Sawitcoming

Car manufacturing getting better was not due to de-unionisation. The Japanese had sensible management and lean manufacturing processes which are more effective and humane.

Only a few mins long. Well worth a watch

Wandsworth has the lowest council tax in the country IIRC. Next door Merton has the highest. If you want to go out partying then yes its not cheap but everyday stuff does not feel much more expensive than Yorkshire. With some constraints and caveats with you could say it's not more expensive to live in London. Housing ruins all of that.

All negative for London though.

29k of arrears coming as a surprise?

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Sentimento leviosa!

Hybrid property and domestic violence propaganda. That's a new one. Well if she couldn't sell it for 1.25 million and the Bank couldn't then it isn't worth 1.25 million.

Any opportunity to talk up the climate crisis with the guardian. ?

Anecdotal: I worked on building the website for probably the largest home builders in the UK in 2013. They had a separate website where they would market the luxury London flats they were building to the asian market 6 months before they were offered to the UK market.

Saudi Arabia investing $10bn USD into Maldives tourism. The Maldives has one of the lowest elevations above sea level. Do they know something we don't? ? https://maldivesfinest.com/saudi-faafu-atoll-project

Very good. Thanks for that.

YES!! ?

I recall in 2007 everyone was boasting how their homes made more money than their salary. I am not hearing those losing 64k a year on a 1M home about how their home is losing more money than their salary.

In the past week, there have been a couple of property related articles in the Betoota advocate which is an Australian version of the Daily Mash. It is satire but indicative of a wider sentiment. https://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/property-investors-selling-house-at-a-loss-expects-nation-feel-sorry-for-them/?fbclid=IwAR1sI41Vx7M_SV2hEo2iQ0RzTz2BNmTVyHlV50S64A03fr5m1dL7qD2sCys https://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/https-www-betootaadvocate-com-uncategorized-heavily-mortgaged-sydney-high-rise-resident-is-just-gonna-ignore-the-cracking-sounds-for-now/?fbclid=IwAR2kr7RYt5ucCnlw1oxyiiK-hcsSbdV_5dyG0XAeUHEEifLD-UVhahZb6CQ