Not a surprise
Germany refuses to extradite man to UK over concerns about British jail conditions
Court in Karlsruhe decides against extradition of Albanian man ‘in view of the state of the British prison system’www.theguardian.com
Just embarrassing isn't it?
I feel like the sell off should have been limited to 50% of a property. Council retains the land/property as well as a decent amount of control over repairs/tenants etc. Renter can obtain equity and then have a vested interest to keep the house/area maintained.
Seems odd that a council wouldn't qualify for a grant but a private association does.
I think it had something to do with reducing the public sector borrowing requirement, on paper at least?
I remember years ago watching a documentary about the local council in Walthamstow, stuck in my memory because I'd not long before that moved from there. In that area they said 8 of 10 RTB properties were with private landlords and there had only been enough new social housing built to replace 1 in 10
Maybe, but still ideological. Money is still going out of government funds and ending up in private hands with split interests rather than a body whose sole concern is providing social housing.
Well it's actually probably more like 2007 to allow for the necessary pre construction planning and construction itself
Well this is the consequence of being ashamed of progressivism and going after Daily Mail votes.
It's what I do find slightly bizarre that they're following a supposedly Blair path but... he did offer hope and change!
If Blair had Things Can Only Get Better as a theme song, what would Starmer have?
If Blair had Things Can Only Get Better as a theme song, what would Starmer have?
Don’t know about him, but Johnson would have ‘Tears Of A Clown’If Blair had Things Can Only Get Better as a theme song, what would Starmer have?
I think that's the main issue, they cling to Blairism without realising that Blairism was still progressive-lite, and designed to appeal to traditional Labour voters as well. There's also the obvious that each leader since... is not Blair. It's what Corbyn actually did right, ignoring them.
But it's also what's allowed to rule and come across. They totally missed that the USP of Brown at that point was he wasn't Blair, he was a serious policy-driven politician with intellect who was going to grasp the problems the country had and take it forward. Instead they tried to make him smiley-happy people person, and not only did that look bonkers, but it also made him appear indecisive and dithering, which is never a good look (see, Johnson - see, Corbyn - both of who raised it up a notch or two from that anyway).
Yeah, probably why Milliband comes across better nowadays. Current way of doing things means he knows he'll never have another go at being leader (side note, craziness writ large there - Hague would have been a far more effective Tory leader later in his career than when he was actually doing the job), so he can come out with leftfield policies and relax into his witty quips a lot better, knowing he never needs to have the pressure as to whether he eats a bacon sandwich or not ever again!
