tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post2643324675165944982..comments2023-09-13T09:59:36.013+01:00Comments on snowflake5: ComDem CGT rise will precipitate a property crashsnowflake5http://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-33878478544696272662010-05-14T19:17:42.464+01:002010-05-14T19:17:42.464+01:00The 50 day delay is cleverly designed to allow BTL...The 50 day delay is cleverly designed to allow BTL investors to release property back to hard working FTB's. It's a win-win, the BTLers get a low tax rate on their gains, the FTB's at long last get a decent supply of property at a slightly less inflated price. I'm not sure it will create the 50% fall that the market needs to bring it back to affordable levels, but a 20% price Jonathan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350080208631676619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-62567474485564694722010-05-14T13:48:15.026+01:002010-05-14T13:48:15.026+01:00DevonChap - I hadn't been posting before the e...DevonChap - I hadn't been posting before the election because I was way too busy doing on the ground campaigning, and to good effect - we held both our seats in Southampton and overall we denied the Tories a majority. If Tories wasted less time online, and actually campaigned on the ground, who knows they might have even won!<br /><br />how do you feel about the fact that we have a new <i>snowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-34679760555134832822010-05-14T12:18:05.709+01:002010-05-14T12:18:05.709+01:00I see that with the change of government you have ...I see that with the change of government you have resumed frequent blogging as opposed to the fortnightly(ish) missives of late. Is it that you couldn't defend the government very well (we all remember your claims that the recession wouldn't happen/would be mild/would end asap etc) and now you don't have to?<br /><br />Opposition provides a freedom, but it is principally the freedom DevonChapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-34931110950460481222010-05-14T00:49:44.609+01:002010-05-14T00:49:44.609+01:00Ed Balls!!!???!!!???
Have you finally gone MAD???...Ed Balls!!!???!!!???<br /><br />Have you finally gone MAD??????<br /><br />The fact that he very nearly lost his formerly very safe seat last week should tell you all you need to know - or so I thought :-)<br /><br />If you don't believe me, snowflake, look at what the Tory blogosphere have to say about our next leader - almost without exception, they are PRAYING for a Balls victory......<br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-91797694926962802292010-05-13T15:11:32.749+01:002010-05-13T15:11:32.749+01:00Neil - I would quite like Yvette Cooper to stand, ...Neil - I would quite like Yvette Cooper to stand, she would make a nice contrast to the posh boys from the Con-Dems. But I understand she's ruled herself out.<br /><br />Andreas - if you want to raise CGT on property, you need to do it on budget day, where you announce it's effective from midnight.<br /><br />Giving <i>any</i> kind of notice is suicide, as you will get a sharp increase insnowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-62668815215865567432010-05-13T13:58:12.778+01:002010-05-13T13:58:12.778+01:00I'm afraid I disagree with your analysis prett...I'm afraid I disagree with your analysis pretty seriously here. Before we even get into all the negative social consequences of it, the property bubble we currently have is storing up trouble for the future, something will need to be done about it eventually. <br /><br />I'm also not entirely sure that the CGT rise will be as bad as you say. While some BTL investors may be looking at Andreas Patersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06431120459465519240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-86124753696701309672010-05-13T12:42:26.577+01:002010-05-13T12:42:26.577+01:00Ed Balls would be a disaster, so would David Milib...Ed Balls would be a disaster, so would David Miliband. How do I know? Well I predicted Brown would lose us votes even before he became PM. Image matters whether we like it not. Balls is fat and comes across as pompous.<br /><br />I would pick the best looking person with good communication skills - which, of the limited choices available, leaves Jon Cruddas and Ed Miliband. I am on the left, so Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.com