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Thread #162290   Message #3861838
Posted By: Jim Carroll
20-Jun-17 - 02:55 AM
Thread Name: BS: Labour wants to confiscate property
Subject: RE: BS: Labour wants to confiscate property
" has anything been done to rehouse these people?"
Noy yet Bugsy, thogh someone has suggested that they be given accommodation in vacant property
You can see the likely Tory response to that one on this thread
All politicians (up to now) have to be thumb-screwed and racked before they do something about the messes the help create and when the solutions affect those they represent, in the case of Kensington and Chelsea, the weaalthy and privileged, they are happy to see the piles of charity donated by the lesser well off and the halls full of survivors sleeping rough.
Hopefully, that will change - it was encouraging to see the people taking to the streets immediately after the fire - that is the the type of thiing that will bring about an appropriate solution.
Our papers are full of it at present - in a week or two they will have found a Royal Wedding or a dog show to fill the front pages
That really is why it is necessary to have a government which cares enough to handle these things compassionately and practically
I'sd tend to steer clear of people who describe immediate solutions like housing homeless people in vacant property as "a party line".
I have family in Somerset who told me of local government officials during the flooding instructing the flooded-out farmers to "Go away and don't come back - we can't do anything for you".
I sencerely hope they don't get away with it here
Jim Carroll