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CLAPPISON, James (Hertsmere)

8. Land and Property

Farmland in Patrington, East Yorkshire, from which rental income is received.

13 rented houses in Patrington and in Withernsea, North Humberside.

HOGG, Rt. Hon. Douglas (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

8. Land and Property

I am the owner of three properties in London which I have let to tenants.

HUHNE, Chris (Eastleigh)

8. Land and Property

Residential house and flat in Oxford, from which rental income is received.

Residential house and two flats in London, from which rental income is received.

MEACHER, Rt. Hon. Michael (Oldham West and Royton)

8. Land and Property

Four residential properties in London from which rental income is received.

A property in the Cotswolds from which rental income was received for two weeks’ holiday

rental.

WILLIAMS, Roger (Brecon and Radnorshire)

8. Land and Property

Farmland at Tredomen Court, Wales.

Three houses in Tredomen, Brecon, from which rental income is received.

One house in Exmouth, Devon, from which rental income is received.

the list in full

MPs property interests from about a year ago.

Details can be found from the register of members interest

ADAMS, Gerry (Belfast West)

8. Land and Property

Residential property, jointly owned with my wife, in South of Ireland.

AFRIYIE, Adam (Windsor)

8. Land and Property

House in Kent.

ALEXANDER, Douglas (Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

8. Land and Property

Rental of building attached to my house.

Rental of flat in Edinburgh

ANCRAM, Rt. Hon. Michael (Devizes)

8. Land and Property

Small tenanted agricultural estate in Scottish Borders and Midlothian, from which rental

income is received. (Registered 10 October 2005)

ARBUTHNOT, Rt. Hon. James (North East Hampshire)

8. Land and Property

Two flats in London, one providing rental income.

BALDRY, Tony (Banbury)

8. Land and Property

A cottage in Oxfordshire.

BANKS, Gordon (Ochil and South Perthshire)

8. Land and Property

Flat in Glasgow, from which rental income is received.

BARKER, Gregory (Bexhill and Battle)

8. Land and Property

Freehold commercial business park property in East Anglia, from which I receive rental

income.

Rental income from residential property in London.

BARLOW, Celia (Hove)

8. Land and Property

Freehold maisonette and one bed flat in London, from which rental income is received.

BARON, John (Billericay)

8. Land and Property

Two residential properties in London from which rental income is received.

Second home in the constituency from which we run the office.

BECKETT, Rt. Hon. Margaret (Derby South)

8. Land and Property

Residential rented property; flat in London.

BELLINGHAM, Henry (North West Norfolk)

8. Land and Property

Forestry and arable land in Norfolk.

House in West Norfolk, from which rental income is received.

BENN, Hilary (Leeds Central)

8. Land and Property

Part-owner of house in London.

BENYON, Richard (Newbury)

8. Land and Property

Landholdings in Hampshire and Berkshire (some in my constituency) comprising farmland,

residential and commercial property, some potential development land, woodlands and gravel

workings, for some of which rent is received.

Residential and commercial property in Hackney, for which rent is received.

Rural land and property in Inverness-shire.

The majority of property in these estates is held in family trusts in the trusteeship of

Englefield Estate Trust Corporation Limited (see Category 1).

Flat in London, for which rent is received.

BERESFORD, Sir Paul (Mole Valley)

8. Land and Property

Private accommodation and surgery, London .

BLAIR, Rt. Hon. Tony (Sedgefield)

8. Land and Property

Two residential flats in Bristol from which rental income is received.

A residential house in London from which rental income is received.

BLIZZARD, Bob (Waveney)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London, from which rental income is received.

BLUNKETT, Rt. Hon. David (Sheffield, Brightside)

8. Land and Property

Second home in London, from which I temporarily receive rental income.

BOSWELL, Tim (Daventry)

8. Land and Property

Lower Aynho Grounds Farm (as at item 2), Northants/Oxon, from which rental income is also

received.

Land at Great Leighs, Essex (with family interests), from which rental income is received.

BOTTOMLEY, Peter (Worthing West)

8. Land and Property

Income from occasional holiday letting of properties in Isle of Wight and Surrey.

BRADSHAW, Ben (Exeter)

8. Land and Property

Share of house in Salcombe, Devon.

BROKENSHIRE, James (Hornchurch)

8. Land and Property

House in Essex, from which rental income is received.

BROOKE, Annette (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)

8. Land and Property

Business premises (retail shop and store) in Poole.

BROWN, Lyn (West Ham)

8. Land and Property

One quarter share in a holiday cottage in Ambleside, Cumbria.

BURT, Lorely (Solihull)

8. Land and Property

Residential house in West Midlands, from which rental income is received.

BYERS, Stephen (North Tyneside)

8. Land and Property

Commercial property in Forest Hall, Newcastle, from which rental income is received.

CARSWELL, Douglas (Harwich)

8. Land and Property

Residential property in Hertfordshire, from which rental income is received.

CASH, William (Stone)

8. Land and Property

Three houses at Upton Cressett, Shropshire from which rental income is received.

CHAYTOR, David (Bury North)

8. Land and Property

House in Bury, Lancashire.

Flat in London.

CLAPPISON, James (Hertsmere)

8. Land and Property

Farmland in Patrington, East Yorkshire, from which rental income is received.

13 rented houses in Patrington and in Withernsea, North Humberside.

CLELLAND, David (Tyne Bridge)

8. Land and Property

House in Gateshead, jointly owned with my wife.

Two flats in Gateshead, jointly owned with my brother.

CLIFTON-BROWN, Geoffrey (Cotswold)

8. Land and Property

Agricultural holdings in Norfolk and Gloucestershire.

Small amount of forestry in Scotland.

CLWYD, Mrs. Ann (Cynon Valley)

8. Land and Property

A flat in North Wales from which I receive rental income.

COHEN, Harry (Leyton and Wanstead)

8. Land and Property

House in Colchester.

COX, Geoffrey (Torridge and West Devon)

8. Land and Property

Cottage and farmland in West Devon, from which rental income is received.

CURTIS-THOMAS, Claire (Crosby)

8. Land and Property

With my sister, I own a house in Crosby and a house in Crewe which are held in trust for

family members (and on which rental income is received).

DAVIES, Quentin (Grantham and Stamford)

8. Land and Property

Flat in France from which rental income is received.

DJANOGLY, Jonathan (Huntingdon)

8. Land and Property

Interest in woodland in Dumfriesshire.

DORRIES, Nadine (Mid Bedfordshire)

8. Land and Property

House in Gloucestershire, from which rental income is received.

Holiday home in South Africa.

DUNCAN, Alan (Rutland and Melton)

8. Land and Property

Rental income from residential property in London.

DUNWOODY, Hon. Gwyneth (Crewe and Nantwich)

8. Land and Property

Shared ownership of house in Fulham, from which rental income is received.

ENGEL, Natascha (North East Derbyshire)

8. Land and Property

Commercial property in London.

FABRICANT, Michael (Lichfield)

8. Land and Property

House in Maine, USA, lived in by friends who maintain the property but do not pay rent.

FARRON, Tim (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

8. Land and Property

Two-bedroom flat in Preston, Lancashire, jointly owned.

FIELD, Rt. Hon. Frank (Birkenhead)

8. Land and Property

House in Chiswick, from which rental income is received.

FOLLETT, Barbara (Stevenage)

8. Land and Property

Residential flat in London, from which rental income is received.

Residential house in Cape Town, South Africa, from which rental income is occasionally

received.

FRANCOIS, Mark (Rayleigh)

8. Land and Property

House in Essex.

GALE, Roger (North Thanet)

8. Land and Property

A holiday barn conversion in France.

GOODMAN, Helen (Bishop Auckland)

8. Land and Property

One bedroomed flat in London, from which rental income is received.

GOODWILL, Robert (Scarborough and Whitby)

8. Land and Property

Southwood Farm, Terrington, York, which is farmed “in hand”.

Three industrial units at Southwood Farm, Terrington, York.

Three residential properties in Loftus, Cleveland, from which rental income is received.

One residential property in Stockton-on-Tees, from which rental income is received.

GRAYLING, Chris (Epsom and Ewell)

8. Land and Property

Two terraced houses in London, from which rental income is received.

GRIEVE, Dominic (Beaconsfield)

8. Land and Property

House in London, generating rental income.

I am part-owner of building land in France.

GRIFFITH, Nia (Llanelli)

8. Land and Property

Small holding, in receipt of Tir Gofal funding.

GRIFFITHS, Nigel (Edinburgh South)

8. Land and Property

My constituency high street office in South Edinburgh.

GUMMER, Rt. Hon. John Selwyn (Suffolk Coastal)

8. Land and Property

A residential and commercial property in London, owned by family.

HAIN, Rt. Hon. Peter (Neath)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London, jointly owned with parents and aunt.

Share in small family property near Malaga, Spain.

HALL, Mike (Weaver Vale)

8. Land and Property

One-bedroom flat in London, from which rental income is received.

HARMAN, Rt. Hon. Harriet (Camberwell and Peckham)

8. Land and Property

Part ownership of house in Suffolk, from which rental income is received.

HAVARD, Dai (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)

8. Land and Property

House in Wales.

HEATHCOAT-AMORY, Rt. Hon. David (Wells)

8. Land and Property

Farm in Scotland with holiday lettings .

HEMMING, John (Birmingham, Yardley)

8. Land and Property

Two flats in London, from which rental income is received.

House in Birmingham.

HOGG, Rt. Hon. Douglas (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

8. Land and Property

I am the owner of three properties in London which I have let to tenants.

HOON, Rt. Hon. Geoff (Ashfield)

8. Land and Property

Income from a rented residential property in London.

HORWOOD, Martin (Cheltenham)

8. Land and Property

50 per cent share of house in Cheltenham.

HOWARD, Rt Hon Michael (Folkestone and Hythe)

8. Land and Property

Flat, currently let, in London SW1.

HOYLE, Lindsay (Chorley)

8. Land and Property

Commercial leasehold property at Adlington, Chorley, from which rental income is received.

HUGHES, Simon (North Southwark and Bermondsey)

8. Land and Property

Part interest in family home in Wales.

HUHNE, Chris (Eastleigh)

8. Land and Property

Residential house and flat in Oxford, from which rental income is received.

Residential house and two flats in London, from which rental income is received.

HUNT, Jeremy (South West Surrey)

8. Land and Property

House in Farnham.

Half-share of holiday house in Italy.

IRRANCA-DAVIES, Huw (Ogmore)

8. Land and Property

A plot of land with planning permission for residential dwelling in Llynfi Valley.

JACK, Rt. Hon. Michael (Fylde)

8. Land and Property

Four-bedroomed flat in London, from which rental income is received.

JAMES, Siân (Swansea East)

8. Land and Property

House in Neath.

JONES, David (Clwyd West)

8. Land and Property

Leasehold office premises in Llandudno, Conwy.

KAWCZYNSKI, Daniel (Shrewsbury and Atcham)

8. Land and Property

My wife and I own an equestrian centre in North Herefordshire.

KENNEDY, Rt Hon Charles (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)

8. Land and Property

Single bedroomed flat in London, from which a rental income is derived.

KRAMER, Susan (Richmond Park)

8. Land and Property

Interest in a family trust which owns and manages a ranch in California, USA, from which

rental income is received.

Interest in a holiday flat in Southern Spain.

LADYMAN, Dr. Stephen (South Thanet)

8. Land and Property

Joint owner of apartment in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

LAMB, Norman (North Norfolk)

8. Land and Property

I am listed as one of the lessees of the following properties, which are all offices associated

with Steele and Co.:

Commercial leasehold property in Norwich.

Commercial leasehold premises in Eye, Suffolk.

Commercial leasehold premises in Diss, Norfolk.

LAMMY, David (Tottenham)

8. Land and Property

A flat in South London from which rental income is received.

LANSLEY, Andrew (South Cambridgeshire)

8. Land and Property

House in Cambridge, from which rental income is received.

LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Ian (Bridgwater)

8. Land and Property

Farm building, Scotland.

LORD, Sir Michael (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)

8. Land and Property

Co-owner of a holiday site in Anglesey.

LOUGHTON, Tim (East Worthing and Shoreham)

8. Land and Property

A flat in London, from which rental income is occasionally received.

LUFF, Peter (Mid Worcester)

8. Land and Property

Terraced property in Worcester, let on an assured tenancy.

MCAVOY, Thomas (Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

8. Land and Property

Land in Cambuslang on which County Inn is situated (see Category 1).

Residential flat in London, from which rental income is received.

MCDONNELL, Dr Alasdair (Belfast South)

8. Land and Property

Smallholding/farm in Co Antrim, from which rental income is received.

House in Belfast, from which rental income is received.

MCINTOSH, Anne (Vale of York)

8. Land and Property

Half-share in smallholding in Teesdale, Co. Durham.

MACNEIL, Angus (Na h-Eileanan an Iar)

8. Land and Property

House in Fort William, from which rental income is received.

Flat in Glasgow, from which rental income is received.

MACTAGGART, Fiona (Slough)

8. Land and Property

Office and retail premises in Glasgow (held on my behalf by trustees), from which rental

income is received.

MARTIN, Rt Hon Michael (Glasgow North East)

8. Land and Property

My wife and I own a small flat in London which is not let for rent.

MEACHER, Rt. Hon. Michael (Oldham West and Royton)

8. Land and Property

Four residential properties in London from which rental income is received.

A property in the Cotswolds from which rental income was received for two weeks’ holiday

rental.

MICHAEL, Rt. Hon. Alun (Cardiff South and Penarth)

8. Land and Property

Terraced house in Rhondda, Wales.

MILBURN, Rt. Hon. Alan (Darlington)

8. Land and Property

Rental income from a house in London, which I jointly own.

MORAN, Margaret (Luton South)

8. Land and Property

Farmhouse in Spain, from which rental income is received.

Leasehold flat in London SW1.

MORGAN, Julie (Cardiff North)

8. Land and Property

Residential property in Cardiff.

MOSS, Malcolm (North East Cambridgeshire)

8. Land and Property

Rental income from cottage in Wisbech, Cambs.

MULLIN, Chris (Sunderland South)

8. Land and Property

Basement flat in my home in Sunderland.

MUNDELL, David (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)

8. Land and Property

Flat in Edinburgh, from which rental income is received.

MURPHY, Denis (Wansbeck)

8. Land and Property

Rental income received from a flat in London

MURRISON, Dr. Andrew (Westbury)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Surgeon Commander Royal Naval Reserve.

Parliamentary adviser to Wessex Pharmaceutical Group. (Up to £5,000)

8. Land and Property

Joint owner, with my wife, of land, agricultural buildings and stables in Wiltshire, for which

rental income is received.

OATEN, Mark (Winchester)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London.

OTTAWAY, Richard (Croydon South)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London from which rental income is received.

PAICE, James (South East Cambridgeshire)

8. Land and Property

Smallholding in Cambridgeshire, which is my main home.

PATERSON, Owen (North Shropshire)

8. Land and Property

Buildings and agricultural land at Bunbury and Spurstow, Cheshire, from which rental income

is received.

Buildings attached to my house near Ellesmere, Shropshire, from which rental income is

received.

PENROSE, John (Weston-Super-Mare)

8. Land and Property

House in Somerset.

Part share of house in France.

PROSSER, Gwyn (Dover)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London, from which rental income is received.

RANDALL, John (Uxbridge)

8. Land and Property

Residential rented property in Uxbridge, from which rental income is received.

RAYNSFORD, Rt. Hon. Nick (Greenwich and Woolwich)

8. Land and Property

Two-bedroomed flat in London, from which rental income is received.

REID, Rt. Hon. Dr. John (Airdrie and Shotts)

8. Land and Property

Rental income received from flat in London.

ROBATHAN, Andrew (Blaby)

8. Land and Property

Farm in Leicestershire, from which income is received.

ROBINSON, Geoffrey (Coventry North West)

8. Land and Property

Freehold cottage in Hampshire, from which rental income is received.

Apartment in France, from which rental income is received.

ROBINSON, Peter (Belfast East)

8. Land and Property

I own one of my constituency offices in Belfast.

SANDERS, Adrian (Torbay)

8. Land and Property

Residential property in Paignton, from which rental income is derived.

SELOUS, Andrew (South West Bedfordshire)

8. Land and Property

Residential property in London, from which rental income is received.

SHEERMAN, Barry (Huddersfield)

8. Land and Property

Small one-bedroom flat in London, currently let.

SIMPSON, David (Upper Bann)

8. Land and Property

Farm in Co Armagh, from which rental income is received.

Flats in Portadown, Co Armagh, from which rental income is received.

SLAUGHTER, Andrew (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush)

8. Land and Property

One residential property in Eastbourne.

SMITH, Sir Robert (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

8. Land and Property

Farm and cottages in Aberdeenshire, from which rental income is received.

SOULSBY, Sir Peter (Leicester South)

8. Land and Property

Holiday flat in Dorset, jointly owned.

SPRING, Richard (West Suffolk)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London from which rental income is received.

STARKEY, Dr. Phyllis (Milton Keynes South West)

8. Land and Property

Former family home in Oxford, now let to tenants.

STEEN, Anthony (Totnes)

8. Land and Property

Parts of my property near California Cross, South Devon, are let from time to time.

STUART, Graham (Beverley and Holderness)

8. Land and Property

House in Cambridge (currently for sale).

SWAYNE, Desmond (New Forest West)

8. Land and Property

Residential leasehold flat in West London, for which rent is received.

TAYLOR, Matthew (Truro and St. Austell)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London, from which rental income is received.

THORNBERRY, Emily (Islington South and Finsbury)

8. Land and Property

Two-third interest in flat in Guildford, Surrey.

One-fifth interest in flat in South London.

THURSO, John (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)

8. Land and Property

Estate in Caithness.

TODD, Mark (South Derbyshire)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London for which rental is received.

TURNER, Andrew (Isle of Wight)

8. Land and Property

Half-share of flat in Cowes, Isle of Wight.

VARA, Shailesh (North West Cambridgeshire)

8. Land and Property

Two residential leasehold flats, in London and Northampton, from which rental income is

received.

VAZ, Keith (Leicester East)

8. Land and Property

I own a property at 144 Uppingham Road, Leicester, which is used as my constituency office.

A house in London, formerly my family home, held pending sale.

VIGGERS, Peter (Gosport)

8. Land and Property

Residential flat in Gosport.

WALLEY, Joan (Stoke-on-Trent North)

8. Land and Property

House in Staffordshire Moorlands.

WALTER, Robert (North Dorset)

8. Land and Property

Residential investment property in London.

Farmland in Devon.

WHITEHEAD, Dr. Alan (Southampton Test)

8. Land and Property

Share in flat inhabited by my father in Southampton.

WILLETTS, David (Havant)

8. Land and Property

Flat in West London, from which rental income is received.

WILLIAMS, Roger (Brecon and Radnorshire)

8. Land and Property

Farmland at Tredomen Court, Wales.

Three houses in Tredomen, Brecon, from which rental income is received.

One house in Exmouth, Devon, from which rental income is received.

WILLS, Michael (North Swindon)

8. Land and Property

Commercial premises in London from which rental income is received.

WILSON, Rob (Reading East)

8. Land and Property

A flat in Reading.

WOOD, Mike (Batley and Spen)

8. Land and Property

Terraced property in Oldham, Greater Manchester, let prior to sale.

WOODWARD, Shaun (St. Helens South)

8. Land and Property

Estate in Oxfordshire from which rental income is received.

Flat in France from which rental income is received.

Flat in London from which rental income is received.

House in New York State from which rental income is received.

Land plot in West Indies.

WYATT, Derek (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)

8. Land and Property

House in Kent from which rental income is received.

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BLAIR, Rt. Hon. Tony (Sedgefield)

8. Land and Property

Two residential flats in Bristol from which rental income is received.

A residential house in London from which rental income is received.

Is that a landlord anyone would trust?

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BLAIR, Rt. Hon. Tony (Sedgefield)

8. Land and Property

Two residential flats in Bristol from which rental income is received.

A residential house in London from which rental income is received.

Is that a landlord anyone would trust?

and remember the dodgy dealings that went on there as well

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2545427.stm

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This is why MPs don't care about the housing market : they are earning money on it.

They don't need to worry about any downturn in anything. They great secure pension schemes, so what if we go in recession or have a housing bust, the taxpayer will look after them. Any probs just increase the taxes this applies to both labour and the conservatives. Watch how their pay rises are way up with inflation and they all vote for this. Safest secure pension is an MP and unfortunately as there is very little money in the pot, future generations will be paying more intaxes to wipe these bottoms.

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Why isn't Gordon Brown in the list? Does he just have a council house?

I was going to say. Gordon Brown is conspicuous by his absence.

Notwithstanding any potential conspiracy theories about his hidden property empire, I reckon this is significant.

Brown has socialist principles and the damage the BTL boom has caused must be apparent to him (even if his taxing of pensions helping spark it isn't) The fact he hasn't jumped on the BTL bandwagon like the Blairs suggests he will have much less personal vested interest in keeping the BTL brigade sweet. The tax crackdown is just the beginning. I reckon Brown is going to make amateur BTL unviable when he becomes PM (unless the lenders get there first).

There's a lot of Brown bashing on this forum, and although I agree with some of it. I think the greed and self interest associated with housing boom is much more synonymous with the Neo-liberal champagne socialist Islingtonites, than with the dour Presbyterian old school socialists of this world.

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Why isn't Gordon Brown in the list? Does he just have a council house?

maybe he already sold out before the crash.

anyway, whats this guy all about? whats wrong with having a little btl in st helens? so much for supporting the local economy

WOODWARD, Shaun (St. Helens South)

8. Land and Property

Estate in Oxfordshire from which rental income is received.

Flat in France from which rental income is received.

Flat in London from which rental income is received.

House in New York State from which rental income is received.

Land plot in West Indies.

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BLAIR, Rt. Hon. Tony (Sedgefield)

8. Land and Property

Two residential flats in Bristol from which rental income is received.

A residential house in London from which rental income is received.

Is that a landlord anyone would trust?

Dear government.

Due to the recent admission by elected members of your government (see attached) as to their interests in buy to let property can the following steps be taken:

1: Lord Edward George, his admission to manipulating the housing market into an artificially high boom has led to a decimated birth rate and a level of debt of such staggering levels that mere mortal minds shatter when trying to consider the numbers involved.

This man must be tried under his admission for treason.

2: All members of government can be assumed to be aware of the sacrifice of a generations future and they of course will be fired, those in the above group who have also profited from this endeavour should be also tried for treason.

3: As this treason was started after the death penalty for treason was removed it should be replaced for these crimes

(Obvious, the legislators already guilty of a crime then passed legislation to reduce the punishment of said crime so the legislation is void. If they had passed a law that MP’s caught speeding should immediately be given a porche then this law would also be repealed)

Make this happen, we expect to see members of the government on the end of a rope by tea time 

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I was going to say. Gordon Brown is conspicuous by his absence.

Notwithstanding any potential conspiracy theories about his hidden property empire, I reckon this is significant.

Brown has socialist principles and the damage the BTL boom has caused must be apparent to him (even if his taxing of pensions helping spark it isn't) The fact he hasn't jumped on the BTL bandwagon like the Blairs suggests he will have much less personal vested interest in keeping the BTL brigade sweet. The tax crackdown is just the beginning. I reckon Brown is going to make amateur BTL unviable when he becomes PM (unless the lenders get there first).

There's a lot of Brown bashing on this forum, and although I agree with some of it. I think the greed and self interest associated with housing boom is much more synonymous with the Neo-liberal champagne socialist Islingtonites, than with the dour Presbyterian old school socialists of this world.

He was once a regular contributor to the "Red Paper on Scotland", calling for the abolition of capitalism amongst many things!

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Brown has socialist principles and the damage the BTL boom has caused must be apparent to him (even if his taxing of pensions helping spark it isn't) The fact he hasn't jumped on the BTL bandwagon like the Blairs suggests he will have much less personal vested interest in keeping the BTL brigade sweet. The tax crackdown is just the beginning. I reckon Brown is going to make amateur BTL unviable when he becomes PM (unless the lenders get there first).

Unfortunately, it's all he's got left. The British economy has moved offshore and there is nothing to replace it with, except the Fantasy Property Pyramid Game.

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Why isn't Gordon Brown in the list? Does he just have a council house?

Gordon lives in cloud cuckoo land, His needs are more ephemeral than houses :rolleyes:

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