tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post5391594550155832487..comments2023-11-02T15:48:50.381+00:00Comments on UK Bubble UK Economy: Time to move the capital to HartlepoolAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-92225766571229791632009-01-12T10:56:00.000+00:002009-01-12T10:56:00.000+00:00I sometimes think that Liverpool would be the idea...I sometimes think that Liverpool would be the ideal British capital. Its perhaps the most British of cities in its make up and positioned int he middle of the home nations.<BR/><BR/>We could have a light federal Govt based near Speake airport with most of the government being done by the home nation devolved governments.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-12915041573730385232009-01-11T19:04:00.000+00:002009-01-11T19:04:00.000+00:00This blog has become way too negative on hartlepoo...This blog has become way too negative on hartlepool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-37427280044264226212009-01-11T19:01:00.000+00:002009-01-11T19:01:00.000+00:00Cull? Too sensible.Cull? Too sensible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-21267826722437334882009-01-11T18:45:00.000+00:002009-01-11T18:45:00.000+00:00Err - what about the obvious ?Cull the civil servi...Err - what about the obvious ?<BR/><BR/>Cull the civil service.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-28225488715809891202009-01-11T18:23:00.000+00:002009-01-11T18:23:00.000+00:00I agree with Mark, and I have lived in London all ...I agree with Mark, and I have lived in London all my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-39433700521651129612009-01-11T17:49:00.000+00:002009-01-11T17:49:00.000+00:00How about Blyth, just north of Newcastle - greates...How about Blyth, just north of Newcastle - greatest sh-thole in England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-64858461904899756762009-01-11T17:28:00.000+00:002009-01-11T17:28:00.000+00:00What did they hang in Berwick, though?What did they hang in Berwick, though?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-77886536187751206282009-01-11T17:26:00.000+00:002009-01-11T17:26:00.000+00:00My own plan has long been for Berwick - far better...My own plan has long been for Berwick - far better than Hartlepool. I used to live near Hartlepool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-64473566860854115952009-01-11T15:44:00.000+00:002009-01-11T15:44:00.000+00:00There are vast numbers of people who live in Soho,...There are vast numbers of people who live in Soho, Holborn and Westminster. Try looking up a bit.AntiCitizenOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017073518049848696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-70763114499768966482009-01-11T15:42:00.000+00:002009-01-11T15:42:00.000+00:00LVT - Citizens Dividend.CD to replace housing bene...LVT - Citizens Dividend.<BR/>CD to replace housing benefit.<BR/><BR/>People will move to the place they can afford.<BR/><BR/>There should be ZERO long term unemployed in London.AntiCitizenOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017073518049848696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-27342447036436163032009-01-11T14:38:00.000+00:002009-01-11T14:38:00.000+00:00I would still like to record my outrage at 40 gran...I would still like to record my outrage at 40 grand housing allowances. Most Londoners don't even earn that much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-12869135500390894872009-01-11T14:37:00.000+00:002009-01-11T14:37:00.000+00:00Mark, how many people live from the tower bridge t...Mark, how many people live from the tower bridge to westminster bridge? Personally, I don't know the precise number, I doubt if it is more than a few thousand. That is the historical centre of the city going back to the roman times.<BR/><BR/>Going beyond Westminister, prices of houses are so high that no wage earning UK resident could ever live there. The centre of capital is empty of UK residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-44317949486302547382009-01-11T14:27:00.000+00:002009-01-11T14:27:00.000+00:00Mark L, very few live in 'The City' of on Oxford/B...Mark L, very few live in 'The City' of on Oxford/Bond Street, but there are loads of flats and houses everywhere else.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-1087640259758810032009-01-11T14:08:00.000+00:002009-01-11T14:08:00.000+00:00Mark, no one lives in central London. People holid...Mark, no one lives in central London. People holiday there, work there, shop there, but no one lives there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-53396906021022663432009-01-11T13:24:00.000+00:002009-01-11T13:24:00.000+00:00Paul L, don't be silly. About half a million peopl...Paul L, don't be silly. About half a million people use the Tube (I think). There are trains as well, of course which might be as many again, and cars and buses and river boats and stuff.<BR/><BR/>What I said was "areas from which you COULD reasonably commute into London", I did not intend to suggest, imply, hint, infer or otherwise lead anybody to believe that ten million people all work in central London.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-78245290485290423232009-01-11T12:41:00.000+00:002009-01-11T12:41:00.000+00:00Mark, yes, there are 7 million people living in Lo...Mark, yes, there are 7 million people living in London and 90 percent of them are on the tube each morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-3664972072429708772009-01-11T12:07:00.000+00:002009-01-11T12:07:00.000+00:00Good idea. We can shift the core functions of gumm...Good idea. We can shift the core functions of gummint to Hartlepool, that's about a thousand civil servants, tops, and sack the rest. That'll ease pressures in the housing market.<BR/><BR/>This bit is over the top though:<BR/><I>The non-doms hollowed out London. None of the locals, even the comparatively well off senior civil servants, can afford to live there... The non-doms have forced government workers to the dark corners of the capital with tedious and uncomfortable commutes into work.</I><BR/><BR/>Greater London has a population of 7 million, perhaps ten million if you include areas from which you could reasonable commute into London. How many super rich non-doms are there? A few thousand, tens of thousands.<BR/><BR/>Now, faced with a juicy target like that, how about Land Value Tax? I agree on liberalising planning laws, of course.<BR/><BR/>But either way, the NIMBY crowd are against LVt for much the same reasons as they are against liberalising planning laws, so they are both non-starters.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-12583654986397331952009-01-11T11:51:00.000+00:002009-01-11T11:51:00.000+00:00I've often thought that Parliament should do a roy...I've often thought that Parliament should do a royal progress round Britain's cities, 5 years at a time, followed by their cooks, hairdressers etc. It would stimulate the local economies and cure the London-centric perspective. Would not the Dome of Doom and the Olympic Stadium, and many other treats for the South-East, have been sited elsewhere if our politicians were more mobile?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-36042780711800944952009-01-11T10:57:00.000+00:002009-01-11T10:57:00.000+00:00http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_sty...http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article5481636.ece<BR/><BR/>The Russians are leaving....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-67507328363939271332009-01-11T10:50:00.000+00:002009-01-11T10:50:00.000+00:00A few more years of Brownomics and min wage will b...A few more years of Brownomics and min wage will buy you a house in London.Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024073152949016734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-9893554315507917162009-01-11T10:47:00.000+00:002009-01-11T10:47:00.000+00:00Nick, Fair point. Still, there are some residual...Nick, <BR/><BR/>Fair point. Still, there are some residual responsibilities that could still be moved up to Hartlepool and thus cutting out the need for public sector housing allowances.<BR/><BR/>AliceAlice Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-1160592647953324252009-01-11T10:44:00.000+00:002009-01-11T10:44:00.000+00:00I thought we'd already moved it to Brussels.I thought we'd already moved it to Brussels.Nick von Miseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985951853422897135noreply@blogger.com