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Footballer Marcus Rashford fights for free school meals
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MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
Well I am not going to read it to find out.
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hiraethified
It's not a case of 'liking' him - it's about his incredible achievements in improving the lives of millions of people in poverty. That's what matters to me, and not whether he can match up or be put down for his failure to achieve a high enough standard in some unspecified 'consistency' index which I doubt he gives a fuck about or all the people he's helping.
And I can't believe we're all dancing to the fucking Daily Mail's tune here.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Personally, I'd feel that would certainly be preferable.
I honestly don't see what's so controversial? I think buy-to-let landlords are a problem in society, so if someone becomes one, I'm not a fan.
If it makes any difference, one of my mates is a buy-to-let landlord. He knows how I feel about it, but we still hang out. Me saying "I wouldn't agree with Marcus Rashford being a BTL landlord" does not mean I think anything else he does is meaningless, nor that it makes him a hideous human being.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Attack the corrupt stinking “business” that is football, after all it’s that in itself that makes working class kids like Rashford rich. Shame I was shit at football.
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hiraethified
At 23 he's probably still working out his politics given that he's been a bit distracted by being a world class player playing at the highest level. Thank fuck he didn't have to face a load of older people banging on about consistency when he first thought he could do something to help.
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hiraethified
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE IS ONE.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
He did say so tbf.
Who?
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Absolutely this.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Rashford. I have no opinion on the matter, but don’t know why people are speculating baselessly when he has been explicit about why he’s bought a few houses
He said to rent to private tenants on AST contracts at market rate or above?
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Are you wilfully misunderstanding the point about consistency? Once again: it's not about Rashford being consistent, it's about me be consistent in my values. I don't think people should be BTL landlords, so if someone is one, I'm going to disagree with it. That's. All.
What tune is that? I couldn't give a fuck what the Mail thinks about diddly squat, again, it's what I think about a given set of facts. I don't like BTL landlords, so if it turns out Rashford has become one, that'll be disappointing. If it turns out he hasn't, then that's ok too.
Nope, and as such I don't believe I've directly criticised him for it? I raised the issue of him being a multi-millionaire as something that many on urban would have a problem with (again, didn't think it would be that controversial) as an example of something we've all been dealing with while (frequently) praising all that he's done. Then, because that's where the conversation went, said the same thing about the BTL issue as well, if it were true.
<edit: Whether he is or isn't now a BTL isn't really the case I'm arguing for/against; it's simply the idea that if he were, then somehow we couldn't comment negatively about that.>
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
He said he’d bought the properties as an investment. It’s even on this thread ffs. Don’t think that’s a reason to hang him or owt though
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hiraethified
If the Mail hadn't posted that shitty article we wouldn't be having this entirely speculative discussion.
Like my signed Bowie albums?
If I purchased five properties and let refugees live in them rent free for 20 years I would still get a return.
Premium bonds are an investment. Does not make the buyers hedge fund managers.
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hiraethified
Except it may have been he bought them as an investment for his family.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Don’t know what you mean by that
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Not sure what difference that makes.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Aye, fair enough, we would be ignorant of the purchase.
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
How many properties are there in London bought by Chinese or Russians as an investment but wastefully remain empty? Better to rent them out on low rent than leave them empty.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Can we just clarify who's agreeing with the Daily Mail here?
Well, the first post on this was a bit wtf, like we give a fuck what that shit rag prints to appease its handful of racist readership.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Agreed
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Scum link but:
www.google.co.uk
Manchester United star Marcus Rashford sets up a property firm
MANCHESTER United’s teenage sensation Marcus Rashford is setting up a property firm to help him invest his millions. Marcus, 19, is to buy homes to rent in the North West after launching Mucs Prope…
www.google.co.uk
They increase in value, hence are an investment
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Personally, if he were buying them for his family to live in, I'd have no problem with that*. I believe homes should be bought to live in, not to rent or sell for profit.
*and before anyone disingenuously tries to make the point: no, I do not think Marcus Rashford gives one tiny fuck about what I or any of the rest of us think about his purchases, and nor should he. If urban only consisted of comments we thought would matter to their subjects then it would be a far quieter place.
Please don't link to that rag. It is beneath you and even beneath the Daily Wail.Scum link but:
Manchester United star Marcus Rashford sets up a property firm
MANCHESTER United’s teenage sensation Marcus Rashford is setting up a property firm to help him invest his millions. Marcus, 19, is to buy homes to rent in the North West after launching Mucs Prope…
Anyone quoting the S*n or the Wail can get off their high horse and fuck off
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Ah right. I assumed (rightly) that buying a house as an investment meant you’d generate income from letting it. Bit of a gamble to think you might be able to sell it for profit
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