Various things

[juliet]

Tories want to give council tenants money to buy in the private sector - how, exactly, do they get from "social housing as a transitory stage" to "transforming council estates so that people have a sense of local pride and ownership"? Surely the effect would be exactly the opposite - no impetus to care about the local surroundings because you wouldn't expect to be there long?

ION: date I received "please pay us money" letter from LSBU: Fri 31 Aug (after 5pm so could not phone immediately). Date money is due: Tue 4 Sep. Number of times I have so far phoned, got answerphone, and left my number, name, student number, etc (as per request on answerphone): 3. Number of times I have been called back: 0.

(If they refuse to give me my discount for paying on time because of this I will be Very Very Cross Indeed.)

Many more pedestrians than average in Hyde Park. It would be nice if some of them kept up the walking when the tubes return...

Comments

[i-ludicrous.livejournal.com]

Have you any interesting bike rides planned? I think I need to cycle a long way to make up for a month of eating too much food in France :-)

[juliet]

*Possibly* DIY 200 this month (if so it'll be midweek & starting from home pretty early). The Anfractuous 200 at the start of October.

(very very vaguely considering another crack at a 600 at the end of Sept...)

[i-ludicrous.livejournal.com]

Turns out I am busy every weekend until mid October, with the possible exception of the 15-16th. Pity: The Anfractious looks good! I'm not sure I should try a 600 myself until I have 1) done more shorter ones, and 2) got another bike...

I am generally up for midweek stuff though, in my new status as a layabout :-)

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

the thing you are missing there is:

THEY ARE THE TORIES, THEY DO NOT CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE A BUNCH OF [SWEARWORDS] ;)

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

It will make the middle classes hate the poor people = back of the net!

[juliet]

But they're not even making sense within their own argument!

(You are, however, obv correct.)

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

That plan is stupid in so many ways. For one thing it will just cause house prices to rise until buying is again out of reach of council tenants, so they don't benefit and the rest of us lose out.

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

I have read that over a few times and I *still* don't get what their point is!

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

I think the point is that it sounds like a good idea if you're stupid and not paying attention, which is enough voters to form a majority.

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

Ah, one of those - I see! :)

[kaet.livejournal.com]

Ah, private tenants f'd again.

"transforming council estates so that people have a sense of local pride and ownership"

Many local gangs seem already to possess more than their fair share of local pride and ownership.