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by toyg 2003 days ago
There are plenty of brownfields in England. The housing supply can be grown at will. If it isn't, it's because large (English) landowners and other (English) landlords are effectively controlling the English Parliament - like it's always been since its formation, really, bar a short interlude after WWII.
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djmobley 2003 days ago
Of course, how could I forget the brownfield sites.

I’ll let all the young people know there isn’t a housing crisis after all, and seeing as the millions of EU nationals residing in the UK don’t need housing, young people needn’t worry.

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toyg 2003 days ago
The housing crisis has nothing to do with us EU nationals, and all to do with your goddamn English Parliament we cannot even vote for.
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djmobley 2003 days ago
It’s good to know EU nationals don’t need housing, so the millions residing in the UK aren’t adding any pressure whatsoever to our existing housing crisis.
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toyg 2003 days ago
Not any more than in any EU country, no.

And yes, the fact that a lot of voters don't really know what's going on (or suffer from cognitive dissonance, fostered by the terrible English tabloid press) is a large part of what's going on.

But I'm sure things will improve dramatically from 1 January... /s

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