For a decade, Brexit’s defenders have insisted the warnings were exaggerated and the pain temporary. The latest evidence shows the opposite. Brexit hasn’t been a one-off hit followed by recovery – it has quietly, relentlessly drained the UK economy year after year.
The headline numbers are brutal. UK GDP is now 6–8 per cent smaller than it would have been by 2025 – worse than forecast, not better. That is a permanent loss of national income, not a blip.
Investment has collapsed. UK business investment is 18 per cent lower than in comparable economies, as firms put money on hold or moved it elsewhere. Employment and productivity are both around 4 per cent lower, locking in weaker wage growth and lower living standards.
Yup. Cause if policy born of nationalism and bigotry couldn’t solve our problems the first time around, surely we just weren’t using enough of it. /s
It’s easier to blame immigrants and people on benefits for the problems in the economy, than realise the real problem is the leaches at the top sucking away every spare penny the working class makes.
The landlords, the executives, the millionaires, the billionaires - where do people think their money comes from?
Everything costs more, but not because it actually costs more to make - but because the profits must always go up to fuel the hoards of the wealthy.
Because they symbolize the privatization of a basic human right. Because rent is a “poor peoples tax” - and most people are poor, all things considered. You get the gist.
Also: For most people, renting isn’t an option - it’s the only option.
Yeah, if its the only option then it’s bad, but the convenience isn’t too be underestimated.
I rented when I was in Uni, didn’t even consider buying at that point. Didn’t want to commit that much money to a city i didn’t know if I wanted to live in.
it’s not renting that’s being criticized here; it’s specifically landlords.
renting is perfectly fine.
what is not fine, is that a public necessity is tied to a private individual or company that can charge whatever they want.
that last part is the problem.
vienna often gets cited as a notable example for large scale, affordable public housing projects, and while that is fair, the reason those are affordable, is because they are owned by the public, i.e. the city of vienna.
THAT’S how rent is supposed to work: for the people, by the people.
it’s how a society gets affordable housing, not this price gouging nonsense that neoliberal politics has popularized…
the entire purpose of policy is to provide legal means of regulating what is NOT working in society without it.
and the reason policy is required, is because landlords, in general, are greedy bastards that see their fellow brothers and sisters as nothing more than sacks of money walking around. their ghouls. parasites that provide absolutely nothing of value, and demand payment for “the privilege”.
when people talk about landlords, it’s never about the sweet old person renting one flat to supplement their income slightly. it’s always about the ruthless property conglomerates that own half a city, or the random guy owning 15 apartment complexes.
renting out surplus rooms, or a second home is not an issue, in general, because the people that do so usually rent to others in a very similar economic bracket as themselves. that means they know, from personal experience, about how much some in that bracket can afford. so prices stay pretty much reasonable.
but that’s not true for, let’s call them, “Big Landlord”. they don’t give a fuck, if anyone can afford the units they provide. these are the assholes that only see ‘funny number must go up!’ and literally nothing else.
Couldn’t agree more. Paying some amount of money for upkeep and so forth makes sense, be it for your own home or for one you don’t own. Paying rent just to make someone else rich(er) should not be a thing in the first place in my opinion, because then the basic function changes from providing shelter to generating as much profit as possible. In every major city this problem is quite apparent: Exploding rents, vacant apartment complexes that only exist as speculation objects, owners not spending anything on maintenance because short term profits are more important than long term sustainability. Man, I could go on, but my mood tanked enough as it is haha
Renting itself isn’t a bad concept, but as @craipz@feddit.org it represents a tax on the poor.
Homes are becoming increasingly expensive and harder to buy in the first place, and it is no help when landlords are buying them to rent, or buying the land to build apartments on.
Its worth noting in some cities even renting is getting more difficult, as landlords pivot towards student accommodations - which they can charge a pretty penny per room for.
The modern landlord represents the rich very directly using their money to screw over the poor.
And as a consequence, people will elect Reform at the next general election.
Yup. Cause if policy born of nationalism and bigotry couldn’t solve our problems the first time around, surely we just weren’t using enough of it. /s
It’s easier to blame immigrants and people on benefits for the problems in the economy, than realise the real problem is the leaches at the top sucking away every spare penny the working class makes.
The landlords, the executives, the millionaires, the billionaires - where do people think their money comes from?
Everything costs more, but not because it actually costs more to make - but because the profits must always go up to fuel the hoards of the wealthy.
Why are landlords so hated? Renting isn’t always a bad option.
Because they symbolize the privatization of a basic human right. Because rent is a “poor peoples tax” - and most people are poor, all things considered. You get the gist. Also: For most people, renting isn’t an option - it’s the only option.
Yeah, if its the only option then it’s bad, but the convenience isn’t too be underestimated. I rented when I was in Uni, didn’t even consider buying at that point. Didn’t want to commit that much money to a city i didn’t know if I wanted to live in.
it’s not renting that’s being criticized here; it’s specifically landlords.
renting is perfectly fine.
what is not fine, is that a public necessity is tied to a private individual or company that can charge whatever they want.
that last part is the problem.
vienna often gets cited as a notable example for large scale, affordable public housing projects, and while that is fair, the reason those are affordable, is because they are owned by the public, i.e. the city of vienna.
THAT’S how rent is supposed to work: for the people, by the people.
it’s how a society gets affordable housing, not this price gouging nonsense that neoliberal politics has popularized…
But then the problem isn’t landlords, it’s policy.
Put the blame where it should be, the people voting for stupid policy.
…what are you talking about?
the policy is the solution to the problem.
which means the problem very much is landlords!
the entire purpose of policy is to provide legal means of regulating what is NOT working in society without it.
and the reason policy is required, is because landlords, in general, are greedy bastards that see their fellow brothers and sisters as nothing more than sacks of money walking around. their ghouls. parasites that provide absolutely nothing of value, and demand payment for “the privilege”.
when people talk about landlords, it’s never about the sweet old person renting one flat to supplement their income slightly. it’s always about the ruthless property conglomerates that own half a city, or the random guy owning 15 apartment complexes.
renting out surplus rooms, or a second home is not an issue, in general, because the people that do so usually rent to others in a very similar economic bracket as themselves. that means they know, from personal experience, about how much some in that bracket can afford. so prices stay pretty much reasonable.
but that’s not true for, let’s call them, “Big Landlord”. they don’t give a fuck, if anyone can afford the units they provide. these are the assholes that only see ‘funny number must go up!’ and literally nothing else.
Couldn’t agree more. Paying some amount of money for upkeep and so forth makes sense, be it for your own home or for one you don’t own. Paying rent just to make someone else rich(er) should not be a thing in the first place in my opinion, because then the basic function changes from providing shelter to generating as much profit as possible. In every major city this problem is quite apparent: Exploding rents, vacant apartment complexes that only exist as speculation objects, owners not spending anything on maintenance because short term profits are more important than long term sustainability. Man, I could go on, but my mood tanked enough as it is haha
Renting itself isn’t a bad concept, but as @craipz@feddit.org it represents a tax on the poor.
Homes are becoming increasingly expensive and harder to buy in the first place, and it is no help when landlords are buying them to rent, or buying the land to build apartments on.
Its worth noting in some cities even renting is getting more difficult, as landlords pivot towards student accommodations - which they can charge a pretty penny per room for.
The modern landlord represents the rich very directly using their money to screw over the poor.
Most folks I talk to have at least one bad landlord experience.
Most folks I talk to have zero good landlord experiences.
Most people have at least one bad experience of anything tbf.