Bruce Banner Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 "Some people would point out that increasing property prices are a good story because they're a sign of increased prosperity and wealth. Of course that's no comfort to anyone who's at the bottom of the ladder, but that's what drives it". BBC News - Jane Hill - Newsreader - 11:40 AM Tuesday January 11th 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric pebble Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 "Some people would point out that increasing property prices are a good story because they're a sign of increased prosperity and wealth. Of course that's no comfort to anyone who's at the bottom of the ladder, but that's what drives it". BBC News - Jane Hill - Newsreader - 11:40 AM Tuesday January 11th 2011. Nothing to do with the "rising value" of her property/possible property portfolio then.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Boy Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 there is no problem with rising house prices. The problem is that wages need to rise at the same level. Thats the problem. The average wage should now be around £60K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentimmo Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 In her world, I pray for the day the average house rises to £2M and everybody decides to stop paying the licence fee to the Beeb in order to pay their mortgage. The Beeb then have to sack all their newsreaders and replace them with free readers from a charity shop.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Whataat!!??! They give out free newsreaders at charity shops? I might pop in to see if they have one that looks like Susanna Reid. hmmmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashConnoisseur Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) The Topic tilte is a gross misreprentation. If the quote is accurate, we don't know what she thinks at all; she's merely reporting what "some people" think. We knew that already. Edit: Spelling. Edited January 11, 2011 by CrashConnoisseur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 The Topic tilte is a gross misreprentation. If the quote is accurate, we don't know what she things at all; she's merely reporting what "some people" think. We knew that already. The quote is verbatim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beggar Thy Children Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 The Topic tilte is a gross misreprentation. If the quote is accurate, we don't know what she things at all; she's merely reporting what "some people" think. We knew that already. Not really, use of the words "point out" infers that to make such a statement would be to draw attention to a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon tetra Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Whataat!!??! They give out free newsreaders at charity shops? I might pop in to see if they have one that looks like Susanna Reid. hmmmmmmmmm Big fan of Laura Tobin from the weather... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Boy Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Big fan of Laura Tobin from the weather... So am I. She is quite delightful in all aspects ( we need a smiley with a tongue hanging out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Like many people, they confuse a monetary value with wealth. the house IS the wealth. it neither goes up or down. it just IS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Sounds as though it would be a good thing if cars and food kept rising in price too. Even more wealth and prosperity! Inflation is wealth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) A lot of those officials and so on tasked with supporting the system are becoming completely deranged and delusional. Today there was even the sight of some bloke called Digby Jones (at any rate he used to be something to do with the CBI so we know he would be telling the truth and nothing but) laughing crazily and saying that we can't do without the banks because they are so profitable and then wheeling out the old chestnut that if bankers don't get the bonuses they will all go off to Dubai. No mention that the banks were so bankrupt that they had to be bailed out by all those taxpayer £trillions and the bankers bankrupted themselves and we would likely all be better off if they did go off and "help" Dubai. It was the BBC doing the interview and of course they just accepted everything he said. Edited January 11, 2011 by billybong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Theyre a sign of increased prosperity and wealth?! Theyre the same bloody houses! Theres not more of them. Theyre not improving themselves. How an earth is adding 000s to the end of them improving wealth Do these morons think Zimbabwe's wealth improved over the last few years because house prices went up there? Do they even understand what wealth is? Its like the broken window thingy. The BBC morons would literally destroy every bit of infrastructure in the UK so just the BBC building was left, and worth the entire UK monetary base. Therefore we're all rich. Hallejuyah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwestsmith2 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Nobody can forget when the newsreaders went on strike barely 2 months ago, the Union said it caused chaos and disruption as news readers Speaking outside Television Centre, NUJ president Jeremy Dear compared BBC Director-General Mark Thompson to Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, the Iraqi information minister at the time of the 2003 invasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) A lot of those officials and so on tasked with supporting the system are becoming completely deranged and delusional. Today there was even the sight of some bloke called Digby Jones (at any rate he used to be something to do with the CBI so we know he would be telling the truth and nothing but) laughing crazily and saying that we can't do without the banks because they are so profitable and then wheeling out the old chestnut that if bankers don't get the bonuses they will all go off to Dubai. No mention that the banks were so bankrupt that they had to be bailed out by all those taxpayer £trillions and the bankers bankrupted themselves and we would likely all be better off if they did go off and "help" Dubai. It was the BBC doing the interview and of course they just accepted everything he said. Wondered when old Fatby Jones would be wheeled out by the City. The City is on a huge charm offensive to fool errr persuade the people that is needed and good for Britain, rather than just greedy f*cks out for themselves. Indeed the City has been funding sports in deprived London boroughs for youngsters (bless) even though most of them wouldn't even qualify for cleaning jobs at the local CW bank HQ's and would doubtless be forced to pay for uniforms, and security passes, even if they did. Ch*nts the lot of them. The BBC doesn't question any of it, because its (a) either a propaganda outfit or ( lazy. Edited January 11, 2011 by Sir John Steed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Gloom Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 there is no problem with rising house prices. The problem is that wages need to rise at the same level. Thats the problem. The average wage should now be around £60K And 10% pay rises per year just to combat the HPI we had seen in about 2003. Otherwise the newreader is talking perfect sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepista Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I wonder how Jane would feel if there was massively increased supply (imagine say, an extreme hypothetical example of nanotechnology allowing infinite new lands in space, homes cost a hundred pounds each, and she has twenty or so)? Think how poor she would be! somehow don't think that that is likely though. there is no problem with rising house prices. The problem is that wages need to rise at the same level. Thats the problem. The average wage should now be around £60K It is, according to the Halifax... So am I. She is quite delightful in all aspects ( we need a smiley with a tongue hanging out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Gloom Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Like many people, they confuse a monetary value with wealth. the house IS the wealth. it neither goes up or down. it just IS. I hope she is cashing in by putting her propertie(s) on the market then. Otherwise that 'wealth' will be decreasing by 50%. Then again, much like most property owners, shes probably in denial about the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 "Some people would point out that increasing property prices are a good story because they're a sign of increased prosperity and wealth. Of course that's no comfort to anyone who's at the bottom of the ladder, but that's what drives it". BBC News - Jane Hill - Newsreader - 11:40 AM Tuesday January 11th 2011. ..they are there to read the news ...not to conjure up VI statements..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 ..they are there to read the news ...not to conjure up VI statements..... She sounded a bit awkward when she said it (a few hesitations and stammers), as if she knew she was overstepping the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeless Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Big fan of Laura Tobin from the weather... erm naaaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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