Prime Minister Corbyn???

[opel80uk]

Cool, so we aren't going to ban foreign investment, because we've agreed that would just make the situation worse. Instead we'd compete with it! Woo, isn't this free market stuff good for optimisation!

But that's not hapening, is it? And by not limiting foreign investment, it allows Governments to do nothing.

Because they aren't really being subsidised. If they created a company then the accounting rules would allow such deduction and netting off.

They are. I was renting my property out in London when I moved to Ireland, and I was being subsidised to do so. That I could create a company and offset it is irrelevant, and also means that there would have been implications further down the line should I want my money out of that company.

Yup. It is the most likely outcome. Or you think Marina Bay / Clarke Quay is representative of Singapore.

A place that you visit is what you make of it. I've been to some places which are un-pleasant mostly due to my skin colour, and places that you feel are immediately accessible.

So you've got to remember that most of Singapore is new. As such there is little heritage or history, but as a mix of culture goes it's unlike any city I've ever visited. A quick visit to a Hawker Centre in the middle of an HDB shows this. The emphasis put on arts, music, parks and healthy living results in all sorts of entertainment, sports and the like. I've had meals from around the world at £2 a plate that are better than ones I've had in Michlen stared establishments of their origin. The diverse mix of people that make up Singapore are wholly responsible for this.

But what is even more amusing to me, is that Singapore has a massive, integrated social housing program. I can't believe how utterly ignorant of the place you are. It's like you didn't even walk a PCN route. Any Singaporean citizen has free housing provided, these are clean, well maintained and feel nothing like a ghetto because of how well integrated they are. The only difference is that a private condo, the type a foreigner has to rent, might have a pool. The one I was living in had a worse playground than the HDB, and I used their swimming pool and gym for £2 a visit as I wasn't a resident. Residents get free vouchers every time they attend as the gym is free they are effectively paid to go.

I could learn more about culture and history sat around in the Hawker Centres, than I can in any European city I've ever lived in or even just visited. I'm not saying it's without problems, racism is rampant towards certain Indians (even the upper-middle casts) and immigration continues to be a point of contention for many, as is the fear of their neighbours. But for a diverse multi-cultural capital, I can't think of one that is better integrated and offers such depth of exploration of peoples heritages. You just have to make a tiny bit of effort.

But sure, just come to London and just go to Westfield with a quick stop at Harrods and judge the UK on that then!

What makes you think that I would be ignorant of some of the clear benefits of living in Singapore, and what makes you think I wouldn't have been aware of the social housing program they have? Where did I say that Singapore wouldn't be a 'nice' place to live? Reigate is a nice place to live, but it's still boring. All the good points of a place, of which Singapore has many, still doesn't add up to a culture. There is nothing unique about Singapore – Even the bloody former President admitted as much.

[The Hand]

This made me chuckle:

[Saracen]

This made me chuckle:

Likewise. it was on one of the paper reviews on TV last night.

[MutilatorUK]

The fact he understands you have to give respect to receive it is something many MPs don't seem to get. I don't believe the last election was about Labour being to left I think it was down to Ed Miliband not being a good leader or getting people behind him.