortage, it’s now a housing crisis.

 

[Adam W]

In 1965, my mum purchased a new build 2 bedroom flat for £3,000. She obtained a fixed rate mortgage from the newly formed GLC.
In 1969, my parents sold the flat for £5,000 and purchased a 3/4 bedroom house for £9,000. The two rear bedrooms had been converted into a kitchenette and bed sitting room.
My Paternal grandparents at the time were living in a Council 3 bed maisonette.
Following the death of my grandmother and the emigration to Canada of my Grandfather in 1975/6, the Council wrote to my Father and offered him the tenancy of my grandparents’ maisonette.
Although when my Grandparents first took up residency of the Maisonette, they had my Aunt living with them, for the majority of their tenancy they did not require 3 or even 2 bedrooms.
Today the Council would move them out to a 1 bed property in no time at all.

Surviving children of deceased tennants have always been able to inherit tenancies.
However, I have never heard of an instance where a tenancy was offered to someone living somewhere other than at the address of the tenancy.
Today even someone living at the address would have to fight to inherit the tenancy.

I can only assume, that at that time, during the 60s and 70s, there was no housing shortage in the area.

I personally know that housing policy in the area has changed since the beginning of the 80s.
Prospective tenants were allowed to refuse as many offers of tenancy as they wanted and still maintain their place on the waiting list. Over time this has been reduced to two offers, to one offer to now, no right of refusal.
In fact local Councils are now offering prospective tenants tenancies in other cities with no right of refusal.
Someone who has lived in Leyton all their lives and now needs Council accommodation, will not be offered somewhere local, perhaps in a neighbouring area, such as Leytonstone, Walthamstow, etc. instead they will be offered somewhere in Oldham or Manchester, even Barrow in Furness.

Some people will say, we have had an increase in our population.
In actual fact, the indigenous population is decreasing.
The population of the UK decreased from the 60s to the mid 70s, when it started to slightly increase again.
From 1985 (just after Thatcher signed the freedom of movement agreement) the population has been steadily increasing, mainly due to immigration.

To cap it all, Thatcher introduced a policy which reduced public housing, at the same time signed an agreement which increased immigration and over 70% of MPs that are landlords are Tory.
We no longer have a housing shortage, it’s now a housing crisis.

So what do you think should be done about this crisis of yours?
Have a pop at the Tories? Dance on Margaret Thatcher's grave? Build more council estates in London?

Back on topic, could it help if fewer people from all over the world came to live in London thinking the streets are paved with gold? In other words an end to the free movement of people.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

So what do you think should be done about this crisis of yours?
Have a pop at the Tories? Dance on Margaret Thatcher's grave? Build more council estates in London?

Back on topic, could it help if fewer people from all over the world came to live in London thinking the streets are paved with gold? In other words an end to the free movement of people.

Since the Brexit vote, immigration has declined.
However immigration will not cease when we leave the EU.
Even now they are negotiating to allow freedom of movement to remain after we leave.
What needs to be done, is to stop the selling off of Council and Housing Association properties, and to start building more.