Old Conservatives don't understand

[gas112]

I don't think

We have noticed that no need to tell us

 

[Murdochcat]

You keep going back to Labour. Thatcher introduced the great give away, Labour changed the eligibility for right to buy and sales declined. The Tories made it easier again in 2015. That's the facts.

And Labour could have legislated to stop in in 1997 - but didn’t

They are also to blame

 

[denso13]

And Labour could have legislated to stop in in 1997 - but didn’t

Why should they have stopped it? The damage was done.

 

[denso13]

in the 50`s yes they were at one stage same as they were in the 60`s and 70`s before thatcher

So how many did Labour sell off?

 

[gas112]

Why should they have stopped it? The damage was done.

Really you dont think the next 27 years made any difference

 

[gas112]

So how many did Labour sell off?

does it matter how many economic times change which would alter peoples buying ability from government to government . Simple fact that your struggling with they were still sold under a labour government
Are you saying more people would be able to buy them under tories as people are generally better off under a tory government

 

[denso13]

Simple fact that your struggling with they were still sold under a labour government

Without numbers that's just a gut feeling. Right to buy was Thatcher's, no one else's.

 

[gas112]

under labour from 1997 there was 655,000 less social housing by time they left power

 

[gas112]

cut and pasted
"Also, as late as 1977, the Labour Housing Minster published a Green Paper extolling the virtues of homeownership and council tenants being able to buy their home at a discount."
Now was that before thatcher ?

 

[denso13]

Now was that before thatcher ?

Your just posting random quotes. So what? Thatcher introduced RTB.

 

[denso13]

Your source has cleared up one thing,

"Interestingly, council house tenants have been able to buy their council house from as early as the mid 1930s, albeit with little or no discount.".

"But after the General Election of 1979, the new Tory government drafted the Housing Act 1980, which gave the Right to Buy, which became law in the autumn of 1980. Then things really took off!"

 

[Murdochcat]

Why should they have stopped it? The damage was done.

Nonsense. Stopping it in 1997 and instructing councils to rebuild homes would have been easy but they didn’t

Can’t you understand that?

 

[gas112]

Your just posting random quotes. So what? Thatcher introduced RTB.

what a labour party green paper is a random quote

 

[gas112]

Your source has cleared up one thing,

"Interestingly, council house tenants have been able to buy their council house from as early as the mid 1930s, albeit with little or no discount.".

"But after the General Election of 1979, the new Tory government drafted the Housing Act 1980, which gave the Right to Buy, which became law in the autumn of 1980. Then things really took off!"

so you could buy council houses from the 30`s with a discount under tory and labour government for 40+ years before thatcher . Glad we cleared that up

 

[denso13]

so you could buy council houses from the 30`s with a discount under tory and labour government for 40+ years before thatcher

How many were sold under Labour? And what discount?