| Mr Drakeford 21:39 - May 7 with 97383 views | builthjack |
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| Mr Drakeford on 20:34 - Jul 18 with 1093 views | BryanSwan |
| Mr Drakeford on 18:50 - Jul 18 by JACKMANANDBOY |
Unfortunately, that sums up what happens with Drakeford, problems and solutions not joined up. It's the same with holiday homes and second properties, we need funding for affordable homes but the extra tax will drive down holiday accommodation capacity and end up in the general tax pot. |
The solutions to the problems seem knee jerk sometimes and not wholly thought through.
In my opinion the best way to help these communities would have been to allocate a % of property to 2nd homes or holiday rentals etc. Say 5% and thats the maximum, the rest would need to be long term rental or permanent homes.
The building of new homes is a nightmare too, the councils instead of building them themselves sell the land to property developers who then charge ludicrous prices for bog standard homes. |  |
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| Mr Drakeford on 20:51 - Jul 18 with 1081 views | Catullus |
| Mr Drakeford on 20:34 - Jul 18 by BryanSwan |
The solutions to the problems seem knee jerk sometimes and not wholly thought through.
In my opinion the best way to help these communities would have been to allocate a % of property to 2nd homes or holiday rentals etc. Say 5% and thats the maximum, the rest would need to be long term rental or permanent homes.
The building of new homes is a nightmare too, the councils instead of building them themselves sell the land to property developers who then charge ludicrous prices for bog standard homes. |
Yeah, we need some proper council estates but designed for the modern world. Properly built houses too not these cardboard boxes that fall apart in less than 20 years. Houses that will be long term homes for families wth affordable rents, homes with decent gardens and parking too.
That'll be a bit too 1950's for some though. | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 21:16 - Jul 18 with 1051 views | Flashberryjack |
| Mr Drakeford on 16:42 - Jul 18 by majorraglan |
In 2018 the government introduced a sugar tax, more recently they commissioned Henry Dimbleby to undertake a review of foods etc and he recommended that further taxes were introduced for products high in sugar and salt, Boris was seemingly in favour, but it looks like it’s gong to be parked.
In terms of a minimum price for alcohol, it’s been shown to work. What really annoys me (and is something I wasn’t aware of until after it was up and running) was that retailers pocketed the extra cash, that’s outrageous. The extra cash generated by the minimum charge should be invested in substance abuse and detox programs. |
There's no extra cash raised by minimum alcohol pricing, when the supermarkets give various offers on booze, it just doesn't apply to Wales & Scotland.
Also been doing some checking on what difference it has made to alcohol intake in Scotland, and it's made no significant difference, apparently it's dropped by the equivalent of drinking half a lager a week. |  |
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| Mr Drakeford on 22:27 - Jul 18 with 1013 views | Jack123 |
| Mr Drakeford on 21:16 - Jul 18 by Flashberryjack |
There's no extra cash raised by minimum alcohol pricing, when the supermarkets give various offers on booze, it just doesn't apply to Wales & Scotland.
Also been doing some checking on what difference it has made to alcohol intake in Scotland, and it's made no significant difference, apparently it's dropped by the equivalent of drinking half a lager a week. |
Even without the multi buy offers, we are still paying a fair bit more here in Wales. As an example go on to Asda, and 18 cans of fosters 12 quid, but in Wales it's 15.84, and if you are cider drinker it gets worse, when the MPPU came in Lidl cider went from 1.99 to 5 pound. |  |
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| Mr Drakeford on 22:27 - Jul 18 with 1018 views | Whiterockin |
| Mr Drakeford on 19:11 - Jul 18 by Jack123 |
That's another point, the stats they are using to show the mppu is working, are bound to be inaccurate, I did think of a booze run when it first hit, but would have to get loads just to be worth it, and I don't want all that hanging around.
But I bet there are loads from near the border just popping across to England for their booze. |
Many work in England and drive home to Wales, where would you shop. |  | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:42 - Jul 18 with 1005 views | Jack123 |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:27 - Jul 18 by Whiterockin |
Many work in England and drive home to Wales, where would you shop. |
I would shop In England if I was there, but to go from Swansea to England would not really be worth it for me, It would not be very economical , after factoring in petrol, and myself being a lager drinker, would have to buy a silly amount
to make it worth while..
Rough calculations, I would have to spend 316.80 pound on Fosters for 20 boxes of18, for a saving of 78.80, then would have to take the fuel off that, so it , would not be worth it, for me. Cider drinker, travelling from here maybe 40 flagons at 80 quid versus 40 here for 200.
Edit, can't trust my calculator, it's 240 quid total spend, and the saving would be 76.80. [Post edited 18 Jul 2022 23:10]
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| Mr Drakeford on 22:44 - Jul 18 with 1009 views | builthjack |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:42 - Jul 18 by Jack123 |
I would shop In England if I was there, but to go from Swansea to England would not really be worth it for me, It would not be very economical , after factoring in petrol, and myself being a lager drinker, would have to buy a silly amount
to make it worth while..
Rough calculations, I would have to spend 316.80 pound on Fosters for 20 boxes of18, for a saving of 78.80, then would have to take the fuel off that, so it , would not be worth it, for me. Cider drinker, travelling from here maybe 40 flagons at 80 quid versus 40 here for 200.
Edit, can't trust my calculator, it's 240 quid total spend, and the saving would be 76.80. [Post edited 18 Jul 2022 23:10]
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How many cans a week do you drink? | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 22:46 - Jul 18 with 999 views | Jack123 |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:44 - Jul 18 by builthjack |
How many cans a week do you drink? |
Too much, but getting that many would be a bit overboard. | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 22:48 - Jul 18 with 999 views | Whiterockin |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:42 - Jul 18 by Jack123 |
I would shop In England if I was there, but to go from Swansea to England would not really be worth it for me, It would not be very economical , after factoring in petrol, and myself being a lager drinker, would have to buy a silly amount
to make it worth while..
Rough calculations, I would have to spend 316.80 pound on Fosters for 20 boxes of18, for a saving of 78.80, then would have to take the fuel off that, so it , would not be worth it, for me. Cider drinker, travelling from here maybe 40 flagons at 80 quid versus 40 here for 200.
Edit, can't trust my calculator, it's 240 quid total spend, and the saving would be 76.80. [Post edited 18 Jul 2022 23:10]
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Just pointing out that many have moved into the Chepstow/Magor area and still work in bristol, obviously they buy in England on the way home. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:53 - Jul 18 with 985 views | builthjack |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:46 - Jul 18 by Jack123 |
Too much, but getting that many would be a bit overboard. |
A real ale pub near me are still selling real ales at £3.20 a pint.
Value for money. | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| Mr Drakeford on 23:01 - Jul 18 with 970 views | Jack123 |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:53 - Jul 18 by builthjack |
A real ale pub near me are still selling real ales at £3.20 a pint.
Value for money. |
Nice, I'm having a break off it, for as long as I can. It was just something that occurred to me, when the MPPU came in, I did consider it, but apart from the storage, going from Swansea as an individual, you would have to get a ridiculous amount to make it worth your while, like buying ten boxes of Fosters at 120 quid, to make a saving of 38.40 after petrol you would be not far off the same price you could have picked them up in Asda llansamlet lol | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 07:03 - Jul 19 with 941 views | Dr_Winston |
| Mr Drakeford on 20:51 - Jul 18 by Catullus |
Yeah, we need some proper council estates but designed for the modern world. Properly built houses too not these cardboard boxes that fall apart in less than 20 years. Houses that will be long term homes for families wth affordable rents, homes with decent gardens and parking too.
That'll be a bit too 1950's for some though. |
No problem with that, but you have to strictly police those who move into them, otherwise they'll just do the usual council estate thing. There are too many sh*tkickers out there who will abuse rented properties and just move onto the next, and the WAG isn't helping by making it harder to boot them out.
Housebuilding in general lags well behind demand, both private and social. Be interesting to find out just how much land is banked by the big developers as it suits them in the long run to control supply. [Post edited 19 Jul 2022 7:05]
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| Mr Drakeford on 07:55 - Jul 19 with 909 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Mr Drakeford on 20:51 - Jul 18 by Catullus |
Yeah, we need some proper council estates but designed for the modern world. Properly built houses too not these cardboard boxes that fall apart in less than 20 years. Houses that will be long term homes for families wth affordable rents, homes with decent gardens and parking too.
That'll be a bit too 1950's for some though. |
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| Mr Drakeford on 08:06 - Jul 19 with 904 views | BryanSwan |
| Mr Drakeford on 20:51 - Jul 18 by Catullus |
Yeah, we need some proper council estates but designed for the modern world. Properly built houses too not these cardboard boxes that fall apart in less than 20 years. Houses that will be long term homes for families wth affordable rents, homes with decent gardens and parking too.
That'll be a bit too 1950's for some though. |
1950s council houses are build much much better than the current newbuild stock that are going up.
It begs the question why can't councils or governments build these peroperties themselves? Why do they need all these money grabbing property developers?
Theres a load of sht newbuilds being built on Aberavon seafront, prime real estate sold for pennies, houses at around 300k. Its mental. | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 16:55 - Jul 19 with 853 views | Dr_Winston |
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/ | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 17:22 - Jul 19 with 842 views | Catullus |
| Mr Drakeford on 08:06 - Jul 19 by BryanSwan |
1950s council houses are build much much better than the current newbuild stock that are going up.
It begs the question why can't councils or governments build these peroperties themselves? Why do they need all these money grabbing property developers?
Theres a load of sht newbuilds being built on Aberavon seafront, prime real estate sold for pennies, houses at around 300k. Its mental. |
I bought a new build 25 years ago. 22 years I lived there and the list of prblems that came up in that time was long. We moved into a Victorian terraced, this house is over 100 years old and will still be here whn that new build has crumbled away.
I've seen no end of people on programmes like The Ferret who have had major trouble with new builds that they have only lived in for a year or even less. The quality of the new houses is rubbish. They are small, cramped, the walls are so thin you can hear next door talking, they suffer with condensation and the brickwork crumbles, door frames aren't square, windows leak a lot of it because they are thrown up so quickly.
For the prices being paid people deserve decent homes. | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 20:45 - Jul 19 with 816 views | majorraglan |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:22 - Jul 19 by Catullus |
I bought a new build 25 years ago. 22 years I lived there and the list of prblems that came up in that time was long. We moved into a Victorian terraced, this house is over 100 years old and will still be here whn that new build has crumbled away.
I've seen no end of people on programmes like The Ferret who have had major trouble with new builds that they have only lived in for a year or even less. The quality of the new houses is rubbish. They are small, cramped, the walls are so thin you can hear next door talking, they suffer with condensation and the brickwork crumbles, door frames aren't square, windows leak a lot of it because they are thrown up so quickly.
For the prices being paid people deserve decent homes. |
Totally agree.
A significant number of new houses are built “on the cheap” but are sold at top price. The materials tend to be the lowest spec the developer can get away with, the builders/subbies rush the work and some aren’t the best quality because the developers try to drive costs down; building control aren’t always about to inspect work and some of the companies that underwrite the 10 year warranties do everything they can to prevent claims being made. It’s terrible and people deserve better. Nothing will change until the developers are made to account for their shoddy work. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 21:22 - Jul 19 with 804 views | BryanSwan |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:22 - Jul 19 by Catullus |
I bought a new build 25 years ago. 22 years I lived there and the list of prblems that came up in that time was long. We moved into a Victorian terraced, this house is over 100 years old and will still be here whn that new build has crumbled away.
I've seen no end of people on programmes like The Ferret who have had major trouble with new builds that they have only lived in for a year or even less. The quality of the new houses is rubbish. They are small, cramped, the walls are so thin you can hear next door talking, they suffer with condensation and the brickwork crumbles, door frames aren't square, windows leak a lot of it because they are thrown up so quickly.
For the prices being paid people deserve decent homes. |
I remember reading a few articles where newbuilds were crumbling due to eeak mortar. The forever lowering standards mean at best you'll get 1 part cement to 6 parts sand.
Msny will be worse due to developers paying contractors peanuts just to shove the houses up asap.
Wouldnt touch any newbuild in my life. | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 21:47 - Jul 19 with 791 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Mr Drakeford on 21:16 - Jul 18 by Flashberryjack |
There's no extra cash raised by minimum alcohol pricing, when the supermarkets give various offers on booze, it just doesn't apply to Wales & Scotland.
Also been doing some checking on what difference it has made to alcohol intake in Scotland, and it's made no significant difference, apparently it's dropped by the equivalent of drinking half a lager a week. |
Yes, I read the Scottish review findings, no substantial impact and the heaviest drinkers were drinking at the same level. The only change was a slight decline in moderate drinkers, light drinkers unchanged. |  |
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| Mr Drakeford on 17:24 - Jul 20 with 714 views | Flashberryjack |
This data will be totally ignored by Drakeford, the very same Drakeford that has said on several occasions that he basis his decisions on data. | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 17:43 - Jul 20 with 699 views | Catullus |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:24 - Jul 20 by Flashberryjack |
This data will be totally ignored by Drakeford, the very same Drakeford that has said on several occasions that he basis his decisions on data. |
Maybe that'd be the data he chooses which matches what he wants to believe? | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 17:45 - Jul 20 with 698 views | Dr_Winston |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:24 - Jul 20 by Flashberryjack |
This data will be totally ignored by Drakeford, the very same Drakeford that has said on several occasions that he basis his decisions on data. |
If anyone still believes Drakeford has ever based a decision on data then I've got some magic beans to sell them.
Everything he does, from Covid restrictions to alcohol pricing to speed restrictions is based in Politics. He's a big state Socialist. People should not be allowed to live their own lives and make their own decisions. The Government needs to do it for them. The Plebs can't be trusted. We need more politicians to tell them how to live.
I don't doubt for a split second that there are people in the circles that Drakeford moves in who would happily ban private ownership of cars and property. Get everyone on public transport. Get everyone into public housing. Get everyone dependent upon their incomes from the state (hence the enthusiasm for UBI). We're all far more easily controlled then.
In fairness though, this isn't the case for all on the left. There are plenty of sensible left wingers out there who just want to see things run a bit more "Fairly", and I can respect that, even if I disagree on their definition of fair. There are too many of the wrong kind though.
Often they can be found masquerading as Greens, hoping that there remains a significant proportion of the population who can't tell the difference between Red and Green. [Post edited 20 Jul 2022 17:47]
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| Mr Drakeford on 18:02 - Jul 20 with 668 views | trampie |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:45 - Jul 20 by Dr_Winston |
If anyone still believes Drakeford has ever based a decision on data then I've got some magic beans to sell them.
Everything he does, from Covid restrictions to alcohol pricing to speed restrictions is based in Politics. He's a big state Socialist. People should not be allowed to live their own lives and make their own decisions. The Government needs to do it for them. The Plebs can't be trusted. We need more politicians to tell them how to live.
I don't doubt for a split second that there are people in the circles that Drakeford moves in who would happily ban private ownership of cars and property. Get everyone on public transport. Get everyone into public housing. Get everyone dependent upon their incomes from the state (hence the enthusiasm for UBI). We're all far more easily controlled then.
In fairness though, this isn't the case for all on the left. There are plenty of sensible left wingers out there who just want to see things run a bit more "Fairly", and I can respect that, even if I disagree on their definition of fair. There are too many of the wrong kind though.
Often they can be found masquerading as Greens, hoping that there remains a significant proportion of the population who can't tell the difference between Red and Green. [Post edited 20 Jul 2022 17:47]
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The Green party is a lot more left wing than the Labour party. |  |
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| Mr Drakeford on 19:38 - Jul 20 with 627 views | BryanSwan |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:45 - Jul 20 by Dr_Winston |
If anyone still believes Drakeford has ever based a decision on data then I've got some magic beans to sell them.
Everything he does, from Covid restrictions to alcohol pricing to speed restrictions is based in Politics. He's a big state Socialist. People should not be allowed to live their own lives and make their own decisions. The Government needs to do it for them. The Plebs can't be trusted. We need more politicians to tell them how to live.
I don't doubt for a split second that there are people in the circles that Drakeford moves in who would happily ban private ownership of cars and property. Get everyone on public transport. Get everyone into public housing. Get everyone dependent upon their incomes from the state (hence the enthusiasm for UBI). We're all far more easily controlled then.
In fairness though, this isn't the case for all on the left. There are plenty of sensible left wingers out there who just want to see things run a bit more "Fairly", and I can respect that, even if I disagree on their definition of fair. There are too many of the wrong kind though.
Often they can be found masquerading as Greens, hoping that there remains a significant proportion of the population who can't tell the difference between Red and Green. [Post edited 20 Jul 2022 17:47]
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Why shouldn't everyone receive a minimum standard in order to live? Almost all of low incomes goes straight back into the economy and money would saved from the whole benefits procedure.
Most of what you have listed as making people dependent on the state, but public housing and UBI are all things that are/would be provided to ensure those worse off have somewhere to stay and an adequate income to survive. | |
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| Mr Drakeford on 19:41 - Jul 20 with 624 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Mr Drakeford on 19:38 - Jul 20 by BryanSwan |
Why shouldn't everyone receive a minimum standard in order to live? Almost all of low incomes goes straight back into the economy and money would saved from the whole benefits procedure.
Most of what you have listed as making people dependent on the state, but public housing and UBI are all things that are/would be provided to ensure those worse off have somewhere to stay and an adequate income to survive. |
If working people have to claim benefits and go to food banks to make ends meet you know the country’s broken. The problem is the ruling party for 12 years doesn’t give a sh*t. |  |
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