"charles" wrote in message
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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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Be very interesting to know the percentage of council tenants who can
well afford to buy their own house. But of course it it was 0.00001%
there would still be plenty who would spew out righteous indignation and
want the whole thing changed. Ie, exactly what Thatcher did in the main
many years ago. Resulting in the existing housing mess for all. At least
in part.

A housing manager in Kent said to at the time: "we've got left with the
rubbish tenants"

that's what happens when you dumb down social housing to less than 5% of the
population, however you get there

tim