Brown is an Idiot, Vote for New Ideas

[tinkerman]

Heres some nice pictures of the UK that Thatcher took over for those of you with red tinted spectacles.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?rlz=1T4ACAW_en___GB372&q=winter+of+discontent&um=1ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=8hzcS9mmLIGb_Aakv-n7Bg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCMQsAQwAw

How many members on here were given the chance to buy their own council house and got onto the property ladder?

[Scunner]

Yes, took assets worth billions that we all owned and sold them ridiculously cheap to people who often sold on at huge personal profit. Such stripping of national assets can only happen once, it's all gone now.

[cheers]

All the council houses had gone when we wanted to buy!!  Thats why there are none for rent anymore!!  Families are forced to live in hostels because of the lack of council properties!![!]

[tinkerman]

if those people hadnt bought their council house they would still be living there anyway, I think many estates have improved with ownership people take a lot more pride in what they own and care more about their community.

[Scunner]

Yes that is true, the people the ex-council tenants sold to at a huge profit did seem to take a lot more pride in the properties.

[tinkerman]

quote:Originally posted by cheers



All the council houses had gone when we wanted to buy!!  Thats why there are none for rent anymore!!  Families are forced to live in hostels because of the lack of council properties!![!]

so why havent the Labour party built more council houses?

[cheers]

People who have pride in themselves will also have pride in their property council or not.

[tinkerman]

Have you ever seen how proud a man becomes when given a uniform?

[nichola]

Labour has renovated more than 2 million house a great effort. A positive effort to avoid too much new build on our precious country side. It is more expensive though... but great from a conservation and environmental perspective.

If council houses sold off had at least been replaced it would have been a better policy.

Housing however is sadly one area where more could have been done. There are still many people living in sub standard properties and resolving this should not be left just to the private sector.

There are many positive of shared ownership and low cost housing projects hopefully more to come.

[blueclad]

Enock powell spoke great words of wisdom in my opinion .[ give them a dozen chickens and a £10 note and -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ].,   lots did not take any notice at the time , how true he was in his thoughts of the future