****** being ******...

[dowie]

Seems like a bunch of ****** turned up in Tooting, stayed for a day and then dumped a whole load of waste....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24180395

Am wondering if we need better legislation to control these people... I mean we've finally got legislation that actually makes it illegal for people to squat in empty residential properties perhaps tougher laws are needed for people who turn up in caravans on public land and act like that....

 

[Biohazard]

One day? 19 caravans?

Tonnes of rubbish?

Actual tonnes?

Seems a bit unlikely but if it's true then that's crazy.

 

[randal]

I think it's just angry hyperbole.

 

[Westyfield2]

****** be ******.

 

[Redz]

But they like dags

 

[Nitefly]

One day? 19 caravans?

Tonnes of rubbish?

Actual tonnes?

Seems a bit unlikely but if it's true then that's crazy.

It's even worse than that.

It's tons.

Wait a minute...

 

[FoxEye]

Am wondering if we need better legislation to control these people... I mean we've finally got legislation that actually makes it illegal for people to squat in empty residential properties

You have to ask why some properties sit empty for long periods of time tho, don't you?

From what I understand there's good money to be made in property speculation, where you buy something and leave it vacant, hoping for the property value to increase in the meantime. Good old capitalism People don't need houses to live in, the middle classes need them to get rich.

We have such an unfair society, and people love to scapegoat those at the bottom. While you see a dirty squatter - a blight on society - perhaps that's how I feel about those higher up the ladder. I'd rather get rid of the buy-to-let landlords, tbh. Those people are the real scum.

 

[kwerk]

One day? 19 caravans?

Tonnes of rubbish?

Actual tonnes?

Seems a bit unlikely but if it's true then that's crazy.

They go round people's houses asking if they have anything furniture or whatever they want dumped, then just dump at a park instead of paying dump fees.

 

[Rimsy]

I'd rather get rid of the buy-to-let landlords, tbh. Those people are the real scum.

Why is that?

 

[altus]

You have to ask why some properties sit empty for long periods of time tho, don't you?

From what I understand there's good money to be made in property speculation, where you buy something and leave it vacant, hoping for the property value to increase in the meantime. Good old capitalism People don't need houses to live in, the middle classes need them to get rich.

We have such an unfair society, and people love to scapegoat those at the bottom. While you see a dirty squatter - a blight on society - perhaps that's how I feel about those higher up the ladder. I'd rather get rid of the buy-to-let landlords, tbh. Those people are the real scum.

If you had spare cash would you leave it in the bank?
I bet you would put it in property, if you had any.
Then I would love to see your face when the squatters move in.

 

[FoxEye]

Why is that?

In a nutshell... because their buying up property for financial gain cripples the ability of working classes to afford their own home.

You end up with a working class family paying 1/2 their income to a landlord, so he can take early retirement and pay his mortgage for him.

To me, that's pure evil. But it's probably a discussion best left for its own thread.

 

[DirtyJester]

But they like dags

I like dags...

 

[Rozzy85]

That isn't their rubbish but other peoples that they've collected. *****'s are like Wombles only that they have the added sense to smell out non-ferrous metal. Looks like they were disturbed before they could finish harvesting.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

The council said cleaning up would cost thousands of pounds.

Can't the council hire a skip for 1 day to clear this up? Or do their penpushers include their fee in the "thousands" of pounds bill?

 

[Orch]

In a nutshell... because their buying up property for financial gain cripples the ability of working classes to afford their own home.

You end up with a working class family paying 1/2 their income to a landlord, so he can take early retirement and pay his mortgage for him.

To me, that's pure evil. But it's probably a discussion best left for its own thread.

Ha, an interesting view.

 

[PudWud]

Ha, an interesting view.

It's kind of a strange view and one that I've never heard before.

 

[leaskovski]

Tooting Common is hardly an empty property. There are laws for this, but they aren't going to stop Shaun ***** from parking their mobile home on a strip of green.

 

[Lopéz]

It's kind of a strange view and one that I've never heard before.

Damn those buy to let landlords, the scourge of the modern day working class family.

 

[Lopéz]

Can't the council hire a skip for 1 day to clear this up? Or do their penpushers include their fee in the "thousands" of pounds bill?

Skips aren't that cheap to start with, and you have to pay the labour costs involved in the administration, planning, recording and for the actual cleaning activity itself.

Without "penpushers" being involved nothing would ever get done in almost any industry, but don't let that get in the way of a good rant.

 

[d_brennen]

In a nutshell... because their buying up property for financial gain cripples the ability of working classes to afford their own home.

You end up with a working class family paying 1/2 their income to a landlord, so he can take early retirement and pay his mortgage for him.

To me, that's pure evil. But it's probably a discussion best left for its own thread.

How dare people who have worked hard to earn some money use that money to try and earn a few quid