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Previously on "Down goes the neighbourhood"

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  • Flashman
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post


    I heard that and was most amused.

    Guess those Chinese foreign investors won't be happy.
    Oh some investors will do nicely

    Inside Grenfell Tower BEFORE the London fire | London Evening Standard

    "......One of the two-bed flats, on the 18th floor of the building, was listed to rent at the end of the last year for £1,971 a month.....

    ...The advert boasts of the flat’s location near to Latimer Road Tube station and says the property is well insulated”. ahem

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    Scotland has a lower population density - it makes perfect sense!
    send them all up there then encourage another independence vote?

    sorted!

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    To be fair some may prefer it.

    Get away from the nightmare they've just been through.
    although I dare say they'll start having flashbacks once the Grouse season starts up there!

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    asylum seekers were sent to a remote Scottish island

    Why are Syrian refugees being sent to a Scottish island with high poverty? | Daily Mail Online

    imagine that, you leave a war torn country, somehow cross half of the world

    get to the land of gold paved roads... UK

    and then get sent to a Scottish island

    Milan.
    Sounds wonderful!!!

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    What have they done to you to deserve that? The immigrants that is.


    Scotland has a lower population density - it makes perfect sense!

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    imagine that, you leave a war torn country, somehow cross half of the world

    get to the land of gold paved roads... UK

    and then get sent to a Scottish island

    Milan.
    It's Karma's way of letting you know you picked the wrong sky fairy?

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    That's the Grenfell Tower lot taken care of, but what about the other three new tower blocks the same size that are needed EACH DAY for the 600,000 immigrants who enter the country each year, many illegally?
    Worse still, hundreds of thousands of them are entirely fictitious.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    asylum seekers were sent to a remote Scottish island

    Why are Syrian refugees being sent to a Scottish island with high poverty? | Daily Mail Online

    imagine that, you leave a war torn country, somehow cross half of the world

    get to the land of gold paved roads... UK

    and then get sent to a Scottish island

    Milan.
    It's so they weren't further traumatised.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    What have they done to you to deserve that? The immigrants that is.


    To be fair some may prefer it.

    Get away from the nightmare they've just been through.

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  • milanbenes
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    asylum seekers were sent to a remote Scottish island

    Why are Syrian refugees being sent to a Scottish island with high poverty? | Daily Mail Online

    imagine that, you leave a war torn country, somehow cross half of the world

    get to the land of gold paved roads... UK

    and then get sent to a Scottish island

    Milan.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    Send them to Scotland.
    What have they done to you to deserve that? The immigrants that is.


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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    That's the Grenfell Tower lot taken care of, but what about the other three new tower blocks the same size that are needed EACH DAY for the 600,000 immigrants who enter the country each year, many illegally?
    Send them to Scotland.

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  • motoukenin
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    £7 a square foot maintenance charge on top of rates would be expensive

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    will they get right-to-buy on the new apartments ?

    Milan.
    No, but you can bet your arse they'll sublet them.

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post


    I heard that and was most amused.

    Guess those Chinese foreign investors won't be happy.
    Washing lines on the balcony should brighten up the building

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