tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post253960168302359204..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Council HousesKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-72491893710284698392011-04-14T20:26:56.269+01:002011-04-14T20:26:56.269+01:00A key aspect was that Council Houses were original...A key aspect was that Council Houses were originally put up in the 1950's to meet the housing needs of respectable working class families. Later in the 1960's the concept moved into high gear - and thus the inevitable downward spiral - in accordance with some nebulous socialist theory requiring the creation of "communities in the sky": ergo today's high-rise "housing estate" urban slums.Flashmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-22788512058322876952011-04-12T13:51:19.427+01:002011-04-12T13:51:19.427+01:00Ken: Unfortunately, I have to agree with you, and ...Ken: Unfortunately, I have to agree with you, and you too, Tonk. Yet another fantastic idea ruined by political correctness and political interference. Funny, I cannot recall any of the political parties mentioning these changes in their election manifestos: I must have missed that!Lord of Atlantisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-39629657453739043612011-04-12T11:28:14.907+01:002011-04-12T11:28:14.907+01:00Sadly, all you say is true; The only people that c...Sadly, all you say is true; The only people that can get council housing in my area are single parents, ex psychiatric patients and former prisoners.<br />By lumping all these people in one place, the kids grow up thinking that their peers represent a normal lifestyle and thus copy it.<br /><br />Our council state that they don't give special treatment to single mothers but, the law states that they must put them into a B and B and once in a B and B, they then become entitled to a council home; special treatment through the back door.....More semantics by our local Nanny.<br /><br />The local council estate here is basically a ghetto and, in my opinion, the kids growing up there have little to look forward to, in terms of a good career and lifestyle......I am generalising and I am sure that there may be "good ones" within the ghetto but, as the older, more traditional, decent tenants die off, they are replaced with more chavs.Tonk.noreply@blogger.com