Tories Punish The Homeless

There are over 700,000 families in Britain without proper homes and, coincidentally, there are over 700,000 boarded-up and empty properties. Many, if not most, of these empty properties are owned by property speculators who are hoarding their portfolio until the property market "improves." Many more are empty because the rents being demanded by greedy landlords are far, far too high. And, of course, in a property market deliberately inflated by the activity of criminals within the banking system, many people simply cannot afford to buy a home of their own. The Tories, in their own inimitable style, have looked at this problem and come up with a solution that only they could regard as sensible or fair - they have swept away the ancient laws on squatting. Any homeless person found living in a house left abandoned by its owner will be arrested, fined up to £5,000 and threatened with imprisonment. This, the Tories say with a smirk, will "protect hardworking home owners", conjuring up a picture of middle-class families being dispossesed by feckless criminals breaking into their homes while they are out at work. It will, of course, do no such thing. The measure is meant to protect the financial interests of property speculators, the favoured part-time activity of many MP's who fund this by stealing tax payers money, and is specifically designed to help support an unsustainable property market. However, it is quite likely that the Tories have taken what was a largely invisible problem and forced it onto the streets for all to see - shooting themselves, once again, in the foot and showing themselves up for the selfish, callous, vicious and narrow-minded morons they are.