Angela Rayner dodges landlord questions in LBC interview clash

Reply to the comment left by Crouchender at 11/10/2023 – 14:47
Politics is show business for ugly people. They are just frontmen, they don’t really run the country they are just puppets to divert the public. The Country is in hock to and run by the big corporations and banks (The Markets). Upset them at your peril, look what happened to Liz Truss. The same will happen to any politician that does not toe the line. Starmer knows that he will have to retain the status quo which is why he appears so short on new policy. As the late comedian Bill Hicks said “I agree with the puppet on the left. The puppet to the right is more to my liking. Ohh wait, one guy is holding both puppets!!”

….and if this pie in the sky promise happens who gets the social housing – it is immigrants (sorry but that’s true they have great housing need coming in with nothing as a family and nothing, I’m not judging it is our system), people who know the system, councillors and their children, MPs for second homes and after 3 years they are free to sell this ‘social housing’ so we are essentially building again for speculators and airbnb – I’m in the middle of it where I live so have an idea of what goes on with this in a large city.

We need family homes, central areas are becoming residential deserts due to no family housing available, this has been sold, small units for single people and not contributing to the area in terms of using our schools. It is more than building houses.

Reply to the comment left by Blodwyn at 11/10/2023 – 18:46
Many on this thread had similar upbringings.

She’s the unions’ mouthpiece, and has reached her position by shouting loudest and longest over anyone who tried to oppose her. It’s why she’s still where she is, rather than having been ousted along with all the other lefty activists, as Starmer had wanted and tried to do.

I live in hope that when we do get a Labour government, she’s kept firmly in her box and away from major decision-making.

Reply to the comment left by NewYorkie at 12/10/2023 – 11:03
Problem is, she doesn’t know, like all on the poor me left she just knows ‘greedy landlords’ has absolutely no insight into the private rental market – do we want someone who doesn’t do her homework?

Reply to the comment left by C-cider at 11/10/2023 – 10:15An increasing renter population as more people are living separately (not together in family units). Every break up means where a unit was once 1, you now need 2 homes. For all those who are terrified of a Labour victory… just remember who sold off the social housing in the first place.

Reply to the comment left by NewYorkie at 11/10/2023 – 12:14
Distant hopeNewYorkie – Nigel is no longer in the Reform party. Tice is leader.

Reply to the comment left by HardworkingLandlord at 14/10/2023 – 09:39
Depends what you mean by not in the Reform party. He sort of is now, he is just trying not to steal the limelight from Tice.

Reply to the comment left by Andrew57 at 14/10/2023 – 09:52I understand, currently, Farage is “Honorary President of Reform UK”.
Farage has had more positions than the Karma Sutra, and doubt it’ll change again.

Reply to the comment left by Lisa008 at 14/10/2023 – 08:19
The lady formerly known as Milk Snatcher Thatcher?

She’s right about one thing – we do need a lot more social housing built. But that is a long term plan which will take years to happen. She needs to have a plan for the shorter term, but of course you will never hear an opposition politician say that on a radio show.
And before you cast her as the devil, just remember that this current “tory” govt is the one removing section 21, cutting CGT allowances and taxing income, not profit. Remember that.