This woman is probably living in a GBP2M house because there isn’t a council owned property large enough to house her. I imagine that in the days before the last Conservative government’s right to buy policy it would have been easier to find one. This idea was alluded to some time ago in The Times. I suspect that some of the money she gets in benefits goes straight to a landlord who’s doing very nicely indeed.
The express doesn’t know the difference between a glass of champagne and a bacon sandwich, so we can trust that it will have got everything wrong in the lead story and the rest of the newspaper.
Missing items from the story:
* Party in control of Westminster council.
* Housing benefit ends up with the landlord. Often a slumlord, absentee or buy-to-letter.
* And given Westminster council’s previous on social housing, we might suspect the landlord is good pals with the council.
Ineresting. Yesterday they offered readers a free packet of chips; today they’re telling them how to stop being a serial snacker. Sound commercial logic there: create a problem then sell the (alleged) solution.
No doubt this will be used as another example of hand-out Britain despite it only being front page news because of it’s exceptionality. Nothing like a case-study to gloss over the reality.
As John D says the origin of these scenarios are rooted in Thatcherism.
If only Westminster Council hadn’t sold off all its council housing far below the market value in a series of corrupt deals and then failed to claim the money back from the dodgy councillors responsible (the council let ex-Dame Shirley Porter keep £30m she owed them, only asking her to pay back £12m of the £42m she was fined/surcharged for her illegal actions), maybe it wouldn’t be having this problem.
And claiming “she’s single” is a bit misleading, since she wasn’t single when she had the children, but “she’s divorced/separated” wouldn’t give the same image of feckless women getting knocked up to claim benefits.
Sounds like you got one of them compulsory Brussels forrin Keyboards.
I’ve still got a couple of crates of English not British not EU keyboards down the lock-up (Don’t tell the rozzers or the PC brigade). They’re under the pallets of proper old lightbulbs. Healthy high tar fags.
…and worst of all (for Express readers) – SHE’S A DARKIE!
AND (could it be) she’s also a Muslim?
This woman is probably living in a GBP2M house because there isn’t a council owned property large enough to house her. I imagine that in the days before the last Conservative government’s right to buy policy it would have been easier to find one. This idea was alluded to some time ago in The Times. I suspect that some of the money she gets in benefits goes straight to a landlord who’s doing very nicely indeed.
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No. 1 – don’t read the Express.
The express doesn’t know the difference between a glass of champagne and a bacon sandwich, so we can trust that it will have got everything wrong in the lead story and the rest of the newspaper.
Missing items from the story:
* Party in control of Westminster council.
* Housing benefit ends up with the landlord. Often a slumlord, absentee or buy-to-letter.
* And given Westminster council’s previous on social housing, we might suspect the landlord is good pals with the council.
Ineresting. Yesterday they offered readers a free packet of chips; today they’re telling them how to stop being a serial snacker. Sound commercial logic there: create a problem then sell the (alleged) solution.
No doubt this will be used as another example of hand-out Britain despite it only being front page news because of it’s exceptionality. Nothing like a case-study to gloss over the reality.
As John D says the origin of these scenarios are rooted in Thatcherism.
If only Westminster Council hadn’t sold off all its council housing far below the market value in a series of corrupt deals and then failed to claim the money back from the dodgy councillors responsible (the council let ex-Dame Shirley Porter keep £30m she owed them, only asking her to pay back £12m of the £42m she was fined/surcharged for her illegal actions), maybe it wouldn’t be having this problem.
And claiming “she’s single” is a bit misleading, since she wasn’t single when she had the children, but “she’s divorced/separated” wouldn’t give the same image of feckless women getting knocked up to claim benefits.
This is a copy of today’s Times frontpage.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7028401.ece
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Flippin’ ‘eck, pstu, the council let Shirley Porter keep GBP30M? What a shower of shite Westminster Council must have been back then.
Bah, I’m sick of my keyboard not having a pound symbol.
JohnD:-
If you want a pound symbol (£) hold down the Alt key while entering 0163 ON THE KEYPAD then release the Alt key.
Simples.
Sounds like you got one of them compulsory Brussels forrin Keyboards.
I’ve still got a couple of crates of English not British not EU keyboards down the lock-up (Don’t tell the rozzers or the PC brigade). They’re under the pallets of proper old lightbulbs. Healthy high tar fags.