“Nine per cent of the country is developed and that includes roads, factories and so on: only 2% is housing" - statistic used in Rowan Moore's article http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/14/britain-housing-crisis-10-ways-solve-rowan-moore-general-election
No acknowledgement that the 9% of development has blighted 80% of England, so that most of the country is covered by "thin town".
And no mention of the role immigration is playing in the chronic housing crisis. The left would have you believe that it is entirely a supply problem. Actually it is a demand problem - you cannot import millions of cheapo workers (and potential Labour voters!) and not make any provision for where they will live, and what road space they will occupy when driving, and where their sewage will go, and what water is available for them to drink and wash in, and who will treat them when they fall ill, what beds they will occupy when in hospital, what school places are available for their children, who will collect their rubbish, who will arrest them when they commit crimes etc etc.
Labour's reckless open-door immigration policy is going to require a huge extension of the public sector - which the rest of us will have to pay for, since most of the immigrants are on minimum wage.
No acknowledgement that the 9% of development has blighted 80% of England, so that most of the country is covered by "thin town".
And no mention of the role immigration is playing in the chronic housing crisis. The left would have you believe that it is entirely a supply problem. Actually it is a demand problem - you cannot import millions of cheapo workers (and potential Labour voters!) and not make any provision for where they will live, and what road space they will occupy when driving, and where their sewage will go, and what water is available for them to drink and wash in, and who will treat them when they fall ill, what beds they will occupy when in hospital, what school places are available for their children, who will collect their rubbish, who will arrest them when they commit crimes etc etc.
Labour's reckless open-door immigration policy is going to require a huge extension of the public sector - which the rest of us will have to pay for, since most of the immigrants are on minimum wage.
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