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  1. Thankfully there are no historical counterexamples of monarchs who got too big for their boots and ran their countries for their own personal enrichment at the expense of their subjects.

    Exactly. She may not abuse it - lets face it an octogenarian wouldnt want to rock the boat too much (though you might see Prince Andrew with a few more perks and some of the Queen's grandkids in powerful positions). However, would Charles be so noble? William? What would happen to Republicans? Only when monarchs were not given absolute power did the lot of the average person improve. The suggestion of the monarch as dictator would move us back to the days of the aristocratic overlords.

  2. Thankfully there are no historical counterexamples of monarchs who got too big for their boots and ran their countries for their own personal enrichment at the expense of their subjects.

    Exactly. She may not abuse it - lets face it an octogenarian wouldnt want to rock the boat too much (though you might see Prince Andrew with a few more perks and some of the Queen's grandkids in powerful positions). However, would Charles be so noble? William? What would happen to Republicans? Only when monarchs were not given absolute power did the lot of the average person improve. The suggestion of the monarch as dictator would move us back to the days of the aristocratic overlords.

  3. Thankfully there are no historical counterexamples of monarchs who got too big for their boots and ran their countries for their own personal enrichment at the expense of their subjects.

    Exactly. She may not abuse it - lets face it an octogenarian wouldnt want to rock the boat too much (though you might see Prince Andrew with a few more perks and some of the Queen's grandkids in powerful positions). However, would Charles be so noble? William? What would happen to Republicans? Only when monarchs were not given absolute power did the lot of the average person improve. The suggestion of the monarch as dictator would move us back to the days of the aristocratic overlords.

  4. Seems dodgy - they are looking for mugs. In a genuine sale, you would have to do some hard bargaining to make 9% gross, which in student accommodation would be around 5% gross, and 9.5% net would be impossible.

    I saw adverts similar to this offering developments in Bulgaria, Latvia etc back in 2006....

  5. He was frustrated with high house prices so built his own and many more for other people, enabling many to own their own homes. While people may complain about the style of housing, they still sold in large numbers and he followed consumer demand. We could do with people like him starting building companies now, though the problem is still on the planning side. RIP

  6. Mine would be something like:

    Household bills (non-food): £130

    Food: £300

    Petrol / Diesel / Car Insurance: £0

    Rent (1 bed flat): £1040

    Eating out / takeaway: £200

    Booze / going out: £2000

    Gadgets / bike stuff: £300

    2000 per month on booze/ going out!! Going out say 2 times a week would mean 250 quid per night. I assume you either have a drugs habit or regularly visit strip club as that is huge.

    Cut the habit and you could have 50k saved up after 2 years.

  7. Mortgage rates to stay low due to QE.

    Rents to creep higher due to more immigrants wanting to live in our limited housing stock.

    House prices to stay about the same as the standoff continues

    Food and oil to get a bit more expensive.

    Successful can kicking in the Eurozone leading to slightly higher equity prices and the Euro getting stronger versus the Pound.

  8. You could always cut your hours, and thus your income, in half to allow that unemployed man on the bus to earn an income. Since your are occupying his job with your excessive hours worked, you must pay for bus fare.

    You should learn skills so you are productive enough to get a job by yourself. It is a global world out there. So no, I dont want to pay your bus fare because you haven't made yourself employable.

    I cant afford to travel around all day on buses and dont think that I should pay for anyone else to do it.

  9. The buses are empty outside of rush hour. They roll around collecting pensioners. It seems to me that if we can give the unemployed something for no cost, then that is a good thing. It would be mean to do otherwise.

    Why not give the workers something for nothing while we are at it? Oh no we cant have that - they can only use what they can afford. They are the slaves that have to toil to keep the others in the manner they have become accustomed.

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