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But... [Labour] You've just bought a house so you obviously have money so you can afford it. You have broad shoulders [/Labour]

Agreed +1

Swings both ways but yeah, it's all just talk at the moment.

If, and it's an If, it comes to pass that homeowners are charged a different type of tax on home ownership and in a corresponding move, renters are not charged council tax or similar, renters will end up paying more - its just ...

Fair enough...

And you don’t think some landlords will think… “They’re not paying council tax anymore so can afford higher rent - so I’ll raise the rent because they can afford it” ??

But ultimately, it's win win for Burnham because WHEN this happens, he can blame the Tories because, as we all know, most landlord ...

Sorry, not sure what you're saying here Jobbo - do you mean "They" as in Renters or They as in Landlords who can pay more ?

Jobbo wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2026 8:52 am Doesn't mean the tenants would ultimately pay more.

You appear to be new to the world...

Well well well...

Germany gone, the Netherlands gone and Brazil can probably count themselves lucky to have made it through against Japan.

Went down southbank last night as we were down that there London. Despite being hounded by a Quad Bike gang of some sort when we drove in it was a lovely evening.

Had a drink by the National Theatre, had some food, went for a walk and everyone was being pleasant, some cool music about, great ...

Guru was awesome and gone too soon. Just about every modern rapper references him as an influence

I’m making Pizzas on the BBQ and Guru’s Jazzamataz Volume 1 is the perfect summer tunes accompaniment

yep...

(Stop it Zed, I don't like this...)

Has he tried:

"It's not going exactly to plan because Sleepy Joe didn't keep up with the maintenance so we're now going to have to rip it all out and do it again because... you know... Obama"

I find myself agreeing with you a lot this week Zed...

Must be the heat...

@Explosive Newt

More reason to drive…

Half the trains are cancelled and only the slow ones left - it's a gamble, either the trains will be deserted because everyone has heeded travel warnings and is working from home, or they will be rammed because everyone has to travel anyway and have crammed onto the uncancelled trains!


The ...

Last night was horrific and today isn't going to be much better

ZedLeg wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 4:45 pm I’m supposed to be going to see Metallica on Thursday but 29 degrees and rain has me thinking about selling the ticket.

Don’t fancy sharing a sauna with 50k people

Jesus can you imagine the smell…