In the year tojuly. Competition among renters is pushing the prices up with as many as 20 requests to view each available property, up from six in 2019. Data shows there was a 5. 5 increase in rents in london this was the sharpest increase in rent since 2006, and thats despite london being the only region where house prices had fallen. In scotland the average rent was up 5. 7 ina year. And there was an even bigger rise for tenants in wales up 6. 5 . Ben twomey, the chief executive of generation rent, hejoins me now from london. Thank you for coming on the programme. What do you make of those numbers . , ,. ,. , numbers . Sadly, its not a huge Surrise Numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are seeing numbers . Sadly, its not a huge| surprise that we are seeing rents going up. Forso surprise that we are seeing rents going up. For s
So also tonight we want to congratulate eric and lara trump on the birth of their first child. Eric tweeted out he was excited to announce son luke. Grandpa now has 9 grandchildren. Good night, everybody. See you tomorrow. Tucker well, good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. You probably thought espn stood for entertainment and sports programming network. Now it looks likenedless stupid political nagging. The network has drawn criticism for pulling robert lee off a uva Football Game because his name bore some resemblance to that of a dead confederate general. Now it gets better Ge Jimmie Mel Hill White Supremacist surrounded himself with White Supremacists. More than a dozen followup tweets trump has empowered
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very well put, if i can say that. so his messages, they re about brotherhood in his eyes were fairly neutral and straightforward and he hadn t appreciated the nuances of the difficulty of the relations there. is that right? absolutely, but you can see where he s coming from. i mean, musicians do live in this slightly ethereal world where everyone is holding hands across the borders. i mean, just think of thejohn lennon song. you know, imagine there s no countries. and it is, you know, in modern context, in everything that s going on, it s unrealistic and naive. but he was just trying to be the musician reaching across the borders. now, it was a mistake and they have acknowledged that mistake. but also he s coming from a mormon background as well. that is his family history and it is all about kinship and brotherhood. so he s, yes, it sjust coming from a very naive and sheltered existence.
if, in a hearing with a muslim nominee, you said tell me about how many times a day you pray and do you really believe that allah stuff? not that you would ever say that. but what kind of reaction would you get if you did? exactly, can you imagine someone asking this of a muslim or someone who is jewish or a hindu or a sikh? any other religion. anyone who worships other than in a catholic or a christian or a mormon background. i can t even imagine how that would ever be tolerated for a moment. we should not have to tolerate this. look, intolerance masquerading as tolerance is one of the most wicked things known to man. we cannot allow it to take hold in our government. tucker: have you noticed i mean, this seems of a piece. i don t think we are being unfair in pulling that clip out. there does seem to be, to aeae greater extent i have ever seen, open hostility toward christianity on the left. one of my colleagues t called out.
tucker: what would happen if in a hearing with a muslim nominee you said tell me about how many times a day you pray and do you really believe that allah stuff? not that you would ever say that. but what kind of reaction would you get if you did. exactly can you imagine someone asking this of a muslim who are someone who is jewish or a hindu or a sikh? any other religion. anyone who worships other than in a catholic or a christian or a mormon background i can t even imagine how that would ever be tolerated for a moment. we should not have to tolerate. this look, intolerance masquerading as tolerance is one of the most wicked things known to man. we cannot allow it to take hold in our government. tucker: have you noticed i mean, this seems of a piece. i don t think we are being unfair in pulling that clip out. there does seem to be, to a greater extent i have ever seen, open hostility toward hostility to christianity on the left. one of my colleagues