Hostafan1 said:-I remember in the 80's we had high inflation then too, and paying 17% interest on my mortgage.
I too remember high mortgage rates BUT my husband and I each had a full time job and although a struggle were able to buy are own house in our late 20's.
My daughter and her fiance however have never been able to get completely full time jobs (zero hours etc) although both have always had a job and work extremely hard.A mortgage and a house of their own in just beyond them even though they have already saved more than our first home cost!
At my daughters age (29) I had a house and 2 young children but for her it is just a dream
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
House prices in the UK are the result of Conservative governments (notably that lead by MT) who promoted the Right to Buy and prevented local authorities from re-investing the monies in houses to rent - this was done as it was believed that home-owners were more likely to vote Tory. This, coupled with the encouragement of Buy to Let for investment has priced many hard working younger people out of the housing market.
It is not a result of EU policy.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Not been posting on any threads for a while, but this one has got me "twitching".
Hosta asked about evidence yesterday, re car manufacturers etc. BMW have warned workers at its British factories that they would reconsider UK manufacturing, in the event of BREXIT, as have Honda and Toyota,
The USA has clearly stated, that they would much rather deal with a combined EU, rather than with us as a separate entity.
I have no wish to build a wall around us, with a keep out sign.
Years and years of uncertainty, the Swiss are still trying to sort out trade agreements 17 years after starting negotiations.
It is so much easier to negotiate from the inside.
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Two faced. No guts.
Hostafan1 said:-I remember in the 80's we had high inflation then too, and paying 17% interest on my mortgage.
I too remember high mortgage rates BUT my husband and I each had a full time job and although a struggle were able to buy are own house in our late 20's.
My daughter and her fiance however have never been able to get completely full time jobs (zero hours etc) although both have always had a job and work extremely hard.A mortgage and a house of their own in just beyond them even though they have already saved more than our first home cost!
At my daughters age (29) I had a house and 2 young children but for her it is just a dream
..and I am also voting out!
madpengiun, would leaving the EU make houses more affordable ? or guarantee full time work for everyone who wanted it?
House prices in the UK are the result of Conservative governments (notably that lead by MT) who promoted the Right to Buy and prevented local authorities from re-investing the monies in houses to rent - this was done as it was believed that home-owners were more likely to vote Tory. This, coupled with the encouragement of Buy to Let for investment has priced many hard working younger people out of the housing market.
It is not a result of EU policy.
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Indeed so Dove. Programme scheduled on Channel 4 this Monday:
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/d2gyhz/dispatches--council-house-millionaires-channel-4-dispatches
More losers than winners .
Good point Dove. If we leave, we'll have nobody to blame for all our ills. Then what shall we do?
Oh we're British, we can always find someone to blame.
someone mentioned glyphosate.
January's The Garden magazine had a brief mention that the EU had found
" glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to human health"
www.efsa.europa.eu
Not sure how sage we should feel about " unlikely" but hey, we know tobacco definitely does cause cancer and nobody has banned that yet.
Pdoc posted this, but somehow it ended up on the Espresso thread (well, I s'pose espresso is French).
I've copied it to here - hope that's ok?
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