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Ok we know the Scots were never much of a fan of the Iron Lady but surely this is a retrograde step.
Ok we know the Scots were never much of a fan of the Iron Lady but surely this is a retrograde step.
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I saw hugh housing estates built to accomodate those from slum clearance areas , unfortunately they brought their low aspirations and ethos with them.
As a result those new modern estates rapidly degenerated and started to mirror the environments they had left, but then came in 'the right to buy ' and almost overnight those degenerating estates were transformed into places people were proud to live in.
The right to buy was not perfect ,nothing is, I think specialist homes like OAP bungalows and those for the disabled should have remained under council control.
As a result those new modern estates rapidly degenerated and started to mirror the environments they had left, but then came in 'the right to buy ' and almost overnight those degenerating estates were transformed into places people were proud to live in.
The right to buy was not perfect ,nothing is, I think specialist homes like OAP bungalows and those for the disabled should have remained under council control.
Tora, I can't remember the company involved in the Midlands a couple of months ago, but when they advertised for 100 new employees, 1,000 applied. Obviously, 900 applicants were unsuccessful. Is it seriously your contention that they are all "skivers", as opposed to the "strivers" so beloved by Dave and Gideon?
Quiz, did you read what I wrote?
Secondly a big reason that youngsters find it hard to get a council property is immigrants taking priority. (And of course single mothers and benefit scroungers, single people living in big council houses - yes it does happen I personally know of cases)
And, if so bad why, in 15 years of Government, did the Labour Party not change it?
Secondly a big reason that youngsters find it hard to get a council property is immigrants taking priority. (And of course single mothers and benefit scroungers, single people living in big council houses - yes it does happen I personally know of cases)
And, if so bad why, in 15 years of Government, did the Labour Party not change it?
LazyGun...you have said it all. An appalling attempt to bribe people to vote Tory.
Even worse was the so- called privatisation of our major utilities. Despite the British public actually owning BT, the Gas Board, the Electricity Board and the Water Board, the Tories managed to persuade people to buy shares in them. With their own money. In companies that they owned in the first place !
Egregious doesn't even come close.
Even worse was the so- called privatisation of our major utilities. Despite the British public actually owning BT, the Gas Board, the Electricity Board and the Water Board, the Tories managed to persuade people to buy shares in them. With their own money. In companies that they owned in the first place !
Egregious doesn't even come close.
It was good news to me (and the tenant) ! I bought one. The tenant was father to a large family, had been there many years, and bought the house from the Council (Hammersmith and Fulham) very cheaply. It was enormous and in a tree-lined avenue near Olympia.He had no need of a place that size, rattling around in it on his own, his family having grown up and he being widowed. I think I paid £300,000 for it, as a family home. It only had one bathroom, though it was on 5 floors and had about 8 bedrooms, so it cost a fair bit to refurbish but it eventually returned a fair profit, tax free.
What escapes me is why, long ago, the Council couldn't have moved him out to somewhere smaller and then sold the house on the open market. But the policy was certainly popular and it did result in a lot of tenants buying and then upgrading their houses. I think Scotland may find that they are too late and there are few takers left.
What escapes me is why, long ago, the Council couldn't have moved him out to somewhere smaller and then sold the house on the open market. But the policy was certainly popular and it did result in a lot of tenants buying and then upgrading their houses. I think Scotland may find that they are too late and there are few takers left.
// The utilities where millstones... they where public owned liabilities full of overmanning and militant unions. //
The Conservative elder statesman, Harold McMillan described the sales as "selling off the family silver".
They were valuable assests that were sold off cheaply because the Government needed quick cash to fund all the unemployed that they had created.
The Conservative elder statesman, Harold McMillan described the sales as "selling off the family silver".
They were valuable assests that were sold off cheaply because the Government needed quick cash to fund all the unemployed that they had created.
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