"One bedroom flat - is it too much to ask?"
Discussion
Is it just me turning into a grumpy old man or is the sense of entitlement amongst our fellow Brits becoming more and more engrained?
Specifically I was reading this article in the Evening Standard yesterday:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/politics/ar...
... and it had a picture of a Barking resident (not shown on web page, unfortunately) with her opinion on immigrants and the BNP, and a direct quote from her saying something along the lines of "I've been waiting X years for a one bedroom flat, is it too much to ask?".
Now I guess that it's well known that certain people do expect the state to provide for them, especially single mothers from what I've seen, but the way the article is written, it seemed that the Standard were angling to get our sympathy for this person - as if they believed that we would agree that the immigrants are stopping this woman being given a property (whether that's correct or not) and that we'd actually sympathise with her.
Perhaps it's just indicative of the Standard's leanings (note their focus on "the dispossessed" and this previous article http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-238... but on the other hand I wonder if they really expect people to agree that the single mum has a right to a flat and the fact she hasn't been given one is newsworthy?
Specifically I was reading this article in the Evening Standard yesterday:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/politics/ar...
... and it had a picture of a Barking resident (not shown on web page, unfortunately) with her opinion on immigrants and the BNP, and a direct quote from her saying something along the lines of "I've been waiting X years for a one bedroom flat, is it too much to ask?".
Now I guess that it's well known that certain people do expect the state to provide for them, especially single mothers from what I've seen, but the way the article is written, it seemed that the Standard were angling to get our sympathy for this person - as if they believed that we would agree that the immigrants are stopping this woman being given a property (whether that's correct or not) and that we'd actually sympathise with her.
Perhaps it's just indicative of the Standard's leanings (note their focus on "the dispossessed" and this previous article http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-238... but on the other hand I wonder if they really expect people to agree that the single mum has a right to a flat and the fact she hasn't been given one is newsworthy?
I read that article last night. She looked about 40 odd?
If she'd save £1k a year and had the most basic of jobs she could have bought this: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope... at any time she liked.
Lazy, fat, ignorant lump of pig fodder.
If she'd save £1k a year and had the most basic of jobs she could have bought this: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope... at any time she liked.
Lazy, fat, ignorant lump of pig fodder.
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