Emeritus Prof Christopher MayAug 7, 2025

What happens when the Govt. Under Secretary for Homelessness & Rough Sleeping is herself a landlord?

Well, the answer is she continues to act as a Landlord; serving notice on tenants that a lease would not be renewed so that the rent could be raised & the property re-listed.... now this is not an uncommon tactic, but its also what is stoking rent inflation (and therefore indirectly homelessness).

The problem with our political class in a nutshell; hypocrisy!

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czerl5dy0kgo

Rushanara Ali criticised after rent increase on London property

Rushanara Ali MP faces criticism for increasing the rent on a house she owns by hundreds of pounds.

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Show threadJna💚Aug 7, 2025
@ChrisMayLA6 it is more than that. Politics is peopled by politicians using power to improve their wealth. It has always been so. For a while, post war, the avaricious behaviour was slowed down but now it's unfettered again. It explains many of our national (housing, low wages) and international woes (Brexit, Palestine).
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May

@jna

I think there are still *some* politicians who are (at least partly) driven by a public service ethos, but I agree the proportion is shrinking in the face of the 'professional' self-serving members of the political class...

Aug 7, 2025 at 8:24amWeb
Show threadJna💚Aug 7, 2025
@ChrisMayLA6 yes. You are correct. I tend to make sweeping statements to highlight my POV! I do believe that innocent MPs are assailed with opportunities to enrich themselves as soon as they step into the HOC -from gifts ( Remember Zara Sultana publicly refusing one ) to donations from lobbyists, freebies from membership of groups like F of I. It must be hard to resist! The greedy will wallow in the opportunities. While We suffer!