@leftsidehist Just to add as well, we don't need a growing population due to capitalism. We need a stable workforce to cover the ballooning social costs of the elderly.
@leftsidehist Sorry, you're wrong on the probate figure. There were 754k vacant dwellings in England measured by council tax exemption, which includes houses in probate.
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It's unhelpful to frame it as a greedy PE issue when it's primarily down to supply side.
@JailanX3@vazzdice@fredvries@theepicmap I guess nobody had the prescience to mention UNCLOS when signing the treaty of Utrecht. The good news is, Gibraltar is permanently inhabited, economically active and habitable so it generates a full territorial sea and EEZ!
@synapticwisdom@Object_Zero_ Crossing the T allows you to fire both broadsides at the enemy bow and stern. It's a devastating manoeuvre once complete, just requires tenacity and morale to endure the withering approach.
@synapticwisdom@Object_Zero_ The goal was to force a decisive battle and take prizes. The RN would have won a conventional engagement, but without the shock of penetrating the formation, battered ships could retreat from the line and escape to port.
@Marty_Crabneck@megawhelmed@NEF Never mind the ramifications for the economy of that inflation, ~ยฃ700bn of treasuries are linked to inflation. You can't print your way out of that
@TrueSlazac@ElonBachman Very true. A less reductive point could be made that it's the romantic influence (which is definitely not lost in revolutionary France!)
@SeemoreCrypto@elonmusk Approximately 2.7bn people can vote in the united kingdom as commonwealth citizens as long as they have permission to enter or stay in the UK, whether this permission is permanent, time limited or conditional.
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