Landlords – Who gets your vote?

Landlords – Who gets your vote?

0:03 AM, 3rd January 2024, About 12 months ago 116

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Hi, Do landlords have a viable political home? It appears not. Historically the Conservative party has been the party of the landlord, permitting the market to control itself to a large extent. This is no longer the case.

Why? Because we have a left of centre conservative government (note the small c). The tail is wagging the dog and in an effort to win voters, they are alienating their core voters in their masses.

Who to vote for then? Certainly not Labour, we only need to look at the London Mayor to see the path they would lead us down. Rent controls, mandatory licencing and higher taxation (and that’s just the start).

Research papers initiated by the Labour Party have even gone as far as to state that compulsory purchase at (market rates!!!) should be considered as a way to bolster the stock of social housing. The Green Party – even further left than Labour and posing the same, if not, a greater level of risk to the Landlord.

I suspect the first initiative would be mandatory EPC Grade A’s all round irrespective of cost.

This leaves us with Reform UK, led by Richard Tice. I live in an area of the UK (Bury North) with the smallest margin between Conservative and Labour at the last election.

Recently our conservative (small c again) MP James Daly, wrote in the local press that his greatest concern at the next election was not Labour, but Reform UK.

I agree with him, our Local Labour candidate James Frith is seen locally as weak and unviable and unlikely to take many votes.

However, many people will make a statement vote for Reform UK, even if this increases the likelihood of Labour gaining a seat.

My question to you readers is, should we vote Reform in the knowledge that it will allow a Labour win or should we vote Conservative?

Should we be looking at sending a clear message to the conservative government that will hopefully make them take notice and restructure themselves as a Conservative party, centre right to win the following election?

Or should we vote Conservative in the hope of weakening an incumbent Labour government?

Or could the seemingly impossible happen and the nation elect Reform UK. This would, be the best result for Landlords.

What do you think?

Steve


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Jason

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19:42 PM, 4th January 2024, About 12 months ago

And anyone who doesn’t vote has no right to any political opinion in my view. If landlords are voting with their feet by leaving the PRS why not vote at the ballot box too. In-action means defeat, sedated, numbness. Don’t waste your vote by not voting!

Whiteskifreak Surrey

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20:21 PM, 4th January 2024, About 12 months ago

I can see here that the Reform voters prevail, but seems that it is purely for political reasons. We will not vote for them as they are a brexit party, so they are out of question.
However - can anyone tell me what is their position on the PRS, attitude towards landlords and tenants, etc.
That is what we are interested in. We could not find anything at all about their position. There is not much about their program anyway...
Seems that the only way for us will be to vote independent or spoil the ballot paper. We have always been Tory voters, but simply cannot give them our vote this time.

Blodwyn

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21:30 PM, 4th January 2024, About 12 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Anthony Endsor at 04/01/2024 - 11:05Standing in every seat??? Who is paying their deposit??? Fairies at the bottom of the garden are fine but they don't normally come with gold wings?

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10:10 AM, 5th January 2024, About 12 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Whiteskifreak Surrey at 04/01/2024 - 20:21
What reason(s), other than political, would persuade you to vote for a Party?

Yes, Reform is a Brexit Party, but it was Boris who finally pushed Brexit [as it stands] through with an 80 seat majority, won only with the help of Farage. If you don't want Brexit, why don't you vote Labour or Libdem?

I heard major policy statements don't resonate with voters until 5 weeks before an election. We will hear all sorts of flakey 'policies' over the next months, but the big stuff won't come until much later. Yes, we do need to know what Reform would do for the PRS. But, we already know what the Tories are doing, and Labour will be worse.

NewYorkie

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10:16 AM, 5th January 2024, About 12 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Blodwyn at 04/01/2024 - 21:30
Who is paying the deposits for all the Parties? Have you had the begging messages from the Conservatives? Do you pay Union membership fees? Libdems and Greens... who knows!

The Forever Tenant

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11:26 AM, 5th January 2024, About 12 months ago

So I am not a Landlord, I am a tenant so you would probably expect me to vote Labour.

Nope, not doing that.

I am politically adrift. I have no idea where my X will land come the General Election.

My biggest problem is that every party these days gives what amounts to vague statements on how they will "fix" the country. There will be statements like "we will save £xBillions by cutting the civil service bill". How? Which people are you getting rid of? which departments do you consider unnecessary?

All the manifestos talk about reducing tax and increasing spending. I don't know about you but that seems like it won't work.

The thing I keep thinking about is that everyone here knows that this country is in trouble. We are heading towards some serious problems in the near future. I wonder if Labour get in, how many people will blame Labour for the future crisis despite seeing it already approaching right now.

Jolly Roger

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11:32 AM, 5th January 2024, About 12 months ago

You are absolutely correct but it's not only the UK but the whole of Europe. I am very pessimistic about the future for our children and grandchildren. I think none of the parties know how to address this problem because it's too late. Apologies for ending on a miserable note.

Alison Walker

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12:05 PM, 5th January 2024, About 12 months ago

Reply to the comment left by The Forever Tenant at 05/01/2024 - 11:26
I am also politically homeless, neither the red nor blue party offer anything useful for the rental market which means that both tenants & landlords lose out big time. I suspect that under a red government things will be even worse than they are at the mo, I feel the best thing that can happen for the country is a coalition government.

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14:52 PM, 5th January 2024, About 12 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Alison Walker at 05/01/2024 - 12:05
A coalition is the way forward, but not with the Libdems or Greens. It must be with a Party which speaks for the silent majority, and is prepared to force through some tough-hitting policies [starting with illegal migration].

Mike231

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8:22 AM, 6th January 2024, About 12 months ago

I'm voting Reform irrespective of Labour The Conservatives have been a s##t show since the coalition government came to power and have steady got worse since, I don't fear a Labour government as in 12 months all of my properties will be sold luckily I don't have mortgages am prepared to accept the capital gains tax, but good honest tennants will be devastated, through no fault of there own

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