tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post8185586413291339583..comments2024-03-29T11:40:14.992+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: West Hendon documentary BBC1 tonight spotlights the housing crisisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-44513270107998090122016-03-17T12:00:21.326+00:002016-03-17T12:00:21.326+00:00The documentary states that Barnet Council sold th...The documentary states that Barnet Council sold the land to Barratt's for just £3! How many acres was that, and what is the related price per square foot?<br /><br />And, as the Housing & Planning Bill proposes more tax-payer subsidised 'right-to-buy', I wonder how much below market price the compulsory purchase 'compensation' would be for 'right-to-buy' tenants when this Government and local councils go still further in selling off Britain to 'developers'?<br /><br />I believe that if the content of Naomi Klein's 2007 book 'The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism' was common knowledge, councils and central governments would not be able to get away with what they have got away with so far. See <a href="http://www.naomiklein.org/reviews/ms-magazine-review-shock-doctrine" rel="nofollow">http://www.naomiklein.org/reviews/ms-magazine-review-shock-doctrine>Ms. Magazine review of The Shock Doctrine</a>.Kilburn Unemployed Workers Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281633520479831796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-33320900711179532872016-03-16T18:28:14.896+00:002016-03-16T18:28:14.896+00:00This is being repeated at the Whitefields Estate. ...This is being repeated at the Whitefields Estate. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-17499285819297486822016-03-16T11:08:03.651+00:002016-03-16T11:08:03.651+00:00Now see also the BBC iplayer version http://www.bb...Now see also the BBC iplayer version <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t0ydd/the-estate-were-in" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t0ydd/the-estate-were-in</a><br /><br />Alan WheatleyKilburn Unemployed Workers Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281633520479831796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-38130317190380794492016-03-15T18:42:16.797+00:002016-03-15T18:42:16.797+00:00Tom says it is the worst regen he has seen in Lond...Tom says it is the worst regen he has seen in LondonBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16326275564775148582noreply@blogger.com