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Fantastic article, and campaign, from a paper I rarely agree with.
Cautiously optimistic:
- Optimistic because this is a comprehensive, persuasive piece, in the UK's second most read newspaper (which has a history of successful campaigns - see their plastic bags campaign)... https://twitter.com/milesdilworth/status/1345868922151645184
Cautiously optimistic:
- Optimistic because this is a comprehensive, persuasive piece, in the UK's second most read newspaper (which has a history of successful campaigns - see their plastic bags campaign)... https://twitter.com/milesdilworth/status/1345868922151645184
- Cautious because comments below the online article from the Daily Mail's engaged readership are at times less than supportive (not a 'taxpayer issue', the government shouldn't foot the bill, it should be left to leaseholders to take developers to court, etc).
In an ideal world, of course, these comments might be halfway reasonable. The guilty should pay, of course they should, but the issue of finger pointing is complicated by retrospective regulatory changes, at the level of government (amongst other things).
More needs to be done to highlight:
- The difficulties surrounding pinpointing the guilty party in the first instance
- The nigh on impossible task of getting the guilty to pay without government involvement
- The moral case for using taxpayer money...
- The difficulties surrounding pinpointing the guilty party in the first instance
- The nigh on impossible task of getting the guilty to pay without government involvement
- The moral case for using taxpayer money...
(which of course should only be a last resort, and should be mitigated as much as possible by money (strong-armed if necessary) from the guilty parties).
Let's not forget that leaseholders are taxpayers too (government rhetoric is designed to disguise this)...
Let's not forget that leaseholders are taxpayers too (government rhetoric is designed to disguise this)...
...and that this scandal will affect people who are not leaseholders too (housing market slowdown, etc).