The Labour Party initially proposed the idea of the right of tenants to own the house they live in, in its manifesto for the 1959 General Election which it subsequently lost.

That's a rather selective snippet isn't it Iains? Why did you not show the rest of the Wiki entry? Thisngs like the next line or two which go

Later, the Conservative-controlled Greater London Council of the late 1960s was persuaded by Horace Cutler, its Chairman of Housing, to create a general sales scheme. Cutler disagreed with the concept of local authorities as providers of housing and supported a free market approach. GLC housing sales were not allowed during the Labour administration of the mid-1970s but picked up again once Cutler became Leader in 1977.

Or the start of the next chapter which says

After Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in May 1979, the legislation to implement the Right to Buy was passed in the Housing Act 1980.

Or things like the fact that

Cutler was close to Margaret Thatcher (a London MP) who made the right to buy council housing a Conservative Party policy nationally

I suspect those are rather inconvenient to you.

The Labour party suggested it and lost the election. Maybe it was an unpopular policy? It was introduced by Margaret Thatcher who did not give a shit about ordinary people and their views.

Eliza - I hope you are still reading this and have noted that the people you have aligned yourself with are happy using the term 'leftard'. Makes you proud to be Conservative doesn't it :-)

DtG