@DAaronovitch @stephenkb really? so Manc Uni Lab students were fully in favour of RightToBuy then?
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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 -
Replying to @paulwaugh
@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 -
Replying to @DAaronovitch
@DAaronovitch@paulwaugh those houses should be available for families in need in the future. It is a deeply immoral, cynical policy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JuliaHB1
@JuliaHB1 A fair point. But in reality people didn't leave council houses they liked and even bequeathed them.@paulwaugh1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DAaronovitch
@DAaronovitch@paulwaugh I know, but they should never have been given a council home for life. An utterly bizarre policy.3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @JuliaHB1
@JuliaHB1@DAaronovitch@paulwaugh Which still survives, pretty much: http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/social_housing/transfers_and_exchanges/can_you_inherit_a_council_tenancy …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@guy_herbert @DAaronovitch @paulwaugh that's obscene
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
@JuliaHB1@DAaronovitch@paulwaugh Obscenity is the best policy. (I'm sure that's a proverb)0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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