Sunday, May 20, 2007

Lack of reasonably priced housing a political hot potato

BBC "News": Call for migrant housing rethink

Established British families should be given priority over economic migrants for council housing, government minister Margaret Hodge has said.

Cheers for that, Marge. How about housing for the rest of us too? And BTW, Des Browne whinged the other day about the state of armed forces housing, and the lack of affordable property for soldiers and their families.

How long can central government keep ignoring the issue we wonder?

Posted by paul @ 08:33 PM (320 views) Add Comment

9 Comments

1. Scott said...

1 in 3 homeless people used to be in the armed forces. Nobody cares about them.

Sunday, May 20, 2007 09:52PM Report Comment
 

2. harold said...

One simple solution to all teh Government's political, and our financial, gripes and ills - stop sustaining the property bubble. Sorted... well almost.

Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:26PM Report Comment
 

3. paul said...

"stop sustaining YOUR property bubble" is what we should be saying to them.

They have fucked an entire generation over (I choose my words carefully there too).

Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:49PM Report Comment
 

4. Rimmer said...

surprised to hear brits dont get priority in their own country, what the hell has the UK come to ...................................................

Monday, May 21, 2007 01:11AM Report Comment
 

5. Sherlock Homes said...

its come to every other nationality apart from brits and thats what has made it great bearing in mind the sun never sets on the empire,......when the chicks comew home to roost

Monday, May 21, 2007 09:24AM Report Comment
 

6. inbreda said...

Rimmer - the brits want to do F all work, and get everything for free. Why shouldn't their be fair competition.

Don't hear them moaning about the holiday homes they've all bought in Bulgaria and the like.

Arrogance like that needs to be slapped down IMO

Monday, May 21, 2007 09:47AM Report Comment
 

7. sovietuk said...

Obviously Margaret Hodge is loosing alot of votes to the BNP.

Monday, May 21, 2007 12:40PM Report Comment
 

8. george monsoon said...

Er.. sorry, but I am British, and I have to work damned hard to put food on my table.... !

Monday, May 21, 2007 12:52PM Report Comment
 

9. inbreda said...

Sorry George - I was specifically referring to those brits who expect foreigners to work harder for less money and get ot the back of the queue for everything, whilst allowing brits to buy holiday homes in the foreigners country.

There are a lot of people who want their cake and eat it.

The comments by hodge are pandering to this arrogance and a general racism.

sovietuk has basically hit the nail on the head.

Monday, May 21, 2007 01:59PM Report Comment
 

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