Landlords – Who gets your vote?

Landlords – Who gets your vote?

0:03 AM, 3rd January 2024, About 6 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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Tom McGrath

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18:40 PM, 6th January 2024, About 6 months ago

" The Brexit party's primary focus was to leave the EU.."
Well, that went well, didn't it? Record immigration levels, raging inflation, rocketing interest rates, record taxation levels, sluggish economic growth. Brexit has been the biggest self-inflicted disaster in British history. And Reform UK is the Brexit party.
It's (still) a free country, so you can vote for whomever you like, but remember that politicians don't always deliver on their promises: 'Take back control'= record immigration."Levelling up"=dragging the PRS down to its knees with over-regulation and taxation. As for "£350Million a week for the NHS"--tell that to the striking doctors.

Blodwyn

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18:57 PM, 6th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by NewYorkie at 06/01/2024 - 14:52
Not lefty nonsense!! Not bothered who started it, its a rotten policy. How many squillions must we waste until we realise not one plane carrying a measly 200-300 has left the ground? And how many will get there when the unhappy passengers start a riot 'imperilling flight safety'?
How many 'passengers'?
How many does a single plane carry?
How much does each plane cost?
Do the sums!
What is left of the (?) £240,000,000 after salting the various accounts of Pres Kigali and his buddies and what will it do for the benefit of now Rwanda's immigrants?

Jason

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20:00 PM, 6th January 2024, About 6 months ago

I’m not voting Reform due to PRS but because currently I’m more aligned with what they are proposing, yes I want to see more details in due course to crystallise my vote. I’m sure their PRS strategy would make sense. I have zero confidence in blue anymore and I simply don’t agree with red, yellow or green.

LCH

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21:01 PM, 6th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Jason at 06/01/2024 - 20:00
Interesting.
1) What are they proposing?
2) Which specific elements of their proposals appeal to you?
3) What makes you sure that their PRS strategy would make sense - once they publicise one (if they ever do)?

NewYorkie

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22:32 PM, 6th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Tom McGrath at 06/01/2024 - 18:40
Oh dear! You really do need to move on from the same old, same old.

LCH

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23:35 PM, 6th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Tom McGrath at 06/01/2024 - 18:40
Yep. For good reason it’s referred to as ‘the biggest gift by the poor to the rich’.
Never has so much harm been done by so few to so many.
I am baffled by those who champion the architects of ‘Britain’s biggest mistake’ and would apparently vote for more of the same.
The right-wing multi-billionaire funded parties (or in the case of Reform, a Ltd company) , and not-so-rich ‘useful idiots’ are certainly not pro-landlord, other than those who are in fact large corporations that is.
My vote will never go to a party led by people who conned (just enough) members of the electorate to vote for Brexit. No way can I see that they would ever be the PRS (small-medium portfolio size) landlord’s friend.

Whiteskifreak Surrey

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7:15 AM, 7th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by LCH at 06/01/2024 - 23:35
Very well said, Tom and LCH. Good summaries.

Whiteskifreak Surrey

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7:17 AM, 7th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Blodwyn at 06/01/2024 - 18:57
You firgot to add that we will take back the same number of highly vulnerable immigrants FROM Rwanda.
Check the Treaty...

LCH

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8:03 AM, 7th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by NewYorkie at 06/01/2024 - 17:28
No chance in my constituency in any case. Too many are well educated tbh.

philip allen

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10:06 AM, 7th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by LCH at 06/01/2024 - 23:35
"...just enough..." being one and a quarter million!

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