Caught the last piece of Question Time last night, I used to
watch this on a regular basis but its continual left wing bias in the audience
selection frustrated me. As someone who attended one of the programmes when it
was in Maidstone I know I was asked many questions before I could get a
ticket. Two questions asked whether I
was a member of a political party and the other s were based on my political
persuasion, they maintained they asked these question to create balance in the
audience. Yet the same could apply for manipulation of the audience and after
seeing the program on many occasion I feel this is what they do.
Back to last night’s program, questions were being asked
about the Bedroom Subsidy, this is where people on benefit get housing benefit
for houses where many of the bedrooms were unoccupied. The government have said that Housing benefit
should be paid on the basis on the actually claimants requirements i.e.
one-person household one bedroom and as I rent one bedroom flats I know that
SBC pay £470 pcm on housing benefit. So logically anyone who is single person
should get £470 pcm now if they want to pay more they have to make up the
balance, common sense I would have thought but not according to the lefties on
the BBC. Exception have been made for the elderly and for some who have medical
problems, yet that ridiculous mother of PC Labours Harriet Harman quoted a case
that she knew of a women who had occasional epileptic fits and her daughter had
to stay in the spare bedroom but she was having to pay for the extra bedroom.
So she should why should we Council Taxpayer for her daughter to have the
occasional visit, if she was in a one bedroom property the daughter could stay,
on the very few times, she was there on a pull out sofa. Remember if you have
worked for a considerable time you are entitled to benefit those who have not
paid into the system it is a charity paid for by us Taxpayers.
Can I give an example I know of a large family who lived in
a 4 bedroom Council house, as the family got older all of the offspring moved
out and became very successful. A sister remained who had mental issues with
coping with the real world, so she stopped with her parents who looked after
her, when her parents died she was in her early fifties and she remained in the
house. She not able to work but was capable of living by herself; the family
argument is that she needs stability so she must remain in the family home.
This may be true but why should she get the housing benefit for a 4-bedroom
house? She has 6 brothers and sisters
why can’t they help out with paying with the subsidy? Maggie is quoted as say “There is no such
thing as Society” by this she meant that we should not rely on the state it is
down to us especially families to help those in need
The other thing that was brought up was the sale of Council
Houses as if this created the Housing shortage this was what some silly woman
from one of the lefty magazine said. Well if family X rents a house and then
buys the house how does that lower the Housing stock? All that has happened is
that Family X pays a mortgage instead of rent as for the idea that Council
Housing estate are a great institution can I ask why should I as a taxpayer
help pay for subsidised rents because that what happens with Council Housing.
She moved on to blame landlords for all the troubles because
rents are paid directly to them. First of all this is not true as the tenant
has to give permission to have the rent paid direct. Paying the rent to
Landlords in a lot of cases helps the tenant who in a lot of cases have
difficulty with their finances I have one tenant who has to top his rent by £10
pcm he is now 2 months behind it only be £20 but imagine if he had the rent
paid to him, another had his rent paid direct and got a month behind I said to
save an eviction the rent was to paid direct to me, to pay back his missed rent
will take him 24 months at £20 pcm. On another occasion I had a women who
refused to pay her rent for several months and was receiving housing benefit I
complained to both the Council and the Police an nothing was done, I eventually
got rid of her still owing 3 months rent.
Radio 4 this morning they were talking about banning smoking
in Prisons and they had two ex cons on saying how bad it was and against their
human rights, one even said it is so bad in prison that they are let out from
their cells at 8am and back in them 8pm and they are trying to organise a Union
for Prisoners? Excuse me but I thought prison was a punishment for people who
committed a serious crime? One of a the spokesman was a Ben Gunn as a 14 year
old he murdered his friend and had done 30 years, his supporters think he
should have been let out years ago. He should think himself lucky he was not
hanged or in my opinion locked up forever. Interesting I looked on the internet
there was a lot about him but no where cold I find the name of the child he
murdered, who will not be paid to go on TV maybe his family should have
something to say about Ben Gunn
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