Quote from: PeterGrant on November 07, 2020, 11:11:22 pm

Quote from: Jtc on November 07, 2020, 11:08:01 pm

Quote from: Hardliner on November 07, 2020, 11:57:09 am

You wonder how the SNP could even let such a vulture capitalist stay in the party, never mind stand her as a candidate.

Her line of work just seems so at odds with the party's anti-austerity, equality-promoting and helping the poor (No sniggering at the back) values.

They help the poor by making sure they can stay in council houses forever ahk.By not letting them buy them after years of living in them..
Unlike The Great leaders Parents who pounced on their chance in the 'right to buy' like a seagull on a chip

I don’t think you really understand that issue JTC. The end to right to buy in Scotland was accompanied by schemes to help people buy new build affordable homes which are more suitable for modern living. The end to right to buy was to protect the provision of quality housing stock for the rental sector.

Have never heard anyone in Scotland complain about that particular policy.

OK,I get the drift.But how does that help say a 50year old who maybe could buy his house He has lived in for years for say £60k or less?Surely new builds are loads more than that?You have just said the right to buy was to protect quality housing stock then said the new build schemes are better for modern living. Are they better than council houses then?
I dont see why my Scottish brothers shouldnt be able to buy a council house under the right to buy yet their English brethren can.Its all one country

Newly built councils are better than the older council houses aye, and the best of the older council houses are being protected as rental stock and invested in.

Someone in the situation you describe would be helped to buy a newer council house or in some occasion the older council house might indeed be sold. It was the end of the automatic right to buy, with new schemes replacing it, not a ban on buying council houses.