Olympics - no limit to council tax payments

[Donna Ferentes]

in order for them to live in one of londons richest boroughs they must have significantly higher incomes than the majority of people in londons poorest borough yes ...

can you see what i did there with logic

Well, no. It is possible, you see, that they might live in council housing.

 

[Col_Buendia]

One of my objections to the Olympic bid was that it involved public money subsidising private profit, and that objection stands.

Hasn't that been the case since LA & Barcelona? I did a little digging on the economics of the Bcn olympics when I was living there this year, and the public sector paid all of the infrastructure costs which the private sector then used to make its money from, be it improved telecoms for media & advertising or bigger roads to get punters into 5 star hotels.

And that is without going into the dirt on the corruption that surrounded the Bcn games... the cabal of organising politicos had bought up the lands around Bcn up to 15yrs in advance of the games bid, and made a killing once it was awarded to them by their old buddy... Samaranch

Public cost/private profit, that is what Londoners have "won" for themselves.

 

[Major Tom]

in order for them to live in one of londons richest boroughs they must have significantly higher incomes than the majority of people in londons poorest borough yes ...

can you see what i did there with logic

can't see any logic there. What does "one of Londons richest boroughs" mean in practical reality?

Do you not know what average means?

what do you think "social housing" is and does Kensington not have any?

I live in LB of Bromley - an alleged rich borough - I'm not rich - I'll struggle with increases in council tax

Who mentioned bloody Kensington in the first place anyway? You did. How does the whole of London translate into Kensington and Chelsea? What about Lambeth, Camden, Tower Hamlets, Southwark etc. etc.

 

[Major Tom]

Well, no. It is possible, you see, that they might live in council housing.

I doubt if GLC knows about such things Social housing.

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

Well, no. It is possible, you see, that they might live in council housing.

tis true however wasn't ken and chealsea famed for sellign off their council houseing into housing trusts etc...

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

I doubt if GLC knows about such things Social housing.

i doubt you know what you are talking about ...

 

[Major Tom]

i doubt you know what you are talking about ...

on what basis?












idiot

you also failed to answer my other point that it was you who brought up Ken and Chelsea - and I'm not sure why. It's irrelevent.

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

on what basis?

you've not met me and know fuck all about me and are just pandering to the supposed image attributed to me by others...

idiot

you also failed to answer my other point that it was you who brought up Ken and Chelsea - and I'm not sure why. It's irrelevent.

there was nothing to answer it was clearly a rethroical question which you had alread answered any way you idiot...

I brought it up because the percentile increase in Hackney has been signifcantly more over the last 3 years than it has been in Kengington and chealsea ...

regardless of how difficult it might be for people on low incomes/no incomes in kensignton and chealsea to afford any increase it will be significantly more in areas where the increase has been significantly higher.... you see the point... more people in a poorer area are likely to suffer than the relavtively limited number of poorer people in a reasonable stable affluent area...

simple economies of scale...

but yeah ... i don't know what i'm talking about ...

 

[Major Tom]

you've not met me and know fuck all about me and are just pandering to the supposed image attributed to me by others...

there was nothing to answer it was clearly a rethroical question which you had alread answered any way you idiot...

I brought it up because the percentile increase in Hackney has been signifcantly more over the last 3 years than it has been in Kengington and chealsea ...

regardless of how difficult it might be for people on low incomes/no incomes in kensignton and chealsea to afford any increase it will be significantly more in areas where the increase has been significantly higher.... you see the point... more people in a poorer area are likely to suffer than the relavtively limited number of poorer people in a reasonable stable affluent area...

simple economies of scale...

but yeah ... i don't know what i'm talking about ...

 

[Donna Ferentes]

tis true however wasn't ken and chealsea famed for sellign off their council houseing into housing trusts etc...

Does that mean that no council housing remains?

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

wassat then ?