Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:20 pm  

cod'ead wrote: "Money no object" says Camoron. Perhaps he should have a word with Christchurch Council who are charging residents £7.50 per sandbag They should pump and pipe the water into the council offices. The kit would probably be cheaper than many hundreds of sandbags.

cod'ead wrote: "Money no object" says Camoron. Perhaps he should have a word with Christchurch Council who are charging residents £7.50 per sandbag They should pump and pipe the water into the council offices. The kit would probably be cheaper than many hundreds of sandbags.

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:38 pm  

'Cameron' has just Tweeted that no one should be charged for sandbags - central governmemt will pick up the bill.

To which I responded:

Dally ‏@ZymurgyZo ·5 mins
@David_Cameron So, taxpayers who live on hills are having to subsidise those who live next to rivers? Contrary to Tory mean-spirited policy?

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:50 pm  

Dally wrote:

'Cameron' has just Tweeted that no one should be charged for sandbags - central governmemt will pick up the bill.

To which I responded:

Dally ‏@ZymurgyZo ·5 mins
@David_Cameron So, taxpayers who live on hills are having to subsidise those who live next to rivers? Contrary to Tory mean-spirited policy?

Well I am one of those who lives right on top of the highest hill in Leeds, my house will be the twelfth last house to flood in this city come the deluge, unless the water tower right at the top of the street topples over first in which case my house will be the twelfth in the city to be flooded, its swings and roundabouts.

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:07 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Anyone with a fishing licence is encouraged to act as quasi-bailiffs, that's always been the case

Clubs encourage members to act as bailiffs in terms of making sure that the regulations of the club are followed and that other anglers have the appropriate club membership. All anglers are encouraged to report pollution or suspected poaching to the EA and in the latter case also to the Police. Only EA bailiffs and the Police can demand production of an EA rod licence and to be frank the Police can't be arsed as they have more important things to deal with. I haven't been asked to produce a rod licence in 35 yrs of angling.

Personally I would make it compulsory to produce a rod licence before you can purchase a day ticket or club membership.

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:53 pm  

There aren't many votes in promising new infrastructure.

There are votes in promising tax cuts.

It's not only politicians who are short termist, voters can be too.....

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Fri Feb 14, 2014 2:56 pm  

Euclid wrote:

It's not only politicians who are short termist, voters can be too.....

This.

Do the media still tell us how much booze and fags are going up before anything else on Budget Day?

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:09 pm  

And Jewsons ratchet up the price of sandbags.

And Jewsons ratchet up the price of sandbags.

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:29 pm  

I wonder if Harry and Wills would have been helping out if the floods were up in...say, Lancashire?

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:45 am  

Mintball wrote: And Jewsons ratchet up the price of sandbags. I won't take the Jewson lot then...

Mintball wrote: And Jewsons ratchet up the price of sandbags. I won't take the Jewson lot then...

Re: Flooding in Tory voting areas ends the era of austerity : Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:54 am  

Price elasticity of supply and demand.

Cost of rental properties in Hull went sky-high when the floods hit back in 07.

I had an empty 4 bedroom rental property during this period and several people who had been flooded enquired about it.

As it was a good property in a nice area, and people were fighting over it, I got offers of £850 a month, compared with my original advertised price of £650 a month.

Very much like the housing market in decent areas of London, where if you have a decent property there will be a bidding war and you will exceed your original asking price.