****** 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....

 

[dowie]

Why don't we do what they did in Ireland - make trespass with a caravan a criminal offence. Net result: Loads of ****** in England instead of Ireland. We're under no obligation to bend over backwards to accommodate these people.

Well something like this perhaps... we finally outlawed residential squatting lets bring in tougher legislation to tackle this problem - allow the police to get involved as soon as caravans pitch up on public land etc...

 

[dowie]

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.

Its not really related to people choosing to live in caravans and park up on public land - they have been doing that before during and after property bubbles/crashes...

I wouldn't also be so quick to attribute property price rises to one particular group either. You also have to consider that low interest rates and easy access to credit helped the market up regardless of the presence of buy to let types. (plus there is some requirement for us to have these landlords - they do provide a service people require especially as far as short term accommodation, flat shares etc.. are concerned) Anyway it probably is more for another thread...