What are your unpopular opinions?

[anonymous-user]

peterperkins said:

I hate Yankee Candles and all of a similar ilk..

Every woman I know has at least half a dozen scattered around the house...
Giving and receiving candles seems to have more effect than a diamond ring.. Oh great another fking candle!!!
I have never seen one which has burned correctly and used all the wax in the jar.
They are hideously wasteful and inefficient and probably difficult to recycle.
It's impossible to light them without burning your fingers trying to get a match into the opening..

It's a runaway marketing success and the firm's owners must have laughed all the way to the bank..

Be a right hoot if in a couple of years some research came out that suggested sniffing the scents led to some sort of illness or something.

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IJB1959 said:

The providers can do very nicely though. https://www.propertyinvestor.co.nz/article/614/a-u...

That is true, there are numerous BTL landlords profiting from renting to social housing tenants.

[singlecoil]

Speaking of BTL landlords, I heartily disapprove. They buy up housing stock and keep it from falling to the sort of price levels where the people who end up as tenants could afford to buy.

[Bobberoo99]

singlecoil said:

Speaking of BTL landlords, I heartily disapprove. They buy up housing stock and keep it from falling to the sort of price levels where the people who end up as tenants could afford to buy.

Only a small percentage of properties are bought up by BTL landlords, the shere cost of properties is mainly driven by Estate Agents, lack of housing and banks.

[Willy Nilly]

Bobberoo99 said:

singlecoil said:

Speaking of BTL landlords, I heartily disapprove. They buy up housing stock and keep it from falling to the sort of price levels where the people who end up as tenants could afford to buy.

Only a small percentage of properties are bought up by BTL landlords, the shere cost of properties is mainly driven by Estate Agents, lack of housing and banks.

It doesn't need much of a shortage of something for the cost to increase. BTL landlords will be having an impact on the price of houses

[Bobberoo99]

Willy Nilly said:

Bobberoo99 said:

singlecoil said:

Speaking of BTL landlords, I heartily disapprove. They buy up housing stock and keep it from falling to the sort of price levels where the people who end up as tenants could afford to buy.

Only a small percentage of properties are bought up by BTL landlords, the shere cost of properties is mainly driven by Estate Agents, lack of housing and banks.

It doesn't need much of a shortage of something for the cost to increase. BTL landlords will be having an impact on the price of houses

Very true, but unfortunately greedy estate agents play a huge part too, they will push you into something higher priced every time.

[singlecoil]

Bobberoo99 said:

Willy Nilly said:

Bobberoo99 said:

singlecoil said:

Speaking of BTL landlords, I heartily disapprove. They buy up housing stock and keep it from falling to the sort of price levels where the people who end up as tenants could afford to buy.

Only a small percentage of properties are bought up by BTL landlords, the shere cost of properties is mainly driven by Estate Agents, lack of housing and banks.

It doesn't need much of a shortage of something for the cost to increase. BTL landlords will be having an impact on the price of houses

Very true, but unfortunately greedy estate agents play a huge part too, they will push you into something higher priced every time.

Estate agents don't really have much to do with the fact that there are too many people owning multiple houses and too many with none.

[Timmy40]

anonymous said:

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Nothing to do with millions Eastern Europeans moving to the UK over that period?

[joshcowin]

peterperkins said:

I hate Yankee Candles and all of a similar ilk..

It's impossible to light them without burning your fingers trying to get a match into the opening..

Hold the candle upside-down to light it!

[Mafffew]

peterperkins said:

I hate Yankee Candles and all of a similar ilk..

Every woman I know has at least half a dozen scattered around the house...
Giving and receiving candles seems to have more effect than a diamond ring.. Oh great another fking candle!!!
I have never seen one which has burned correctly and used all the wax in the jar.
They are hideously wasteful and inefficient and probably difficult to recycle.
It's impossible to light them without burning your fingers trying to get a match into the opening..

It's a runaway marketing success and the firm's owners must have laughed all the way to the bank..

The same kind of people buy Pandora tat.

[joshcowin]

I don't understand the hate for BTL owners, they are just servicing the demand for rented property, they have to compete with everyone to buy the properties in the first place. So a first time buyer with the same budget has just as much chance of securing a property than the investor!

As for people not affording to buy their homes, this is due to what they spend their money on, leased cars, holidays, nights out and new clothes are deemed essential for many aged 30 and below, due to these things having an immediate effect on their lives they priorities these, they don't care about owning a house as they are happy to rent the house they want to live in! We can thank social media for most of this in my opinion

[Timmy40]

anonymous said:

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Really. Aren't you funny.

Net migration from the EU to UK between 2004 and 2016 was 2.5m people. Where do you think they are living in cardboard boxes? Or are you bizzarely suggesting that they all turn up and buy a house straight away.

Either way I suggest the image you posted above more accurately depicts you looking in a mirror.

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anonymous said:

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On the other hand, this is what I see every time you post:



Flouncey Mc Flounce Face

[IJB1959]

anonymous said:

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C’mon now children.......

[Lucas CAV]

On 13th March Lucas CAV said:

Anyone who thinks Tommy Robinson (or whatever he currently calls himself) is anything other than bigoted, ststirring pondlife is a mouth-breathing retard.

The idea that he has any sort of journalistic credibility is laughable.

Enjoy prison, Tommy!

[captain_cynic]

Lucas CAV said:

Enjoy prison, Tommy!

To be fair, he was jailed for being criminal scum, rather than racist scum.

If you're going to be a st-stirring, pseudo-messianic, mouth breathing retard for racist pond scum and champion of intolerance. It's a very good idea to on the right side of legal like Nigel Farrage does.

Edited by captain_cynic on Wednesday 30th May 11:46

[Shuvi McTupya]

"Robinson pleaded guilty to contempt of court. He was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours."

I never realised how efficient our legal system was.

If only they treated muggers /burglars and rapists etc etc he same way!

[Shakermaker]

Shuvi McTupya said:

"Robinson pleaded guilty to contempt of court. He was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours."

I never realised how efficient our legal system was.

If only they treated muggers /burglars and rapists etc etc he same way!

But that's because he was already serving a suspended sentence and therefore the process is much more "efficient" in that respect

[captain_cynic]

Shakermaker said:

Shuvi McTupya said:

"Robinson pleaded guilty to contempt of court. He was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours."

I never realised how efficient our legal system was.

If only they treated muggers /burglars and rapists etc etc he same way!

But that's because he was already serving a suspended sentence and therefore the process is much more "efficient" in that respect

This. He wasn't sentenced again, his suspension was revoked.

As much as I dislike muggers, rapists and Tommy Robinson, the justice system these guys receive is the same one you and I receive, so its important that it's never rushed for the sake of good PR.

And I guess I'm on the right thread, because that may just be an unpopular opinion.

[Shuvi McTupya]

Shakermaker said:

But that's because he was already serving a suspended sentence and therefore the process is much more "efficient" in that respect

I guess that does change things a bit!