{"id":115849,"date":"2020-04-24T23:44:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/speak-for-coronavirus-afflicted-britain-keir-starmer-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2020-04-25T00:14:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:14:15","slug":"speak-for-coronavirus-afflicted-britain-keir-starmer-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/speak-for-coronavirus-afflicted-britain-keir-starmer-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak for coronavirus-afflicted Britain, Keir Starmer | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWartime parallels | The right woman for the job | Musical bird-scarers | World Naked Gardening Day | Downing Street showersAlastair Campbell is right (With so many coronavirus deaths, Labour should not be holding back, 22 April). When a Labour opposition was faced with the government\u2019s handling of that other great crisis, the second world war, Arthur Greenwood, the deputy Labour leader, directly challenged Neville Chamberlain in the Commons and was encouraged to \u201cSpeak for England, Arthur\u201d \u2013 by Leo Amery, a Tory backbencher. Speak for the dying and living, Keir Starmer.John M PhillipsLiverpool\u2022 Old CDs hung from branches make good bird-scarers to protect the fruit on our cherry tree (Letters, 21 April). Which music works best? After years of research, I\u2019ve found that birds keep well away from others of their own kind. These have been particularly effective: Sheryl Crow, Hawkwind, A Flock of Seagulls, Nick Drake, the Eagles, Taylor Swift, John Martyn. When all else fails, the ultimate deterrent is anything by Cat Stevens.Lawrie RoseFaversham, Kent Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Speak for coronavirus-afflicted Britain, Keir Starmer | Brief letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wartime parallels | The right woman for the job | Musical bird-scarers | World Naked...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-u8x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":136134,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ill-be-bolder-than-blair-on-public-service-reform-says-keir-starmer\/","url_meta":{"origin":115849,"position":0},"title":"\u2018I\u2019ll be bolder than Blair on public service reform,\u2019 says Keir Starmer","date":"April 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Leader pledges a radical, reforming Labour government with aid to first-time buyers and a revamp of tuition fees among the party\u2019s targets\u2022 Read more: \u2018I want Labour to be the party of home ownership,\u2019 says StarmerKeir Starmer today pledges to lead a radical, reforming Labour government that is bolder\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":122504,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-law-of-unintended-consequences-brief-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":115849,"position":1},"title":"The law of unintended consequences | Brief letters","date":"October 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Labour | Steve Bell | Biscuits and gardening | MPs\u2019 pay | Language | NHSPhil Burton-Cartledge asks \u201cWhy do the Tories look so invincible?\u201d (8 October). The Guardian\u2019s endless slagging-off of Keir Starmer and Labour might have something to do with it.Peter BrookerWest Wickham, Kent\u2022 Oh, how I miss\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136727,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/house-prices-need-to-fall-relative-to-income-keir-starmer-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":115849,"position":2},"title":"House prices need to fall relative to income, Keir Starmer says","date":"May 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Labour leader accuses Conservative government of killing the dream of home ownershipHouse prices need to fall in relation to people\u2019s incomes, Keir Starmer has said, in a sign the Labour leader is willing to take on the objections of existing homeowners to get more people onto the property ladder.Starmer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":145089,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/keir-starmer-promises-no-capital-gains-tax-on-sales-of-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":115849,"position":3},"title":"Keir Starmer promises no capital gains tax on sales of homes","date":"June 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Labour leader rejects \u2018desperate\u2019 claim from Tory party that he has secret property tax plansGeneral election live \u2013 latest news updatesKeir Starmer has ruled out imposing capital gains tax on the sale of people\u2019s homes and said it was \u201cdesperate\u201d tactics from the Tories to suggest that he would.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":146867,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-thrifty-way-to-redecorate-downing-street-brief-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":115849,"position":4},"title":"A thrifty way to redecorate Downing Street | Brief letters","date":"September 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Inside No 10 | Thatcher\u2019s legacy | Social services | Alumni or alumna? | Prime ministers\u2019 days in officeWhat\u2019s all the fuss about (Keir Starmer \u2018gets rid of\u2019 10 Downing Street\u2019s Thatcher portrait, 29 August)? I\u2019m constantly moving pictures around in my house. It\u2019s a cheaper option to change\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":144467,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labour-will-aim-to-reveal-new-town-sites-within-first-year-in-power\/","url_meta":{"origin":115849,"position":5},"title":"Labour will aim to reveal new town sites within first year in power","date":"May 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Angela Rayner to promise party will build in them by end of its first term and will support private developersA Labour government would aim to announce the sites for a series of new towns within a year of taking office, with the promise that homes would be built in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}