Thatcherism

I didn't mean it as an insult, it's up to you if you interpret it like that

And like with almost every government decision there are always going to be 'losers', to me it's about the magnitude of the positive impacts which takes precedence.

Except it created a huge shortage of houses and a 5 million person waiting list.
But yeah, one of the greatest policies wasn't it.
Mind you, when you think Thatcher was a man, it's no surprise you have such daft views.

The rich better start lobbying for private military rights within the UK soon else the rise of the pitchforks will bring about a socialist revolution like in Greece.

Do you not think the massive influx of immigrants had an impact on housing?

No it won't. The vast majority of the electorate are happy and content. I
Like most am looking back at this financial crash and austerity and realise that it started off with a massive reduction in my mortgage due to the drop in interest rates and its finishing off with petrol cheaper than its been for donkeys years.

Socialism died in the UK when the electorate realised IT didn't work in the late 90s. It's been dieing off ever since only supportd by loud, shouty minorities.

No not really. There had been immigration before and after she had been in power and there had never been such a huge housing shortage. She allowed people to buy but didn't replenish the stock which created a huge housing shortage and led to the highest number of homeless people we've ever had.

You're right. There has been immigration before, but never at the levels we've seen recently. So just a thought that linking the council house sell off in the 80 yo the mass immigration of the late 90s may have somethjng to do with a geographically located housing shorthage we see in the uk now.

Has immigration had an impact on the housing shortage in the UK? Yes.

Has it had as much an affect as continued low house building, especially in the public sector? Probably not. Worth noting that there still hasn't been a significant up turn in housing starts or completions, poor forecasting cannot be an excuse 11 years after A8 nations joined the EU.

There was record immigration recently. Nobody predicted, or was willing to predict the immigration numbers exepcted.

The hiding shortage is localised to London. There nowhere really left to build in London.
Mousing shortages are a result of a multitude of reasons. Demand, lifestyle changes, investment, planning regulations.

Blaming it on a political decision 30 years ago is lazy.

Recently as in the past 10 years, at no point have governments in that time significantly increased house building. It doesn't take 11 years to build a house.

I don't blame Thatchers policy alone, but its legacy has had a significant impact. On the amount of social housing stock available, future political decisions and the 'Englishmans Castle' thing.

Recently as in the past 10 years, at no point have governments in that time significantly increased house building. It doesn't take 11 years to build a house.

I don't blame Thatchers policy alone, but its legacy has had a significant impact. On the amount of social housing stock available, future political decisions and the 'Englishmans Castle' thing.

Blaming it on a political decision 30 years ago is lazy.

Blaming it on immigrants is far more lazy. Leave that to UKIP and the Daily Mail.

No it's not. Immigration is one of several factors. Other factors include increasing life expectancy, changing social standards, changes to planning permission.

Are you a wet?

And most of all, not replenishing the stock which led to a huge housing shortage.