Comments on: A reckless housing boom will not guide the Tories to victory in 2015 https://leftfootforward.org/2014/03/a-reckless-housing-boom-will-not-guide-the-tories-to-victory-in-2015/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Mon, 19 May 2014 18:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Laurence Sacco https://leftfootforward.org/2014/03/a-reckless-housing-boom-will-not-guide-the-tories-to-victory-in-2015/#comment-280946 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:14:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=81948#comment-280946 WELL that is the Tories for you!!! Every time they get in they
mess with the housing market as the housing market creates jobs and economic
wealth for the government in stamp duty, profit for the developers and the
builders, estate agents, surveyors, legal teams the planning authorities
for planning approval costs which always go through with in my opinion
corrupt councils and planning inspectorates, profit for local councils through
council tax etc., the service providers ie: gas electricity telephone etc.
the furniture and household suppliers, removal firms, Bank and building
societies PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT why? so the government in power
can say the economy is picking up and draw in votes. Thatcher did it with the
sale of council housing to draw in votes and short term economy growth. The
housing market rapidly crashed along with the house holders. She then
saved the councils millions in savings for no cost of council house repairs.
Look at the massive mess she caused…..repossessions, bankruptcies, suicides,
the highest interest rates on record etc. etc.

Who is left to carry the burden after they have blew the housing
market bubble up and then it bursts with a crash. The home owners of course.
The estate agents and legal teams have more business when they come in
then and more business for them and tax for the government on
householders misery. You still want to vote the Tories. Many of us older
generation are nearing the end of our lives and have all been through it
with Thatcher. We do not want to see our children make the same drastic
mistakes.You have to yet go through it with Cameron so be warned.. They always
mess with the housing market under the pretence that are are trying to do their
best for the home owners, but the truth is it they are they are the best for.
If you want to get your own home be careful about buying one when the Tories
are in power the bubble may burst and leave you many thousands in debt with
negative equity. Why should they care they have their expenses to cover the
cost of a second home and who is paying for it? the taxpayer of course.

]]> By: Emma-Jayne https://leftfootforward.org/2014/03/a-reckless-housing-boom-will-not-guide-the-tories-to-victory-in-2015/#comment-238007 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:11:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=81948#comment-238007 Osborne isn’t looking to the long term economic future of the country. He is looking to the short term political future of his party. Solely to get another five years he is willing to gamble on a short term bounce before the election, against all qualified, experienced, economic advice. I find it difficult to imagine he isn’t aware of the dangers and we must hope his arrogance doesn’t prove to be hubris before he (probably) doesn’t renew the scheme if he finds himself back in the chair after the election. A more charitable person might say his role as political strategist within the party is presenting a conflict of interest with the role of chancellor. However, I suspect you’d agree that this selfishness forms a pattern with many of their schemes. A willingness to throw a number of people under the bus, rather than letting them board it just so it doesn’t inconvenience the speed of his Jaguar travelling behind.

It indicates a recklessness with all our futures.

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