Timm

Yes, but there is a surprisingly substantial amount of stuff to unpack there. I'm not sure I can. I'm conflicted about this post. My initial point was that a photo of the AB will almost always look better than to the naked eye. But based on a singular (and personal) experience, sometimes the opposite is the case. I have never seen a photo or video that came close to replicating that experience. I can't explain it.

Yup. We went to Iceland a few years ago with the express intention of seeing the AB / NLs. We naively paid for a "see the lights tour" by 4x4 that took us to dark areas of the island and guaranteed a sighting or refund. We had a technical win on a few occasions (vague grey glow with naked eye, green visible on camera / phone). Having earnt their money with a technical win, the tour guides took us up a hill by Reykjavik as some sort of consolation. Obviously much more light pollution. But Wow. By absolute chance we were witness to an utterly astonishing display. All green, but it looked to the naked eye better than any photo I have ever seen. It was quite awe inspiring and other worldly. It lasted about 45 seconds. The weird thing (that I can't explain) is that it did not feel real. It was like a camera had been installed in my head so that I could see it - so that I could see it with my brain, but my eyes were not really seeing it. Very very strange and very very memorable.

That just has to make sense does it not? @scottbeard? John Lydon is a good man. Not many people realise that his "Punk" was a reaction to the irresponsible hedonism of the hippies.

Same here.

A good number of family homes will be hitting the market with no chain above. I think we might see no growth in real house prices in the period 2022 - 2032. Somewhere around 2029, some crackpots might start posting on House Price Boom. The lunatics, most people will say.

Yup.

You always say that. Why in particular will building more homes and letting FTBs have first refusal make the £ implode?

Would not have worked. What would they have done? Machine gunned boats in the English Channel?

On the other hand, the above is true. But what are they going to say? "We will compulsorily purchase land at current agricultural value and pay builders to construct millions of homes"?

Did either of you watch the video? First dibs for local FTBs. To stop new homes being snapped up by Chinese leave empty merchants, second homers, AirBnB and BTL.

I'm just utterly baffled. There will be untold multitudes fleeing the hot zones towards the cooler areas towards the poles. Russia has de-facto lost control of its southern border. I can't see how they or the USA can control or even limit swathes of climate refugees. New Zealand and Iceland might be OK because of the ocean distances. I know Cina is the worst culprit - what is their plan? They can't move their land to a more temperate zone.

Acting on client instructions is fine, but not if the client did not realise what they were agreeing to. Failing to report an offer is the Number 1 no-no in agency work.

I was at the Beehive in Bow at the weekend. Seemed to me the area was improving. Didn't get stabbed hardly at all.

Hmmm. Short dated Gilts seem to have come down...

Hold. They won't move until they are sure they are behind the curve.