Death Of London

[eight]

19 minutes ago, wherebee said:

 

You can't tell me the police don't know who all the drug gangs are in their area. It is allowed to go on.

I've seen this first hand. Police actually protect the dealers.

[stop_the_craziness]

8 hours ago, wherebee said:

I used to know a copper in the UK who worked in the south east.  His station worked out which burglars were on the patch, targetted them, took them out.  Crime dropped to virtually zero.  His boss was told off, when the burglars came out of jail they were told not to do target them again.

I'm not doubting you, but why?  The drugs thing I understand, but not this.

[Bornagain]

30 minutes ago, stop_the_craziness said:

I'm not doubting you, but why?  The drugs thing I understand, but not this.

Because law enforcement is a business which requires crime in order to continue having a purpose.

No crime = no police = no job, no promotions and no juicy pension.

 

 

[Wight Flight]

14 hours ago, desertorchid said:

For me (pre covid) it was always a sensible way to manage access to state resources. I also don’t think its a problem if it helps solve crime. BUT, and its a big but, i do agree many states cannot be trusted to use the data honestly. The freedoms mantra tends to make it a bit of a curates egg politically

I would be very interested to know where you live that has this government that you can trust.

 

[Talking Monkey]

13 hours ago, eight said:

I've seen this first hand. Police actually protect the dealers.

Are they bribed to do so by the dealers or told to by the senior coppers

[eight]

36 minutes ago, Talking Monkey said:

Are they bribed to do so by the dealers or told to by the senior coppers

It's a good question. An alternative might be that recreational drugs use is widespread among police officers themselves. 

[steppensheep]

Canary Wharf Group has submitted plans for a vast “vertical” life sciences campus, as the owners of the east London district look to break their reliance on financial services as demand for office space falls.

The office vacancy rate in Docklands, which includes Canary Wharf, has risen to about 15 per cent — the highest in London, according to property data company CoStar.

https://archive.is/glXzI

[steppensheep]

just remebered in the old days, recessions always involved big property developers going bust, but i dont think weve seen one since they invented magic money tree.

[whitevanman]

On 10/12/2022 at 02:24, desertorchid said:

Living in a place with an ID card i actually like it. The fact its needed for certain interactions with the state gives assurance that illegals will find life very inconvenient. They still exist, but huge detterant. In what way will it be used to fuck your life up?

Illegals will be given IDs just like they are given NI numbers. The government want them here

[desertorchid]

1 minute ago, whitevanman said:

Illegals will be given IDs just like they are given NI numbers. The government want them here

Therein lies the problem.You need a patriotic government, trusted by the proles to support national identity. This is blatantly not the case in the UK. It's probably a non starter for many.

[Kevin Redshaw]

On 10/12/2022 at 10:37, eight said:

I've seen this first hand. Police actually protect the dealers.

They will be getting kickbacks from the dealers. 

[ashestoashes]

2 hours ago, Kevin Redshaw said:

They will be getting kickbacks from the dealers. 

Also prevents open warfare on the streets

[spygirl]

Strange, these high earning  Drs that Saddo  wants to let in using a London passport - 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-brexit-speech-mansion-house-immigration-europe-keir-starmer-labour-b1052449.html

Sadiq Khan: ‘Let London set its own rules on immigration’

Mayor to use set-piece Mansion House speech to call for reformed relationship with Europe

 

Seem  to be robbing food from tesco -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11630961/Now-Tesco-locks-bacon-sausages-fridges.html

[spygirl]

Travelcard use collapses in London amid growth in working from home

Purchase of weekly, monthly and annual season tickets falls from 1.2m to around 220,000, per four week period, in under a decade

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/travelcard-london-tfl-tube-buses-london-underground-covid-working-from-home-b1054435.html?amp

That's a hammering.

And theyve got to claw back crossrail from future fairs.

I'd guess that a big thing at play is the 9k freebie for oaps, wholl make up an extra increasing number of Londons population.

https://www.londonworld.com/news/politics/tfl-fares-elderly-londoners-lose-free-morning-travel-lifeline-freedom-pass-sadiq-khan-3992320

That's got to go. Make the rich old fuckers pay for it.

[spygirl]

Londoners told to take the Tube on two days as more work from home

Transport for London urges locals to travel on Mondays and Fridays as workers opt for midweek trips into the office

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/25/londoners-told-take-tube-two-days-work-home/

By the org that cant get its workforce in?

Fuckem.

[spygirl]

The next banking calamity: office blocks

• From magazine issue:01 April 2023

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-next-banking-calamity-office-blocks/

 

https://www.ft.com/content/3f863583-04be-4e1f-b2e5-c0eede5fbe5f

Start with the scariest bit. Valuations look very stretched and a reversion to the mean suggests a harsh correction. The chart below shows cap rates, a property’s net operating income (revenue minus operating expenses) divided by its market value, as a spread over the 10-year yield. Think of it like the equity risk premium, an extra bit of compensation you get for taking risk on stocks or, in this case, commercial property. Across segments, CRE is not paying much these days:

Can we move this to Property n Economy @spunko

I have a feeling CRE going to get fun.

 

[One percent]

On 26/01/2023 at 20:09, spygirl said:

Londoners told to take the Tube on two days as more work from home

Transport for London urges locals to travel on Mondays and Fridays as workers opt for midweek trips into the office

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/25/londoners-told-take-tube-two-days-work-home/

By the org that cant get its workforce in?

Fuckem.

Stopped taking the kids into london for a day out at the weekend as the tube got prohibitively expensive for a family of four.  

[dgul]

27 minutes ago, One percent said:

Stopped taking the kids into london for a day out at the weekend as the tube got prohibitively expensive for a family of four.  

We just walk everywhere with the kids -- London is fairly accessible, unless you want to see the Tower of London or St Paul's.

We did take the children on a tube ride once, as it was a bit like going to London Zoo, only cheaper.  They didn't want to go again.

[One percent]

55 minutes ago, dgul said:

We just walk everywhere with the kids -- London is fairly accessible, unless you want to see the Tower of London or St Paul's.

We did take the children on a tube ride once, as it was a bit like going to London Zoo, only cheaper.  They didn't want to go again.

Not from zone 4 it isn’t.  

[dgul]

8 minutes ago, One percent said:

Not from zone 4 it isn’t.  

We take the train into a central London station -- we're very kind to the climate in that regard and st Greta smiles upon us.

[Kevin Redshaw]

On 13/01/2023 at 12:56, spygirl said:

Strange, these high earning  Drs that Saddo  wants to let in using a London passport - 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-brexit-speech-mansion-house-immigration-europe-keir-starmer-labour-b1052449.html

Sadiq Khan: ‘Let London set its own rules on immigration’

Mayor to use set-piece Mansion House speech to call for reformed relationship with Europe

 

Seem  to be robbing food from tesco -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11630961/Now-Tesco-locks-bacon-sausages-fridges.html

Cue the denialists: "So what?" "All countries are the same". "All countries are suffering from the same problem". Shrugs shoulders. "There's nothing uniquely bad about Britain" blah, blah, bah.

You don't fix problems by denying them, or brushing them under the carpet. So the problems persist and get worse. This truth is that this type of nonsense doesn't happen overnight. It's a consequence of too many people ignoring problems in Britain that were in plain sight for far too long. You reap what you sow, and you don't solve problems by ignoring them. 

[Kevin Redshaw]

11 hours ago, dgul said:

We just walk everywhere with the kids -- London is fairly accessible, unless you want to see the Tower of London or St Paul's.

We did take the children on a tube ride once, as it was a bit like going to London Zoo, only cheaper.  They didn't want to go again.

Public transport is far too expensive in Britain. It's a problem that needs fixing. 

[spunko]

12 hours ago, spygirl said:

The next banking calamity: office blocks

• From magazine issue:01 April 2023

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-next-banking-calamity-office-blocks/

 

https://www.ft.com/content/3f863583-04be-4e1f-b2e5-c0eede5fbe5f

Start with the scariest bit. Valuations look very stretched and a reversion to the mean suggests a harsh correction. The chart below shows cap rates, a property’s net operating income (revenue minus operating expenses) divided by its market value, as a spread over the 10-year yield. Think of it like the equity risk premium, an extra bit of compensation you get for taking risk on stocks or, in this case, commercial property. Across segments, CRE is not paying much these days:

Can we move this to Property n Economy @spunko

I have a feeling CRE going to get fun.

 

Is there any reason why these empty offices can't be requisitioned and used to house the incomers?

Like this:

http://grangehomesuk.com/newhomes/3962-2/

Which until it was put up for sale houses all sorts of scumbags, the council were renting it for a huge sum.

[spygirl]

13 minutes ago, spunko said:

Is there any reason why these empty offices can't be requisitioned and used to house the incomers?

Like this:

http://grangehomesuk.com/newhomes/3962-2/

Which until it was put up for sale houses all sorts of scumbags, the council were renting it for a huge sum.

Yes - they are fuckign espensive.

 

[spygirl]

Opinion  

Working from home

The ability to work from home does not just benefit the elite

More flexibility has improved work-life balance for many since the pandemic began

https://www.ft.com/content/44e81232-9b25-4f4a-91ab-4462978dc204