How To Get A Council House.

[Cmitchell]

We watched with interest the documentary "how to get a council house" last night, and it got us wondering about when councils used let their tenants buy the council houses.

What is in it for the councils/government? What benefit do they get?

[craft1948]

'menacing'..............pmsl

[tonyav]

LOL.

[tonyav]

Anyhoo I think that Thatcher and her cronies thought that an house owner would more than likely vote Tory.

[Retrochic]

divebuddy -exactly -if that had not been posted I would probably have not even come back into the thread. I was bullied as a child and I'm damned if I'll put up with it now.

[craft1948]

What's it going to be....'pixels at dawn'

[Retrochic]

no craft -I think the usual suspects have had enough excitement for one day. I'm off.

[Baldric]

Handbags at dawn, (cheap ones at a guess!)

[Retrochic]

baldric lol! xx

[TWR]

Ret, to end my, & to answer your post regards Being bullied, been there, coped it, put a stop to it my way, bullied ceased, that's history. x

[sandyRoe]

The couple who were used to give Thatcher a photo opportunity (handing over the keys to their newly bought house) later split up and eventually lost their home.
House ownership isn't for everyone.

[EcclesCake]

Regrettably, I do feel there is an element of the bullied becoming the bully in this case though.

It is vaguely disguised as robusta argument and audacity but it still brings a bitter taint to threads.......and that is the rub.

[Retrochic]

sandy -I think a lot found that home ownership as opposed to Council had its set backs -like all of a sudden becoming totally responsible for all repairs and maintenance, which can be quite costly -no more phoning the council up and getting free repairs.