How does the Tory government help the man in the street?

[AtW]

Hello Atw

Missed me?

[AtW]

Is this about Tory Govt or Brexit?

Same thing, innit?

[SueEllen]

Missed me?

Yeah.

[shaunbhoy]

Missed me?

Without you alexei, CUK has been like a canoe without a trapdoor!!

[sasguru]

To answer the OPs question, I've just thought of one thing that the working class got from the Tories : the right to buy council houses.
But that policy was the primary reason for the housing shortages we have now and consequent high prices.
Many ex council house occupiers in the better areas of London became millionaires on the back of this policy without lifting a finger, which is surely contrary to Tory policy

[sasguru]

Is this about Tory Govt or Brexit?

The Tories are running Brexit, so same thing

[sasguru]

Same thing, innit?

Snap

[shaunbhoy]

To answer the OPs question, I've just thought of one thing that the working class got from the Tories : the right to buy council houses.
But that policy was the primary reason for the housing shortages we have now and consequent high prices.

Not really. The main reason has been that the money made from the sale of said council houses was not ringfenced for the building of replacement housing stock.
Had that been done then we might have had a very different outcome.

[MrMarkyMark]

Not really. The main reason has been that the money made from the sale of said council houses was not ringfenced for the building of replacement housing stock.
Had that been done then we might have had a very different outcome.

Agreed, but surely just another example of another poorly headline policy, without any thought with regards to the fall out / knock on effects after, surely?

[sasguru]

Not really. The main reason has been that the money made from the sale of said council houses was not ringfenced for the building of replacement housing stock.
Had that been done then we might have had a very different outcome.

Ffs. When has the govt. ever ring fenced anything? If the north sea oil revenues had been ring fenced, like Norway did, we might not be indebted to our eyeballs and there might have been some hope of a successful Brexit.