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Maybe, but still clearly inconsistent.rjsterry said:
Standard procedure for any by-election, no? Is there not a local hospital that needs saving,then? 😁Stevo_666 said:
He pointed out that the two new Labour MPs had promised to oppose new housing developments and to protect green spaces in their constituencies, rather at odds with Starmer the YIMBY.Pross said:
Have to agree to differ there. He accused Starmer of not taking risks then tried to criticise him for a risky policy of building in Greenbelt. It’s classic of this Government that they’ll think people will forget what they just said and miss their inconsistencies.Stevo_666 said:
And a good skewering of the inconsistency of Labour's approach to housing into the bargain.Pross said:Sunak's welcome to the new Mid Beds MP at PMQs today was actually quite amusing.
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Neonatal units are best for emergency candidate assistance.Stevo_666 said:
Maybe, but still clearly inconsistent.rjsterry said:
Standard procedure for any by-election, no? Is there not a local hospital that needs saving,then? 😁Stevo_666 said:
He pointed out that the two new Labour MPs had promised to oppose new housing developments and to protect green spaces in their constituencies, rather at odds with Starmer the YIMBY.Pross said:
Have to agree to differ there. He accused Starmer of not taking risks then tried to criticise him for a risky policy of building in Greenbelt. It’s classic of this Government that they’ll think people will forget what they just said and miss their inconsistencies.Stevo_666 said:
And a good skewering of the inconsistency of Labour's approach to housing into the bargain.Pross said:Sunak's welcome to the new Mid Beds MP at PMQs today was actually quite amusing.
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I've just read that Zwift have built more news roads in Watopia.rjsterry said:
Standard procedure for any by-election, no? Is there not a local hospital that needs saving,then? 😁Stevo_666 said:
He pointed out that the two new Labour MPs had promised to oppose new housing developments and to protect green spaces in their constituencies, rather at odds with Starmer the YIMBY.Pross said:
Have to agree to differ there. He accused Starmer of not taking risks then tried to criticise him for a risky policy of building in Greenbelt. It’s classic of this Government that they’ll think people will forget what they just said and miss their inconsistencies.Stevo_666 said:
And a good skewering of the inconsistency of Labour's approach to housing into the bargain.Pross said:Sunak's welcome to the new Mid Beds MP at PMQs today was actually quite amusing.
Mark Drakeford is opposed to it.1 -
Trying to keep NIMBYS on side certainly applies on all sides. I was reading about a development in Coventry that was recently granted permission on appeal. It had been allocated in the local plan, was a Brownfield site, was supported by the Council’s own technical officers and I think there was even some Council funding towards it. The Councillors on the planning committee voted on Party lines and it got refused due to the Labour vote.
Unsurprisingly it was overturned on appeal with the Council having to pay significant costs all because Councillors decided to play politics instead of working to their own policies.0 -
Obviously. There's always some idiot opposing building. A win's a win though.Stevo_666 said:
Maybe, but still clearly inconsistent.rjsterry said:
Standard procedure for any by-election, no? Is there not a local hospital that needs saving,then? 😁Stevo_666 said:
He pointed out that the two new Labour MPs had promised to oppose new housing developments and to protect green spaces in their constituencies, rather at odds with Starmer the YIMBY.Pross said:
Have to agree to differ there. He accused Starmer of not taking risks then tried to criticise him for a risky policy of building in Greenbelt. It’s classic of this Government that they’ll think people will forget what they just said and miss their inconsistencies.Stevo_666 said:
And a good skewering of the inconsistency of Labour's approach to housing into the bargain.Pross said:Sunak's welcome to the new Mid Beds MP at PMQs today was actually quite amusing.
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The story that Hunt is considering a new type of ISA to ease the housing shortage is so hilariously out of touch it must be satire.
Surely?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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He could announce tax free money tree seeds at this point. He's stepping down, what's it matter?rjsterry said:The story that Hunt is considering a new type of ISA to ease the housing shortage is so hilariously out of touch it must be satire.
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Where’s this out of interest?Pross said:Trying to keep NIMBYS on side certainly applies on all sides. I was reading about a development in Coventry that was recently granted permission on appeal. It had been allocated in the local plan, was a Brownfield site, was supported by the Council’s own technical officers and I think there was even some Council funding towards it. The Councillors on the planning committee voted on Party lines and it got refused due to the Labour vote.
Unsurprisingly it was overturned on appeal with the Council having to pay significant costs all because Councillors decided to play politics instead of working to their own policies.0 -
It was this one https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/documents/s55014/Application OUT20213576 - Land off Abbotts Lane and Upper Hill Street.pdfskyblueamateur said:
Where’s this out of interest?Pross said:Trying to keep NIMBYS on side certainly applies on all sides. I was reading about a development in Coventry that was recently granted permission on appeal. It had been allocated in the local plan, was a Brownfield site, was supported by the Council’s own technical officers and I think there was even some Council funding towards it. The Councillors on the planning committee voted on Party lines and it got refused due to the Labour vote.
Unsurprisingly it was overturned on appeal with the Council having to pay significant costs all because Councillors decided to play politics instead of working to their own policies.
I've had no involvement in it, I just saw a LinkedIn post about in from the developer's barrister. It seems to have originally been allocated for 100 large homes and the application was made based on around 700 flats concentrating on providing housing for first time buyers / singles. A few locals didn't like it and about 150 signed petitions which seems to have been the basis for the Labour councillors to reject it on grounds that had no basis (their own officers covering those issues recommended approval). It was also supported by the West Midlands mayor and the West Midlands Combined Authority had provided £6 million towards remediating the site.0 -
Got the interview that Johnson no doubt dreams of.
I wonder what questions he'll ask Musk.0 -
kingstongraham said:
Got the interview that Johnson no doubt dreams of.
I wonder what questions he'll ask Musk.
How to wind up the woke lefties even more?
Perhaps best not to ask him how to get even richer, given Xitter has (reportedly) lost 90% of its value since Musky bought it.0 -
Do you have any well paid jobs? I’m available from next year sometime and am highly qualified to ruin the next business you buy.kingstongraham said:Got the interview that Johnson no doubt dreams of.
I wonder what questions he'll ask Musk.1 -
That's growth/employment improving the balance of payments. Where do you think economic growth comes from?
What's the point of building all these new houses without any jobs?
Brian, we need growth to pay the teachers... Pross, we need ambitious businesses to create vibrant areas/developments providing even more indirect jobs.
Growth!0 -
How can I encourage you to create jobs in the UK?0
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How can we encourage/help our top Universities to create more tech/business entrepreneurs?0
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Wish we had a money tree, alas.0 -
UK doesn’t have an entrepreneur problem. In fact it’s one of its strengths. Cambridge is one of the world leaders in turning research into business opportunities.focuszing723 said:How can we encourage/help our top Universities to create more tech/business entrepreneurs?
UK has a scaling problem. They don’t often get to that big size; they stay SMEs.
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I would argue we don't get the venture capitalists akin to the US. That's how Musk was able to kick start his business. I did say help.rick_chasey said:
UK doesn’t have an entrepreneur problem. In fact it’s one of its strengths. Cambridge is one of the world leaders in turning research into business opportunities.focuszing723 said:How can we encourage/help our top Universities to create more tech/business entrepreneurs?
UK has a scaling problem. They don’t often get to that big size; they stay SMEs.0 -
Oxford and Cambridge are okay, but there are proportionally more innovative universities and none of the UK universities are very good at it.rick_chasey said:
UK doesn’t have an entrepreneur problem. In fact it’s one of its strengths. Cambridge is one of the world leaders in turning research into business opportunities.focuszing723 said:How can we encourage/help our top Universities to create more tech/business entrepreneurs?
UK has a scaling problem. They don’t often get to that big size; they stay SMEs.
Also, SMEs everywhere fall into the valley of death. They don't stay as SMEs if they can't survive between investment rounds though, they just cease to exist. What the UK lacks is not scaling, it is patience.0 -
This is really annoying me as it's totally wrong.focuszing723 said:
I would argue we don't get the venture capitalists akin to the US. That's how Musk was able to kick start his business. I did say help.rick_chasey said:
UK doesn’t have an entrepreneur problem. In fact it’s one of its strengths. Cambridge is one of the world leaders in turning research into business opportunities.focuszing723 said:How can we encourage/help our top Universities to create more tech/business entrepreneurs?
UK has a scaling problem. They don’t often get to that big size; they stay SMEs.
I'm happy to slate the UK, but the UK has continent leading entrepreneurship (almost double Germany!) and the most mature PE and VC ecosystem in the continent too.
https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/21/britain-is-a-great-place-to-start-a-company-but-a-bad-one-to-scale-it-up
This article covers it well.Britain is a great place to start a company, but a bad one to scale it upis the title.
It's a combo of struggling to get to the first round of funding, which the UK suffers more from than any other western country, and even those that do, they really struggle to get access to capital.
That is partly why the govt is eyeing up those pension investment reforms that @surrey_commuter is so against > big institutional investors are a good source of capital for those kinds of firms - if the rules allow.0 -
UK has more "deep tech" start ups than any other country in the world bar the US, and proportionally substantially more. "Okay" doesn't really cover it. It's pretty much world leading, and a British success story.First.Aspect said:
Oxford and Cambridge are okay, but there are proportionally more innovative universities and none of the UK universities are very good at it.rick_chasey said:
UK doesn’t have an entrepreneur problem. In fact it’s one of its strengths. Cambridge is one of the world leaders in turning research into business opportunities.focuszing723 said:How can we encourage/help our top Universities to create more tech/business entrepreneurs?
UK has a scaling problem. They don’t often get to that big size; they stay SMEs.
Not quite sure why me of all people needs to cheerlead the UK's success, but it should be unsurprising that at the intersection between the two industries where Britain is a world leader is a success story.0 -
I'm just glad you're being positive about the UK, so I won't argue.rick_chasey said:
This is really annoying me as it's totally wrong.focuszing723 said:
I would argue we don't get the venture capitalists akin to the US. That's how Musk was able to kick start his business. I did say help.rick_chasey said:
UK doesn’t have an entrepreneur problem. In fact it’s one of its strengths. Cambridge is one of the world leaders in turning research into business opportunities.focuszing723 said:How can we encourage/help our top Universities to create more tech/business entrepreneurs?
UK has a scaling problem. They don’t often get to that big size; they stay SMEs.
I'm happy to slate the UK, but the UK has continent leading entrepreneurship (almost double Germany!) and the most mature PE and VC ecosystem in the continent too.
https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/21/britain-is-a-great-place-to-start-a-company-but-a-bad-one-to-scale-it-up
This article covers it well.Britain is a great place to start a company, but a bad one to scale it upis the title.
It's a combo of struggling to get to the first round of funding, which the UK suffers more from than any other western country, and even those that do, they really struggle to get access to capital.
That is partly why the govt is eyeing up those pension investment reforms that @surrey_commuter is so against > big institutional investors are a good source of capital for those kinds of firms - if the rules allow.
Great to hear.0 -
The bigger challenge is the 3 of the 5 firms that are generating the main public market returns in the US, none existed before 1990. The only big UK stocks are mining&drilling companies. a very old, very boring bank and one pharma firm that's so out of touch all its new developments occur outside the firm and they then acquire them, rather than developing them in house.
The bridge from VC to big behemoth company is where the UK is struggling, and apparently that's one of the major components to the productivity puzzle.0 -
Are we pretending that Elon has improved twitter and that's a great logo to put on Number 10?
Maybe he could ask him about Ukraine.1 -
The issue with the UK VC ecosystem now is the lack of experience of scaling up to unicorn status at speed.
Historically USA had all the money, invested loads, likely lost a lot, but now have lots of serial scale up CEOs who can grow billion dollar companies.
The UK now has a LOT more capital than previously but lacks the expertise - the reason that VC-backed companies in the UK seemingly stay small is not that they get stuck, but mainly because they exit early.
I don't know if there's any truth in this, but I wonder if scaling a company in the US is easier as it's way bigger and you can create something huge within the confines of the country border. UK companies would all need to go overseas which just adds a layer of complexity.0 -
That really annoys me that the market deems something too risky so the Govt is going to invest some poor sod's pension fund in it instead.rick_chasey said:
This is really annoying me as it's totally wrong.focuszing723 said:
I would argue we don't get the venture capitalists akin to the US. That's how Musk was able to kick start his business. I did say help.rick_chasey said:
UK doesn’t have an entrepreneur problem. In fact it’s one of its strengths. Cambridge is one of the world leaders in turning research into business opportunities.focuszing723 said:How can we encourage/help our top Universities to create more tech/business entrepreneurs?
UK has a scaling problem. They don’t often get to that big size; they stay SMEs.
I'm happy to slate the UK, but the UK has continent leading entrepreneurship (almost double Germany!) and the most mature PE and VC ecosystem in the continent too.
https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/21/britain-is-a-great-place-to-start-a-company-but-a-bad-one-to-scale-it-up
This article covers it well.Britain is a great place to start a company, but a bad one to scale it upis the title.
It's a combo of struggling to get to the first round of funding, which the UK suffers more from than any other western country, and even those that do, they really struggle to get access to capital.
That is partly why the govt is eyeing up those pension investment reforms that @surrey_commuter is so against > big institutional investors are a good source of capital for those kinds of firms - if the rules allow.
If the cvnts had funded public sector DB schemes they could use that.0 -
surely market size is an issue.rick_chasey said:The bigger challenge is the 3 of the 5 firms that are generating the main public market returns in the US, none existed before 1990. The only big UK stocks are mining&drilling companies. a very old, very boring bank and one pharma firm that's so out of touch all its new developments occur outside the firm and they then acquire them, rather than developing them in house.
The bridge from VC to big behemoth company is where the UK is struggling, and apparently that's one of the major components to the productivity puzzle.
There must also be a mentality problem - if I had a little company and Google offered me £20m I would bite their hand off0 -
How many of the unicorns have a large (perhaps unhealthy) degree of hype around them?
Many of the tech companies are frankly ****ing weird organizations. Twitter got rid of 80% of it's staff, in a year, and is basically still a functioning company. Imagine if a traditional consumer goods or manufacturing company had done that. It would be expected to have a far higher impact on the companies productivity.0 -
Then your company can join the long list of those killed by Google.surrey_commuter said:
surely market size is an issue.rick_chasey said:The bigger challenge is the 3 of the 5 firms that are generating the main public market returns in the US, none existed before 1990. The only big UK stocks are mining&drilling companies. a very old, very boring bank and one pharma firm that's so out of touch all its new developments occur outside the firm and they then acquire them, rather than developing them in house.
The bridge from VC to big behemoth company is where the UK is struggling, and apparently that's one of the major components to the productivity puzzle.
There must also be a mentality problem - if I had a little company and Google offered me £20m I would bite their hand off
https://killedbygoogle.com/0 -
Exactly - especially as there's no "Silicon Valley" in the UK where people are crowing to be billionaires. £5-£10m goes a long way in the UK.surrey_commuter said:
surely market size is an issue.rick_chasey said:The bigger challenge is the 3 of the 5 firms that are generating the main public market returns in the US, none existed before 1990. The only big UK stocks are mining&drilling companies. a very old, very boring bank and one pharma firm that's so out of touch all its new developments occur outside the firm and they then acquire them, rather than developing them in house.
The bridge from VC to big behemoth company is where the UK is struggling, and apparently that's one of the major components to the productivity puzzle.
There must also be a mentality problem - if I had a little company and Google offered me £20m I would bite their hand off0
