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« Last post by mr chaz on Yesterday at 02:38:35 pm »
Walk away, especially if you're suspicious that subsidence might still be ongoing. A recent subsidence claim I worked on involved 3 years of monitoring by structural engineers followed by a ground investigation, all of which costs £ thousands, and that's just to find out the problem. Knotweed is another 
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« Last post by SA Chris on Yesterday at 02:16:12 pm »
Sounds like a result.
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« Last post by SA Chris on Yesterday at 02:15:11 pm »
I wouldn't just walk away, I would be getting a fresh pair of running shoes.
Knotweed guarantee sounds a bit dubious too. Wherever it came from in the first place it can come from again.
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« Last post by Scouse D on Yesterday at 02:03:33 pm »
walk away
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One more update. Took it to my tame mechanic again who has been brilliant at nursing my decrepit cars through multiple MOTs ever since I moved here. Explained that I wanted to keep the car on the road for at least another year as it has a long MOT and I don't want the hassle of buying a new one. He agreed to have a poke around it and explore various options, including taking the propshaft off and converting it to 2WD to stop the noise.
He rang me and said hed changed his mind and he now thought it was a bearing after a prolonged period of driving it around and spinning things. After changing that the noise has completely gone, which is obviously a good outcome. The fact that he initially thought it was the diff, as did the other mechanic I took it to, perhaps shows how similar these issues sound. There was no real indication to me thay the noise was coming from one side or the other and both mechanics were totally convinced it was the diff initially. Anyway, good result, and worth flagging that numerous forums do menyion that subaru bearings are known to be shit and noisy so worth investigating this first if anyone is having a similar issue.
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« Last post by webbo on Yesterday at 01:45:12 pm »
It sounds like one to walk away from and I would be suspicious if they offered you a decent discount.
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« Last post by Davo on Yesterday at 01:07:57 pm »
Hi Sean
Thanks for taking the time to respond. Your ideas all seem good to me. I will be voting for Labour anyway and just want a government that at least tries to make things a bit better for most people. I don’t particularly want crazy radicalism but I would like investment in the uk etc
If you are happy to describe more of your ideas I would be keen to read them.
Dave
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« Last post by Oldmanmatt on Yesterday at 01:05:07 pm »
I’m at least in part dismissive of him having a very limited range of sources; a position I’d expect a history professor to heartily endorse.
The point with populists (and Stone is a left wing populist with, in my view, an authoritarian streak) is that they “flood the zone with shit”. Refuting every crazy claim becomes a huge task. My basic view would be that his viewpoint, which is common amongst the far left, doesn’t really have much time for trade offs, or unintended consequences, or even budget constraints.
Take his idea of free public transport. Firstly, is the problem with public transport use in most British cities a demand issue? No, it’s not, it’s a supply issue, so making it free doesn’t help. And the reality of free public transport is virtually every poster on UKB paying for me to waltz around London for free. Lovely for me, politically unsustainable. See? A paragraph to refute one sentence of nonsense. That’s how populism works, there gets a point where saying “X is not a serious actor, ignoring them is more productive” becomes a far more viable strategy. I’m sure if we were taking about covid denialism you’d be nodding along in agreement.
As for things already existing in different countries. Well, many things exist in many countries and they don’t work, or do work but in a very different context to the U.K.
Population for one. I like the Scandinavian models, but they have lower populations. They also have their own social issues: https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/11/13/sweden-is-suffering-a-grim-wave-of-gang-violenceAnd there are only 10M people in Sweden, so comparable to London alone. Britain is quite unique, diverse and crowded. I can’t imagine there are any silver bullets and a pragmatic approach to what is a very precarious and rapidly changing economic reality is essential. I am sure, Sean, you have opinions on what might be a prudent course or what sort of policies may bear fruit; I’d like to hear your thoughts.
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« Last post by seankenny on Yesterday at 01:04:01 pm »
I used to climb with Stone a bit, many years ago, so I understand why you sprayed your coffee. But I also read what he writes and take it seriously, and, it falls squarely into a type of left wing populism that has an authoritarian edge. Eg private schools. Lots on the futher left than me would probably ban them if they could, whereas I’d just tax them (quite a lot).
I’m a super normie left liberal type who goes for improved growth through increased investment and building with a strong bias towards carbon reduction (the exact technical details of which I leave to others as I’m not an engineer). I’m happy with a degree of borrowing for that investment, but I am concerned that Britain’s capacity to absorb extra spending without causing a damaging and unpopular bout of inflation is somewhat limited. How limited? I don’t know. But limited enough that a less restrained approach to public spending as per the previous iteration of Labour strikes me as very risky. Trying to turn Labour into the natural party of government is a fundamentally very fine aim, and there may be no better time to do that than the present. Don’t want to mess that up.
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« Last post by Davo on Yesterday at 12:51:14 pm »
I’m at least in part dismissive of him having a very limited range of sources; a position I’d expect a history professor to heartily endorse.
The point with populists (and Stone is a left wing populist with, in my view, an authoritarian streak) is that they “flood the zone with shit”. Refuting every crazy claim becomes a huge task. My basic view would be that his viewpoint, which is common amongst the far left, doesn’t really have much time for trade offs, or unintended consequences, or even budget constraints.
Take his idea of free public transport. Firstly, is the problem with public transport use in most British cities a demand issue? No, it’s not, it’s a supply issue, so making it free doesn’t help. And the reality of free public transport is virtually every poster on UKB paying for me to waltz around London for free. Lovely for me, politically unsustainable. See? A paragraph to refute one sentence of nonsense. That’s how populism works, there gets a point where saying “X is not a serious actor, ignoring them is more productive” becomes a far more viable strategy. I’m sure if we were taking about covid denialism you’d be nodding along in agreement.
As for things already existing in different countries. Well, many things exist in many countries and they don’t work, or do work but in a very different context to the U.K.
I guess that is at least an attempt at justifying why you are dismissive, I’ll give you that. I would also say that it is easy to criticise and say why ideas are crap and they won’t work and it is much harder to put forward stuff that you think might work. Also I know Stone personally and the idea that he is a populist of any description is quite the notion!! As to him being authoritarian that made me spit out my coffee laughing!! Anyway, would you mind taking the time to describe some key policies that you think would help the UK? Cheers Dave
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