@DAaronovitch @stephenkb suspect weren't that many council-house background students at Manchester Uni either tbh.
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Replying to @paulwaugh
@paulwaugh There were a few. It was before they were sold.@stephenkb3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DAaronovitch
@DAaronovitch@stephenkb a few, prob a handful. just like Oxford1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulwaugh
@paulwaugh Ah, you see, but it wasn't just like Oxford (or Cambridge which Glasman was talking about)@stephenkb1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DAaronovitch
@DAaronovitch@stephenkb really? so Manc Uni Lab students were fully in favour of RightToBuy then?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulwaugh
@paulwaugh People in council houses were generally in favour of right to buy. But Labour councillors very much weren't.@stephenkb5 replies 5 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @DAaronovitch
@DAaronovitch@stephenkb yep, and as someone in the former category, rather than the latter, I can concur.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulwaugh
@paulwaugh It was Peter Hain who I first heard articulate the view: why are home-owners trying to stop tenants owning homes?@stephenkb3 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @DAaronovitch
@DAaronovitch@stephenkb + RTB was actually 1st in Lab manifesto in 1959 but MrsT put rocket boosters under it (receipts cash another story)1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@paulwaugh By 79 it was anathema to the Labour left and to the unions. It became totemic, as these things do on the Left.@stephenkb3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@DAaronovitch @paulwaugh that said, if you're a council tenant, you'd be bonkers not to buy your home if you can. But shouldn't be able to.
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