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How to return the Russianness to Ukraine
Last parliamentary elections once again confirmed how our society split and, despite the efforts undertaken by regionals on "sewing together" of artificially created country, this split continues to be aggravated. In its basis there is the opposition of two mutually exclusive beginnings – integration idea of the Russian unity within the Russian civilization and isolationist ideology of ukrainstvo with it primitive idea of "the unique Ukrainian nation" and aspiration to rank itself as European civilization. Civilization incompatibility developed into two Ukraines not stopping fight, one of which looks to the east and another to the west.
In this opposition the forces are far not equal, on the party of the first it is the aspiration of the people to keep the national consciousness which isn't relying on a little significant political forces, on the party of the second all power of the state led by ruling class. With active support of the state the ideology of an ukrainstvo in the form of a creeping ukrainization slowly extends everything further to the east and gets here the new supporters and ideas of the Russian unity gradually lose the positions.
Supporters of the Russian unity predictably lost these elections and received simply pejorative result absolutely not corresponding to support of these ideas among the population and especially in the Southeast. Any their party didn't come nearer to the access barrier and any of majority members unless Markov from Odessa didn't pass in parliament.
It is the time to ask a question what occurs and why the population doesn't wish to support the political forces resisting to an ukrainstvo with such persistence. In the answer to it first of all it is necessary to explain, on the one hand, why the political class of Ukraine made an ukrainstvo as the national and state ideology, on the other hand, whether to understand are there political forces in general capable really to defend the values of the Russian unity and on what ideological bases they lean.
How the ukrainstvo became the national and state ideology
About an ukrainstvo origin, as well as for what purpose it appeared and why it was based on statehood of Ukraine is written already much and it is fullest and reasoned stated in Andrey Vadzhra's article "Russia anti-Russian and the new imperial project".
Let's allocate the main thing that is the essence of ukrainstvo and the reasons for which it became the national and state ideology of Ukraine. Ukrainstvo is a core of the political Ukraina project started by the West at the end of the XIX century for the purpose of destruction of unity of the Russian people, alteration of the Russian population of the South Western Russia in non-Russian "nation of Ukrainians" and creation of the anti-Russian state resisting to Russia.
For this project the Austrian Galicia was chosen as the base where it was succeeded to change mentality and traditions Rusyns and to create Galician "Ukrainians" at whom the hatred to all Russian was initially put. The idea of "Ukrainian nation" consists in continuous fight against Russia for the independent existence and one of its fundamental meanings is the aspiration to leave further from Russia as it is possible. For this purpose there were the constant radical withdrawal pains of the Russian national identity of the people of Ukraine and imposing to it the anti-Russian ideology of an ukrainstvo.
With Union disorder, the local Ukrainian elite, having seized the power, decided to keep the territory, resources and the population of the Soviet Ukraine under the control at any cost for the purpose of personal enrichment. For justification of the power it was required an ukrainstvo with the pathological aspiration to lose contact with Russia which began to be imposed to the population already as the national and state ideology.
Considering that the West is the main guarantor of saving of the Ukraina project and consequently also the authorities of ruling elite, the foreign policy of the state was and remains unambiguously westernized, focused on European integration and rapprochement with the United States.
All this is proved by the mass of historical documents and investigated by historians in detail. But such unattractive history of emergence of "Ukrainian nation" carefully disappears from society and for cover of the truth the false version about "unique Ukrainian nation" is started based on mystification, a perversion of historic facts and fantastic fictions.
According to this version since ancient times there were ancient Ukrainian people with rich history, princely dynasties from a family tree from Ryurik dynasty, the first Ukrainian state Kievan Rus', "the Cossack republic" on Dnepr, it had a constitution of hetman Orlik for the first time in the world and there were fighters for freedom of the people in the person of Mazepa and Bandera and that "angry Russians" destroyed the Ukrainian statehood of times of civil war.
Thus forget to say that the ancient Ukrainian people never existed in the history ,that Old Russian Kievan Rus' together with the Russian princes was compelled to go to Vladimir and Moscow after Tatar riots, that there was not a republic, but a gang of robbers trading in a robbery and a slave trade on Sech, that "first constitution" never existed and Orlik never was a hetman, that Mazepa was the perjurer and Bandera was the sadist and the bandit, that "operetta states" of the times of civil war kept on bayonets of Germans, the Austrians and Poles. Very entertaining and mythical history turns out at never existing "Ukrainian nation".
The ideological basis is put under all this historical nonsense in the form of an ukrainstvo, proving that only ethnic by birth "Ukrainians" always lived there and this earth belongs only to them, that they have nothing in common with the Russian people and always sought to create the state and aggressive neighbours, constantly oppressing such proud and freedom-loving people, didn't allow the statehood of Ukraine. For the purpose of justification of the isolation from the Russian civilization, the myth about "imperial Russia" and its "fifth column" of the Ukrainian Russians, seeking to destroy the Ukrainian statehood takes root, for protection from which all people should unite. Most convinced "Ukrainians" go further away and prove that the Ukrainian state will prosper if to expel all alien people from it.
The Ukrainian elite also brings also the contribution, cynically covering the aspirations to leave under the European umbrella with the fairy tale about "European choice" where we will happily begin to live, have paradise and strong Europe will protect us from invasion of "barbarians" from Russia.
This ideology naturally came from Galicia which really was oppressed for centuries, but not by the Russian, but the Polish and Austrian enslavers. Being the backward periphery of Europe presented besides generally by the country population, they didn't influence its development in any way and so remained not Europeans dreaming of the state of which never had. Nevertheless for many centuries of staying in the European civilization they became the part of the European cultural space and they created the Galician national identity which they seek to extend to all population of Ukraine.
So the Galician ethnic nationalism became the national and state ideology and the etnocratic state of "Ukrainians" with the system of values and one state-building Ukrainian ethnos is under construction under it. It got the state symbolic, the flag was presented by the Austrians, the anthem was thought up by Poles, the state language is introduced under the decree of the Austrian parliament, and nobody can explain an origin of the coat of arms. The most interesting thing that all these attributes of statehood came to Ukraine from Galicia so it fairly apply for "brain of the Ukrainian nation", what nation such is a brain.
At all wretchedness such national and state ideology has the right to existence and finds support at part of the population, especially at the lower class. Besides it is a stay core of the Ukrainian elite in power which reduces the national interests to preservation in this type of statehood in the mercenary purposes at any cost.
All power of the state is directed on realization of these postulates in life and any Ukrainian power standing on these principles will do everything possible and also impossible not to allow their destruction. In spite of the fact that according to article 15 of the Constitution any ideology can admit the state as obligatory, the total ideological dictatorship of ethnonationalism imposed to all society is established in the country.
Naturally the state with such ideological basis can support the nationalist forces and movements, as there are for the whole years of independence of Ukraine. In the beginning there was a RUH, then the orange came and now the regionals, losing the power, purposefully prepare Svoboda as fighting group of fight for the Ukrainian statehood already with frank Nazi ideology. Also it isn't excluded that sometime the regionals and members of Svoboda will defend the ideas of the etnocratic state in common under uniform banners.
So, speaking about ideology of an ukrainstvo it is possible to note that for years of independence it became the national and state ideology with the system of values, the elite and political parties are created for its advance, well debugged system of ideological impact on the population is created and a main objective of ruling elite is the further distance from the Russian world and aspiration to leave under protection of European civilization. All this says that any political force defending the Russian unity will inevitably face the powerful counteraction of the state for the purpose of prevention of destruction of ideology of an ukranstvo as bases of statehood of Ukraine.
Condition of the "pro-Russian" political forces
Let's look what organizationally and ideologically resists to this harmonious state system of introduction of ideology of ethnic nationalism in consciousness of citizens and suppression of any manifestations of the Russian unity destroying the state foundations of Ukraine.
Let's begin with political forces. By whom are they presented? There are no political parties more or less known in the Ukrainian society defending the Russian unity, any of them was never presented in parliament and didn't gather nearly more than one percent of votes on all elections. I can be objected that under such slogans there was Vitrenko's party, but it isn't necessary to forget that it is the Party of progressive socialists which has broken away from socialists with the pronounced communistic orientation, skilfully operating the ideals of the Russian unity.
Further the whole galaxy of so-called "pro-Russian" parties follows behind which it is possible to except the names and ambitions of their leaders. The known Russian Block party in narrow circles, as if defending the interests of the Russians in Ukraine, created once by Svistunov and taken away from him by more successful colleagues. The Rus party not so long ago being called as the Russian-Ukrainian Union, created by the former deputy of parliament Ivan Simonenko and taken away or bought from him by Shevchyuk for satisfaction of the nationalist complexes. There is even more ridiculous Slavic party which has got to Luzan from fragments of the Civil congress of Ukraine, really applying at the beginning of the 90th on party of the Russian unity and disorganized by party members. The Homeland party existing only in Odessa region and several regions of the Crimea, created by Markov under the Russian slogans for advance of the business interests in Odessa. There is nothing to remember other same parties. All these "pro-Russian" parties have nothing except authorized documents, the seal, the registration in Ministry of Justice and at the best several tens party members, they were and remain the outcasts who aren't influencing political processes in the country in any way. There are also some hundred same marginal public organizations of the so-called "pro-Russian" orientation, the heads of which fight among themselves for the right to represent the interests of the Russians in Ukraine and to be treated kindly by the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
The All-Ukrainian Coordination Council of the Organizations of the Russian Compatriots headed by well-known regional Kolesnichenko is created at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Russia, the views and actions of which cause far not unambiguous reaction. This organization already causes rejection of many people in Ukraine by the name as it is directed not on support of the Russians, but the "Russian" compatriots that at once cuts a great number of the Russians on spirit of the people identifying with the state of Ukraine for various reasons. The most interesting is that this structure managed to take so marginal organizations under control that even nobody heard their names and it would be better not to remember the surnames of some heads.
Here such "terrible" force as though resists to well organized and financed by the state campaign for introduction of ideology of an ukrainstvo. It is not enough that organizationally they represent nothing from themselves, ideologically they are the full impotent, very originally representing the idea of the Russian unity and owing to the understanding trying to fight for its realization in life. For what they fight and what purposes put? The set of requirements doesn't shine with originality and it is quite simple. It is the fight for the rights of the Russians in Ukraine, for the second state Russian language, for association with Russia, for creation of the Russian state in Ukraine, for Slavic unity and some other less significant requirements of the same orientation.
At all relevance of brought-up questions there is no an ideological basis, there is no that system of values for which it is necessary to fight and which are capable to interest the society. Put-forward offers cover separate aspects of requirements of ethnic Russians for the rights in the Ukrainian state. What they differ? All these requirements are of any part of society, even the big, but the part far not prevailing. They can be not such significant for other society, but for the separate layers even sharing ideas of the Russian unity, they can be essentially unacceptable.
That is, there is no harmonious system of opinions on the future of the Ukrainian state. And if it so, so it is almost impossible to get support of the majority of the population and to affect policy of the state with such ideas. Therefore, there have to be other purposes and ideas which seize the masses and move them on resolute actions. Before starting to discuss a problem of creation of political power of the Russian unity it is necessary to understand accurately what purposes are put before it, for what it has to fight, what ideology to profess and on what sectors of society to lean.
Ideological bases of the Russian unity
Today's opposition in society is caused not by class or social contradictions, but in many respects civilization at the heart of which is the civilization self-identification of the different people of Ukraine where the majority carries themselves to the Russian and Galicia to European civilization. Therefore, this opposition is caused by the fight of two national ideologies acting as an ideological and spiritual basis of national self-identification.
One of the defining reasons which have led to marginalization of the Russian movement in Ukraine is the absence of the powerful ideological project capable to resist to an ukrainstvo as an equal. It is well known that it is possible to win against ideology only with the help of other ideology and no criticism without the offers of alternative ways of society development can stop the ideology of ukrainstvo which have already seized by the masses, based on separatism from the Russian world and the "Galician-Ukrainian" identity, having become the national and state ideology, over time seized the considerable number of our fellow citizens and continues to win the new supporters. Only the purposeful dethronement and opposition of ideology of the Russian unity to it can stop it, based absolutely on other national identity.
That is, the destruction of ideological bases of the Ukrainian statehood and a dethronement of myths of an ukrainstvo on which the national and state ideology is based has to precede the ideological and organizational beginnings of the Russian movement. It isn't so difficult to do it as there is no historical basis under all this fantastic mythology and it is constructed on primitive fictions, glorification of the defeats and glorification of mean Mazepa-Bandera treachery.
What purposes have to be put before the political force, seeking to revive the Russian unity and what has to occur in Ukraine as a result of its actions? The answer to this question is actual also as after Union disintegration before the Russian movement in Ukraine the false targets were set directed on upholding of the rights of the Russians in this state and picked up by "professional Russians" on illiteracy. The contribution was brought also by illiterate policy of the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia who has conceived to defend the interests of even not Russians, but the Russian compatriots with the help of All-Ukrainian Coordination Council of the Organizations of the Russian Compatriots. Thereby it was underlined that the fight is conducted not for the people and the state of Ukraine, but for the Russian diaspora presented by ethnic Russians.
With the help of such actions the Russian movement rolls down to ethnic nationalism, which isn't differ from the Ukrainian and, considering that the last one unsuccessfully spread more than hundred years on low-Russian lands, it will be very difficult to win against it in such situation. Having set such purpose before itself, the movement appears in a losing situation at once as recognizes that defends the interests not all society but only its parts and becomes in confrontation with other population who consciously or in large part due to a misunderstanding considers themselves as "Ukrainians".
Therefore the purpose of the Russian movement has to be not the fight for the rights of Russians, but for return of Russianness to the people of Ukraine. Fight for the Russian people not on a nationality what the nationalists achieve and Russians on spirit of any nationality, carrying to Russian cultural people. And such people in Ukraine are the vast majority. This purpose is absolutely another, it is not dividing, but uniting all who wouldn't like the ethnic nationalism under the banners.
We should have some kind of reconquista as the Spaniards had in the Middle Ages when they returned the lands of the Iberian Peninsula seized by Moors to a christian civilization and under the leadership of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile who expelled the Arab invaders and returned to the native civilization.
The following much more difficult purpose is the development and justification of national ideology of the Russian unity forming the purposes of national movement and specifying ways and means of their achievement. It is necessary to submit the new ideological project, to formulate the attractive purposes for society, to make them a subject of discussion and to prove the rightness of ideas of the Russian unity.
On the basis of the Russian civilization culture grown by previous generations and covering all spheres of human life, it is necessary to formulate the valuable reference points and the basic values characterizing our civilization.
It will be necessary to answer the questions, what set of values is peculiar to our people, who we are in this world and from where we came, where are our roots, who are our national heroes, friends and foes, what are the national interests and the international priorities. The national ideology of the Russian unity and system of values peculiar to the Russian civilization will give the chance to estimate objectively our past and the present and to develop criteria of making decisions on the future.
Naturally at once there is a question what political nation we are going to create. Naturally we deny the Ukrainian, most likely, in the search of national identity it is necessary to come back to our sources, to remember that these are the lands of Russia where it the beginning of the Russian civilization was started and to create not ethnic, but the political nation of the RUSSIANS, one of the branches of the Russian people, uniting all settled on these lands and dividing values of the Russian world. It is necessary to seek to return the Russian national identity to our people, its primordial name instead of "Ukrainian", imposed by the foes.
And the state, if it exists, has to be called not from the offensive suburban name thought up by the Poles, but to bear the name of Rus'. Already there are Russia and Belarus and also has to be Rus' in which the Russian sense and the Russian roots are already initially put.
At realization of ideas of the Russian unity inevitably there is a question of statehood and a place of Ukraine within the Russian civilization. Theoretically everything is probable, but in practice not everything is so simple. Though this prematurely born state also received the state attributes casually as a result of Union disorder, its existence is favourable to many people in the world and it is necessary to reckon with it.
It is more correct to set the purpose to reconstruct this anti-Russian state in essence in its contrast with acceptance of the Russian national and state ideology and its integration into the Customs and Eurasian unions at the first stage. The future will show how steady is this state, its prospects far not iridescent, but existence forms in the Eurasian space can be absolutely different.
Thus it isn't necessary to forget that in this territory there is a malignant tumor in the person of Galicia, to live with which in one state any sane person won't want. It is impossible to change them, metastasises from them started creeping away over all country and, most likely, all the same it is necessary to get rid of invasion of the Galician barbarians. There is no place for Galicia in the new national project, it has to be put in such conditions under which the distribution of the Nazi ideology even in their den will be impossible. In this case they have to ripen about impossibility of cohabitation and go to free swimming or society will get rid of them some other way.
Dynamics of the Russian unity
Having arguing on promotion of the national project of the Russian unity it is necessary to consider that the attitude towards it in various regions of Ukraine essentially differs, from unconditional support in the east till furious rejection in the West. Last elections once again confirmed the developed polarization of preferences between the East, the centre and the West which were stabilized and practically doesn't change over the years. It can be shown by results of vote in regions for "own" and "others" political forces. If, for example, in Novorossiya 47,59% of voters voted for the Party of Regions, and2,92%, for Svoboda, so in Galicia 5,23% and 35,33% respectively. All this says that the idea of the Russian unity can't seize the minds of citizens over all country at the initial stage, for its successful advance it is necessary to lean on one of regions which becomes basic and where the dynamics, capable to become the carrier of national ideology of Russianness can arise.
The origin of ideology of an ukrainstvo in Galicia can be a bright example for it where the Poles imparted "Ukrainian identity" to the Galician Rusyns, torn off some centuries from the Russian civilization and from where it gradually started extending across all Ukraine.
So the ideology of the Russian unity has to be formed where it is most susceptible and finds a fertile field.
Such region certainly is Novorossiya in nine areas of which the majority of the population always considered themselves as the Russians. These are the lands of the Wild field since the XVIII century developed by administration of the Russian Empire where the Russian cities were under construction and the industry was developed where the people kept the Russian cultural and civilization identity and is ready to defend the rights. Therefore the revival of Russianness has to begin here and it is necessary to form a basis of the Russian movement in Novorossiya, to create the base and a fighting fist for advance of its ideas all over the country.
It would be ridiculous to begin it in Kiev and Lviv where already considerable part of the population is subjected to a nationalist infection. As confirmation one more example from the last elections can be when the publicist Oles Busina, the well-known in the country with anti-Nazi views was a candidate in one of the districts of Kiev and the Nazi from Svoboda practically won him with an enormous separation that once again speaks about very perverted views of the inhabitants of Kiev.
Beginning the fight for restoration of the Russian unity it is necessary to understand that there is the ideological war between an ukrainstvo and Russianness in which there can't be reconciliation and someone will have to leave from a historical scene. Respectively the methods of achievement of the objectives have to be corresponding to military operations.
It is well known that passivity and humility of one of the parties causes the energy inflow in another and strengthens a pressure of the last. The Russian movement for all years of independence constantly lost to the nationalists because of absence of the ideological core relying on ideology of an ukrainstvo and knowing the ultimate goals of creation of the etnocratic state.
Owing to these reasons it constantly justified and was in deaf defence and, as we know, it is impossible to win a victory by this type of conducting actions. Ukrainstvo on the contrary adheres to offensive tactics and wins, insolently and impudently hammering the ideas into the heads of potential allies.
In this regard in advance of ideas of the Russian unity it is necessary to pass from deaf defence to active offensive actions on all fronts and more energetically to defend the values of the Russian world. For the solution of these tasks the population has to be socially active and the toughening of opposition of an ukrainstvo and Russianness can make it such and if the first fights for statehood for the sake of statehood, so the second combats for quality of life of the people on the basis of unity of the Russian civilization.
It is impossible to unite all separate forces resisting to an ukrainstvo and to achieve strategic objectives without the harmonious ideology supported by the majority. The real concept of a social system with a complete frame of reference on our present and the future, based not on historical myths, but on historical regularities of our development is necessary to society. We should fight for souls of our citizens and such concept has to rely on national ideology which ideologically focuses the citizens for realization of goals.
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Landlord regulations, taxation and the changing environment
by Julie Hanson | 11 Oct 2019 | Buy To Let
It is safe to say that the last couple of years have seen major changes in the way in which landlords operate. This comes at a time when the UK is crying out for private rental property while the authorities seem intent on increasing costs and reducing margins. Many politicians have taken the side of tenants as a means of currying favour with voters as we approach the next general election. So, let us take a look at the recent changes and how these may affect private landlords going forward.
Ban of letting fees
The banning of letting fees and the capping of deposits taken from tenants (now a maximum of five weeks or six weeks for tenancies in excess of £50,000 a year) has already had a material impact upon the financial strength of many landlords. In effect the fees that landlords can charge tenants would be restricted to:-
• Utility charges, council tax and communication services
• Tenant fault issues, such as replacement of lost keys
• Requests from tenants to change contracts or terminate agreements
As a consequence, the cost of tenant references and carrying out inventories will need to be absorbed by private landlords. This is despite the fact that on the surface these seem to be fairly justifiable charges directly related to new tenants.
Mortgage interest tax relief
In April 2020 the historic system of offsetting mortgage interest against rental income will be replaced by a simple 20% tax allowance. This will obviously hit landlords in the higher tax brackets harder and will have a meaningful impact upon their tax liabilities. The current system is being phased out and already landlords are starting to feel the pinch.
It is difficult to see why the government has taken this particular stance when offsetting the cost of finance against income has been central to business practices for many years. Some would argue this is yet another attack on "rich landlords" or is it simply a way for the UK government to increase their tax take?
Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) continue to create some very attractive rental yields even if the initial redevelopment costs can be relatively high. So, it was no surprise to see politicians looking for a slice of the action and a share of the income. Back in 2018 the UK government changed the criteria covering HMOs to bring more properties under this umbrella. Surprise surprise, this was very quickly followed by a mandatory countrywide HMO licensing scheme. However, we've also seen local councils across the UK introduce their own "additional/selective licensing schemes" at further cost to landlords.
It is safe to say that the cost of HMO licences, both national and local, will creep ever higher in years to come. However, have the politicians and local authorities never considered that private landlords will eventually transfer the cost of HMO licences to their tenants via increased rent?
In recent times we've also seen the introduction of new living space requirements which will cover all private rental accommodation. While in theory the new regulations encourage a uniform approach towards rental properties, they have been costly for some landlords. In future the minimum size of sleeping accommodation in a rented property will be as follows:-
• A person under 10 years of age a minimum of 4.64 m²
• A person over 10 years of age a minimum of 6.51 m²
• Two people over 10 years of age will require a minimum of 10.22 m²
There is a fairly strong argument that these regulations will slowly but surely filter out rogue landlords who charge extortionate fees for relatively small accommodation space. On the flipside, despite the fact that the new regulations have been accompanied by new fines and jail sentences of up to 18 months, will rogue landlords really take any notice?
Stamp duty increases
To a rousing reception from politicians and voters with a left-wing bias, the recent introduction of a second home 3% stamp duty charge has raised significant funds for the Treasury. Yet again this is part of a concerted effort to pit the perceived rich against the perceived poor. Amid suggestions that the "rich can afford it" and it is time to "redistribute wealth" it does seem that the second property stamp duty surcharge is here to stay.
If you take a step back and look at the situation from a distance, the introduction of the additional stamp duty charge rouses suspicions of opportunism from the government. Even during the darkest days of Brexit, post the 2016 referendum, UK property prices have continued to rise. Admittedly, the growth in property prices has slowed of late but many homeowners and private landlords have seen a significant increase in the value of their housing stock. True to form, politicians somehow believe they are entitled to an even bigger slice of this increase in wealth despite the risks taken by investors.
Eviction rules
If we look back to our earlier comments regarding the fees that landlords can charge tenants in the future, the maximum deposit has been reduced to five weeks rent (up to 6 weeks with a tenancy worth in excess of £50,000 a year). More recently the government also announced plans to abolish section 21 eviction notices thereby placing a greater onus on landlords looking to evict tenants. Despite the fact the authorities have promised to speed up the current process, which can take months to resolve, there are serious concerns that landlords could be significantly out of pocket.
If there is an issue with a tenant, perhaps they are behind with their rent, a prolonged legal process is likely to increase rental arrears (and legal charges for landlords). How many tenants would attempt to pay off their rental arrears if legal action had already been started to evict them from the property? It is safe to say this has further eroded the traditional insurance/ protection landlords have had in place for decades. Is this fair? Is this a move too far towards strengthening tenant rights?
Snooping on tenants
When the UK government brought in the Right to Rent initiative in 2016 there was a huge backlash against the concept. There were cries that this was an affront to human rights and an attack on immigrants but what about private landlords? These new regulations oblige landlords to check that potential tenants/existing tenants have a legal right to live in the UK. Ramping up the pressure on landlords, the authorities introduced an array of criminal sanctions for those who fail to carry out the required checks. Whose time and money will be used to carry out these checks? Simple, landlords are yet again expected to foot the bill for what are free services to the state.
We have also a seen council in the North of England looking to work "more closely" with local private landlords to effectively snoop on their tenants. While the current scheme is "voluntary" there is talk of bringing in a compulsory scheme. This would effectively make landlords the eyes and ears of various law enforcement agencies and place a legal obligation to cooperate with the authorities. Who would pay for this additional time and effort? Right again, landlords will be expected to give their time free of charge.
These are just some of the main changes to the UK private rental market in recent years. Even though there were initial hopes that Boris Johnson would roll back some of these changes, focus at the moment is on Brexit. Therefore any short-term changes are highly unlikely.
Is it fair to argue that tenant rights have been strengthened to an unacceptable level? If the current situation is the base going forward, what on earth might private landlords expect under a left-wing Labour government?
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TORONTO—Canadas confirmed cases of COVID-19 jumped to almost 19,000 on Wednesday, with more than 420 deaths ascribed to the raging global pandemic as Quebec became the province with the most fatalities attributed to the disease.
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new measures to offset the economic impact, fresh data indicated Quebec had 175 coronavirus deaths among its 10,000 cases.
Ontario reported its biggest single-day jump—550 new known cases—including 21 more deaths. COVID-19 has now killed 174 people in the province. Premier Doug Ford said he wanted a quadrupling of tests to 10,000 a day.
The battle to contain the pandemic has prompted governments and health authorities to impose or urge increasingly stringent social-isolation measures. As a result, much of the countrys commercial and recreational activity has all but ground to a halt.
"Job numbers will come out tomorrow," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. "Its going to be a hard day."
To help cope with the precipitous job losses, Trudeau announced the government was loosening eligibility criteria for the previously announced emergency wage subsidies as well as a retooled summer jobs program to help students find work.
Experts say frequent hand-washing and staying at least two metres from others when outside for essential errands is the best way to rein in the pandemic. The B.C. government announced ahead of the Easter long weekend that all provincial parks would be off-limits because it was "too challenging" to ensure safe space between visitors. Manitoba said it was postponing public events marking the provinces 150th birthday.
Governments around the world coping with the pandemic that has killed about 87,000 people have been grappling with when to ease the onerous restrictions. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, who said mass testing—20,000 a day—would be needed, indicated his province likely would not let up until the end of May given current projections.
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Rio Tinto has announced an almost AUS$70 million upgrade to its bulk handling facilities at East Intercourse Island in the Port of Dampier. The project includes the manufacture, installation and commissioning of three replacement stackers and associated equipment.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Chris Salisbury said the project will maintain our portfolio of world-class assets in Dampier.
"I'm pleased to announce a significant proportion of the design, fabrication and installation work will be completed here in Western Australia, creating jobs at every stage of the project, Salisbury said. "We look forward to using these new, locally made machines to help deliver iron ore to our markets for many decades to come."
97%of labour for the project will be sourced from Western Australia with three quarters of the heavy machinery to be wholly made within Australia.
The project is expected to create up to 150 local jobs including 30 jobs based in the Pilbara to prepare the site and install the equipment.
The contracts for site establishment work, quality assurance and engineering inspections will be made available to West Australian businesses.
Together with thyssenkrupp, Rio Tinto will identify additional work, which can include Western Australia, Pilbara and Aboriginal businesses.
Thyssenkrupp Australia will manufacture, assemble and fabricate the stackers required for the refurbishment before transporting the 1860 tonnes of stacker weight to the Pilbara.
This announcement supports Rio Tinto's commitment to build on the 77% of supply spend attributed to West Australian suppliers.
Design and fabrication work is expected to commence in 2018, with installation and commissioning anticipated in late 2020.
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* Some sixty-six million years ago, a scene of unimaginable horror played out in a North Dakota floodplain now aptly known as the Hell Creek Formation.
* It came without warning; Earth shook violently with the seismic waves originating from an impact equal to a magnitude 10 or 11 earthquake, and deadly glass beads rained down from the sky like tiny ballistic missiles traveling 200 miles per hour.
* But for Cretaceous life in Hell Creek, it would be the waves that proved most devastating.
* Through six years of digs at the site, a paleontologist has finally confirmed something he's long suspected – in the heart of North Dakota lies a prehistoric 'killing field' that may be the best evidence yet of the events that occurred during Earth's most notorious mass extinction.
* Fossilized fish, vegetation, mammals, insects, marine reptiles, and even part of a Triceratops lay piled atop one another, preserving for eternity the moment a 30-foot wall of water pummeled the landscape and buried all living creatures in its path.
* According to paleontologist Robert DePalma, it's the first 'mass death assemblage' of large lifeforms that's ever been found from the dinosaur extinction event.
* It's not just another cache of Cretaceous fossils – the scene discovered at what's now known as the Tanis outcrop may well be the Holy Grail.
* 'At no other K-T boundary section [end of the Cretaceous Period] on Earth can you find such a collection consisting of a large number of species representing different ages of organisms and different stages of life, all of which died at the same time, on the same day,' a said DePalma, curator of paleontology at the Palm Beach Museum of Natural History in Florida and a doctoral student at the University of Kansas.
* During the Cretaceous, the Hell Creek Formation was home to an inland sea that hosted all sorts of prehistoric life, from mosasaurs to snail-like cephalopods called ammonites.
* When the asteroid struck thousands of miles way, it birthed a tsunami-like wave that temporarily reversed the flow of a nearby river and tossed hundreds, even thousands of sturgeon and paddlefish onto land.
* There, stranded on the sand bar, the fish were then pelted by high-speed glass beads called tektites that rained down from the sky as a product of rock melted during the impact.
* All of this can be seen in the fossilized deathbed at the Hell Creek Formation.
* 'It's like a museum of the end of the Cretaceous in a layer a meter-and-a-half thick,' said Mark Richards, a professor of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington.
DePalma and colleagues, including researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, have detailed their remarkable findings in paper set to be published next week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The fossil record shows glass beads continued to rain down on the surface for 10 to 20 minutes after the first wave, before a second hit and buried the stranded fish in sand and gravel.
'The seismic waves start arising within nine to 10 minutes of the impact, so they had a chance to get the water sloshing before all the spherules had fallen out of the sky,' Richards said.
DePalma has been digging at Hell Creek since 2013. And in the years since, his team has identified fish, burned tree trunks, conifer branches, dead mammals, mosasaur bones, insects, the partial carcass of a Triceratops, marine microorganisms called dinoflagellates, and ammonites in the Cretaceous graveyard.
The researchers say seismic waves likely hit the area within 10 minutes of the impact, spurring a standing wave in the inland sea.
All the while, tektites fell at speeds of 100 to 200 miles per hour.
'You can imagine standing there being pelted by these glass spherules,' Richards said.
The team suspects there were at least two massive waves, called seiches, which battered the land with only about 20 minutes in between, ultimately dropping more than six feet of deposits on top of the doomed creatures at the site.
This thick deposit is sealed off with a layer of iridium-rich clay – a material that's rare on Earth, but common in asteroids and comets.
'Tsunamis from the Chicxulub impact are certainly well-documented, but no one knew how far something like that would go into an inland sea,' DePalma said.
'When Mark came aboard, he discovered a remarkable artifact — that the incoming seismic waves from the impact site would have arrived at just about the same time as the atmospheric travel time of the ejecta,' DePalma said.
The stunning discovery now represents a direct glimpse into what's known as the K-T boundary – or, the end of the Cretaceous Period and the beginning of the Tertiary Period.
Bodies piled atop one another at Hell Creek and preserved in fossil form are just a snippet of the widespread devastation that resulted from the Chicxulub impact; when the asteroid struck, it ultimately wiped out 75 percent of life on Earth.
* Researchers estimate seismic waves hit the Hell Creek Formation within 10 minutes of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago.
* These would have been the equivalent of waves from magnitude 10 or 11 earthquake.
* The team suspects there were at least two massive waves, called seiches, that followed.
* These battered the land with only about 20 minutes in between, ultimately dropping more than six feet of deposits on top of the doomed creatures at the site.
* All the while, deadly glass beads called tektites rained down from the sky like tiny ballistic missiles traveling 200 miles per hour.
* The fossil record shows these beads continued to pelt the surface for 10 to 20 minutes after the first wave, before a second hit and buried the stranded fish in sand and gravel.
* This thick deposit was eventually sealed off with a layer of iridium-rich clay – a material that's rare on Earth, but common in asteroids and comets.


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The coalition MP charged with overseeing a probe into Labor's plan to axe cash refunds for franking credits has poured scorn on the scheme despite admitting he has no modelling to back his criticisms.
Tim Wilson, former human rights commissioner and member for the Liberal-held Victorian seat of Goldstein, says Labor's plan will distort investor behaviour and reap little revenue.
"I'm deeply sceptical," says Wilson, who is chairing the House of Representatives standing committee inquiry into Labor's scheme.
"What you'll simply see is changes in behaviour, the revenue will be negligible, but it will distort the market and reorientate the way people invest, while undermining confidence and creating a two-tier investment system," he says.
The first non-metropolitan hearings begin today in Dee Why on Sydney's northern beaches, which borders the federal electorates of Mackellar and Warringah. Currently held by former prime minister Tony Abbott, Warringah will be fiercely fought at the election next May, as Abbott faces increasing opposition from his constituents and new challengers.
But Wilson says Dee Why was selected for today's hearings – which have been held in Melbourne and Sydney in the last fortnight – "because it is not ridiculously far out of Sydney, and can bridge that divide between people [who would be personally affected] and the professional organisations".
"We wanted to give more people a chance to have their say on the open mic," Wilson says.
He believes the broader economic argument has been made, "but the people will put forward a different perspective – what we want to hear is the direct human stories," he says.
Despite his criticisms of Labor's plan, Wilson says he is yet to conduct any modelling.
Labor's scheme, unveiled in March this year, references Parliamentary Budget Office modelling that suggests 85 per cent of retired non-pensioner recipients of franking credit refunds are in the top wealth quintiles of households.
Two-thirds of these - 66 per cent - have more than $1 million in assets, excluding real estate, and average non-home wealth of $1.6 million as a group average.
However, Wilson disputes this claim. "That's an allegation. One of the problems is that the PBO has not released its underlying assumptions," he says.
According to Wilson, any member of parliament can request modelling for any policy that they want, "but they get to decide the assumptions that sit underneath it".
He says Leyonhjelm hasn't divulged those underlying assumptions. "But actually, I haven't even asked him", Wilson says, adding that he is considering requesting his own modelling from the PBO.
"We have to get a whole new set of new modelling exercise done to establish what the underlying assumptions are," Wilson says.
One vocal opponent of the scheme is prominent investor Geoff Wilson, head of Wilson Asset Management. "It's a lie, their claim that it impacts only the wealthy," he says.
"If you have a lot of money in your SMSF, you pay no tax because you use the tax $1.6 million above that transfer balance cap," he says.
Wilson says the claims that Labor's revisions could redirect billions of dollars to other parts of the budget "are irrelevant".
"I've heard from 3000 individuals over the last week-and-a-half who are all going to change their [investment] behaviour [if ALP's franking credit changes are introduced]," he says.
"This is a classic … poorly thought out, highly discriminatory policy that will not achieve any of the objectives set out.
"They'll sell their shares and try to get more yield by going into higher risk things like hybrid securities; or they'll sell their shares come dividend, and sell ex-dividend.
"That is a flawed comment. Doesn't the Australian government want the lowest cost of capital for Australian companies," he says.
"Or do you want people sending their money overseas? Surely they want more people to invest in Australian companies.
Geoff Wilson says SMSF investors "have been taught equities are the way to go, but now Australia is trying to force them to take on additional currency risk".
Depending on the success of today's forum at Dee Why RSL – Tim Wilson says he would be happy if just 30 people attend – further town hall-style meetings could be held in other retiree-heavy communities in the NSW central coast, southeast Queensland and Perth.
"We're going to the communities affected, rather than demand they come to us," he says.


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Varèse Sarabande is an American record label, owned by Concord Music Group and distributed by Universal Music Group, which specializes in film scores and original cast recordings. It aims to reissue rare or unavailable albums, as well as newer releases by artists no longer under a contract. The label's name was derived from combining French-born composer Edgard Varèse's last name with the musical term sarabande, a slow Spanish dance.
As of February 2018, Varèse operates as a division of Concord Music Group.
Varèse Sarabande's roots trace back to 1972, with the introduction of a predecessor imprint called Varèse International. The first LP release was Lumiere by Dub Taylor. Varèse International Records was originally conceived as an avant garde classical label. In the years that followed, under the management of the founder–owners, Dub Taylor and Chris Kuchler, the label expanded its catalogue to include jazz, classical and other genres of recordings. In 1977, Tom Null's Sarabande Records merged with Varèse International to form Varèse Sarabande Records. The early LP issues of the label were reissues of classical recordings from the American Decca, Remington and JVC labels. The first film soundtrack LP album was released in 1978.
Initially, the new label was located at 6404 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. During its early years, it issued classical music and film score LPs, and in the 1980s and 1990s, became the world's largest producer of original motion picture scores on compact disc. In 2003, Varèse celebrated its 25th anniversary by releasing two 4-CD compilation sets. Additional 4-CD sets were released in 2008 and 2013 to commemorate the label's 30th and 35th anniversaries.
Presently, the label resides at 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 455E, Beverly Hills, and the soundtrack department is overseen by executive producer Robert Townson, who has long been an impassioned advocate for the art of motion picture scoring. To date, he has produced over 1400 CD releases and is a staunch supporter of the latest generation of composers, including Alexandre Desplat, Brian Tyler, Marco Beltrami, John Powell and Michael Giacchino. Townson's 1000th album, released in the summer of 2010, was a deluxe presentation of Alex North's Spartacus.
Varèse Sarabande releases oldies reissues through its Varèse Vintage imprint. The label is overseen by Cary E. Mansfield, a veteran producer. Mansfield has been involved in all aspects of the music industry from sales to production for many major record labels including Universal Music and Motown Records, for which he produced the critically acclaimed Hitsville USA box sets. Varèse Vintage is dedicated to the preservation of multi-genre pop music from the 1950s, 60s and 70s and has produced over 600 releases.
The Varèse Sarabande Symphony Orchestra was formed in 2015 by producer Robert Townson. The orchestra's debut recording was "1985 At The Movies", conducted by David Newman.
Varèse Live is the label's international live division, with concerts produced by Robert Townson.
Cutting Edge Group, a British music services company and Wood Creek Capital controlled Varèse Sarabande from 2013 to February 2018.
This German record label (based in Nuremberg) was Varèse Sarabande's European equivalent which marketed most Varèse Sarabande titles overseas and had done so since the inception of the 47000 CD series. The initial Varèse CDs sold in Europe were either imported from Varèse or pressed by Colosseum using JVC disc technology. Varèse pressed CDs featured a solid black design, while the Colosseum pressings had the same designs printed in outline red. Thus each label could print titles independently, and many Varèse titles that went out of print in the US were sometimes available from Colosseum.
After 1989, Colosseum made several CD pressings that were exclusive to Europe and, because of their connection to Varèse, were given a VSD catalogue number. Presently, Colosseum had expanded their output with their own series of releases apart from the Varèse line, with CVS replacing VSD on specific European pressings of new Varèse titles. Some VSD listings were occasionally visible on certain reissues and exclusive digital downloads.
The label was also the exclusive distributor of Varèse Club titles in Europe and occasionally had titles available long after they sold out in the United States.
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Champion swimmer Kenneth To dies at 26
Kenneth To King-him, a top swimmer who held 17 Hong Kong records in the sport, has died in the United States at the age of 26.
In a statement on its website, the Hong Kong Amateur Swimming Association said To passed away Tuesday morning.
Saying it is "deeply saddened by the loss", the association noted that To was the Hong Kong record holder of different swimming events.
The young man represented Hong Kong in international events and "won glory" for the city, it said, as it extended condolences to To's family.
To went to the United States in January and had been having a training program in Florida, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports.
He is said to have fainted in the changing room after a practice session. The athlete was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead as emergency treatment failed to work.
According to a statement from the Hong Kong Sports Institute, To had been undertaking a three-month training program with the Gator Swim Club of the University of Florida.
To's death is a huge loss to Hong Kong's sports sector, the institute said, adding that it is ready to provide any necessary assistance to the swimmer's family.
To was born in Hong Kong in 1992, and emigrated to Australia with his family when he was two. He later moved back to Hong Kong with his girlfriend, and joined the HKSAR swimming team in 2017.
In a statement, Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah expressed his deep sorrow over the passing of To.
To represented Hong Kong and "had repeatedly achieved extraordinary results in multiple swimming events," Lau noted.
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