Coolhandluke

Putting someone in charge of the BBC with no programme-making or editorial experience would be an interesting move - especially when those are exactly the skills it needs most right now. The upside down logic is… impressive 🤣

UK housing gap stands at 6.5 million homes, finds CPS - The Centre for Policy Studies New analysis by the Centre for Policy Studies reveals that the UK has a shortage of 6.5 million homes when compared to similar European countries Britain has just 446 homes per 1,000 people, the secon...

Wrong - the UK has fewer homes per person than similar countries. Around 446 homes per 1,000 people vs ~542 European average. That shortage is a key reason prices are so high - it’s not too many homes, it’s too few. cps.org.uk/media/post/2...

Immigration and housing aren’t separate. Population growth without enough homes drives prices up and worsens shortages. That’s exactly why this matters - if you ignore housing supply, you can’t seriously discuss immigration or affordability.

Immigration and housing aren’t separate. Population growth without enough homes drives prices up and worsens shortages. That’s exactly why this matters - if you ignore housing supply, you can’t seriously discuss immigration or affordability.

The essential point stands: Britain hasn’t built enough homes or infrastructure during high immigration. Add banks pushing prices to two-income levels (rates and lending) and a huge lack of social housing - it’s a chronic shortage. Building more homes isn’t optional, it’s obvious.

Nope. Building homes doesn’t create millions of new people. It lets people already here move out, form households, avoid overcrowding. The shortage is why prices are so high and fertility is low. Yes, infrastructure matters - but not building just makes affordability and economic problems far worse

Labour need to acknowledge and explain that a chronic lack of housing has caused prices to saw since the 1990s and instead of addressing this, the UK has been looking for scapegoats - and growing numbers blame immigrants.

We desperately need a million houses! Get on with it!

If this country had a million more houses (1% of the land required) and prices were less than 4x wages then immigration wouldn’t even be in the top 20 issues concerning voters.

Decades of under investment in housing has caused this issue - not immigrants!

Labour need to explain that to voters

He’s a fucking tone deaf moron. Bin him.

Keir Starmer is shit at politics. He got into Number 10 because the Tories were even shittier

Welcome to Britain 2026

Indeed. I think the “AI” stuff is actually an excuse to cut expenditure.

Labour members should jump ship immediately and give the PLP the fright of its life.

And the Trade Unions need to start turning off the funding taps

Starmer is finished. He’s know it, we know it and every voter in Britain knows it.

He’s utterly dreadful.

White and working class - and yet Reform and Tories still want to play the race game.

When will people who vote for these fucking fake patriots realise they are being conned by snake oil salesmen like Matt Goodwin?

It means Labour needs a new leader. Starmer has to accept his Premiership has 6 months left. So why not ensure Burnham enters parliament somehow, and start making sure the transition to a new PM is smooth and fair.

Maybe Starmer stays on as Foreign Sec (similar to Cameron) but he’s not a “leader”

“Flirting” is an understatement on some issues.

Tone deaf - so nearly 70% voted “extremes”? He’s so bad at this stuff.

This is exactly why Starmer won’t last the year. If Labour MPs had any sense they would be bending over backwards to get Burnham into Parliament somehow, despite his limitations.

Well, they lost a seat, and Starmer is toast either way after the nightmare of the May elections which are fast approaching.

Yep - truly comprehensive it is.

Labour want to wave it away like it didn’t happen. That’s just mad

And all the people on here who claimed Labour would walk this without Burnham were mad.

Labour really has, as John Curtice suggests, fallen into the electoral Valley of Death.

Wait till May.

All that bollocks from Labour and some of the sENsIBLe centrists on here about it being “close” 🤣

The Greens smashed it out the park and prevented a very toxic right-wing individual who originated from centrist political academia from entering Parliament.

A good day for democracy.

All that bollocks from Labour and some of the sENsIBLe centrists on here about it being “close” 🤣

The Greens smashed it out the park and prevented a very toxic right-wing individual who originated from centrist political academia from entering Parliament.

A good day for democracy.

All that bollocks from Labour and some of the sENsIBLe centrists on here about it being “close” 🤣

The Greens smashed it out the park and prevented a very toxic right-wing individual who originated from centrist political academia from entering Parliament.

A good day for democracy.

That paper is a racist shit rag. Do the pig thick readers enjoy reading it?

The UK bundled emotional & behavioural needs under SEND 10 years ago. SEND covers hugely variable needs - stretching schools, teachers & pupils. Inclusion matters hugely, but this broad grouping is a major pressure point for teachers now. The comments under Ryan’s article highlight’s this huge issue

Indeed - which is why DEI is dying a death - whether that’s right or wrong.

The clowns heaping scorn on Davidson are clueless fuck wits. The real issue was BAFTA and the BBC’s clumsy careless approach to the editing of the programme which has blown this issue up.

They are going to look fucking stupid if they lose the seat to the Greens.

I hope they do.

I’m fairly sure if it had been edited out no one would be pissing themselves over this. However is does highlight a problem of racism hierarchy - edit out “Free Palestine” but allow the involuntary Tourette’s n-word to be kept in. I’m sure mistakes were made - but why bother having a two hour delay?

Yet more evidence that our institutions can still exhibit racism hierarchy. I’m sure there were a number of accidental mistakes and there was no deliberate intent but come on! “Free Palestine” is edited out - and yet the Tourette’s language N-word was left intact. Utterly upside down logic

The vile stench of Peter Mandelson has been polluting our politics for decades. Glad that chapter of British politics is over.

Agreed. Not sure it will crash, but it will deflate. I think 25% is about as good as it gets for the Farage Party and his clapped out Tory rejects.

It’s looking less and less likely he can take the seat. Hopefully the Green’s take it.