Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Social cleansing at the old Heygate estate

It is important, when considering this Independent article by Charlotte Philby about social cleansing at the old Heygate estate to remember that this is being done by a Labour council and the old residents were moved out in 2010 under a Labour government.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/15bn-revamp-of-sink-estate-reveals-social-cleansing-plan-8482307.html

They did the same at the Woodberry Down estate in Hackney.

Labour has turned against the working class.  They have become a centralised party, recruiting directly and deciding policy at the centre.  They only really represent themselves now (a small self-perpetuating political elite that uses "Labour" as a concept-free brand name).

Tim Bale's article just published on the Progress website is apt - particularly the last paragraph (Tim Bale is professor of politics at Queen Mary College, University of London):  http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2013/02/06/campaign-in-prose/

http://afroml.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/blog-post_28.html
http://afroml.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/elephant-castle.html

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