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@StuartSmudge

Just a creative passing on my perspective & lived experience. Celebrating 30 yrs of my Kidney transplant. Advocate for fair rents as a social tenant myself.

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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
With news that unemployment is at 5%. I thought I write about what so any seem to ignore, rents. I know it will be alien to so many. But you have to look at rents and at policy, not simply blame the claimants in my view. [@Shelter] [@jrf_uk] [ @ONS ] stuartsmudge.com/when-work-does…
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@Anniepop2027 @UKLabour I don't accept that. Reform on rights is obviously a good thing, but I am referring to £1400 average private rent which is relevant to the working class, far higher in London. Therefore most earnings go to pay the landlord, so those measures don't change cost of living for many.
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Anne@Anniepop2027·
@StuartSmudge @UKLabour No it doesn’t. Rent Reform, min wage up, workers rights up, childcare costs £8000 a year cheaper, energy cost down. Working people are front and centre.
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The Labour Party@UKLabour·
In the face of global instability, Labour is acting to protect British people from the cost of living.
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@SamJRushworth @PolitlcsUK @Cpat81043530 Yeah its not great and a bit too obvious, but hey good to see SNL over here. Might have been better to putting them all on a golf course. Farage and Badenoch as well, trying to impress Trump.
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Sam Rushworth MP@SamJRushworth·
@PolitlcsUK @Cpat81043530 Bad acting (only resemblance to Starmer and Lammy is skin colour), and fails as sattire because it's so far from truth, which is that Starmer has got what we want from US (carve out on tariffs) without yielding to Trump. It's Badenoch and Farage who are frit to stand up to Trump
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Politics UK@PolitlcsUK·
🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer’s calls with Donald Trump are mocked in the launch of Saturday Night Live UK #SNLUK
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@LBC @jhansonradio Its a fair argument, but that also happened when I was in temp housing many years ago. I will be honest that I had the same thought, but it was more about the right property & need. That will also apply to someone over 60 now, why many council bungalows are for over 60's.
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LBC@LBC·
‘I would be happy to move to Dubai, but I wouldn't expect to get benefits.' Caller Jordan explains to @jhansonradio why he thinks British people feel like migrants get preferential treatment in the UK.
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@MrBlue1701 @RobertJenrick @pdockerty They wont and suspect he knows that. I always thought Jenrick and other made a big mistake. Because at some point the Tories will change leader, as will Labour. Reform have lost momentum & don't see them getting it back.
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Robert Jenrick@RobertJenrick·
I’m fearful for our next few years. On issue after issue - migration, energy, welfare and the war - Polanski and Rayner are running Starmer.
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@Anniepop2027 @UKLabour He knows his brief for sure and well prepared. But cost of living for many will be private rents and what that is doing to disposable income. Labour has become just like other parties, pushing the same mantra. That ignores the working class and why they are angry.
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Anne@Anniepop2027·
@UKLabour Excellent interviews by Steve Reed under ridiculous bias from a whole host of journalists and presenters
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@UKLabour But Labour are still not tackling private rents for the working class. You want to push more one size fits all and home ownership, because that worked for many of you. But you ignore the stepping stone you had, fair rent & social housing. So, issues still remain for many.
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@RobertJenrick Fearful in the sense that you are questioning yourself you mean? Questioning moving to what you thought was the right option, because you know change is coming perhaps?
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@redrumlisa Seems to be something missing here. Any 56 day wait would be more about what they call 'intentionally homeless' or have suitable accommodation, the situation when you present as homeless basically. Many will find a place & present to council, but they won't have a duty of care.
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@SKithiyon56925 @Telegraph Agree, same with Brexit. Pushing one size fits all and ignoring fair rent and social housing has failed. 30 years of pushing everyone the same way and ignoring manual work and trades. Now they complain too many came to fill those jobs.
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Great Facts House@SKithiyon56925·
@Telegraph So lockdowns get blamed for everything now, while no one questions decades of deeper systemic failures.
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The Telegraph@Telegraph·
✍️ ‘Mass immigration, soaring debt, worklessness — all have their roots in that disastrous but popular decision’ Daniel Hannan makes the case of the 2020 lockdowns still shaping Britain’s economy 👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/2…
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@Telegraph So lockdowns are to blame for £1400 average rent and £2200 in London? Not the rise in private rents since 2020? meaning its now harder to take jobs that cover the bills and rent. If the take home pay won't cover the rent and bills, what would you do?
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@PolitlcsUK Ok production team, do we have a Starmer impersonator yet? - Well we have a guy that used to do Zippy and apparently it sounds just like him 😄
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@robjeffecology @AlexofBrown @June4th Greens can't deliver change so what's the point? They are a protest party, nothing more. The housing situation is serious and its been coming for years, we all saw it happen. The last thing we need is Farage on the other side of the road, selling a car that will never be built.
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Alexander Brown@AlexofBrown·
Exc: Angela Rayner calls for an increase in community-led and co-operative housing models in fresh intervention. She says: “Fixing the housing crisis will take fresh thinking and more homes built for communities and shaped by communities.” mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
This is what annoys me about Labour now & Rayner. We know what works as social tenants. We also know selling off 2 Million council homes and not replacing then was a mistake. Instead of acknowledging mistakes & actually listening, its here's a fresh idea for a headline.
Alexander Brown@AlexofBrown

Exc: Angela Rayner calls for an increase in community-led and co-operative housing models in fresh intervention. She says: “Fixing the housing crisis will take fresh thinking and more homes built for communities and shaped by communities.” mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

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RJ@robjeffecology·
@AlexofBrown @June4th She has backed property developers to the hilt for last two years… Vote Green for actual decent and proper amounts of social housing…
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@AlexofBrown Maybe if Rayner met us on the social housing resident panel, she would have heard that fresh thinking 😉 We need more social housing and fair rent and Labour to deal with reality of need. Millions of workers won't own a home, one size fits all has failed. All jobs are important.
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@HarryScoffin @PJTheEconomist Of course we needs flats and far more homes with fair rent, as all jobs are important. Also not everyone will own a home & everyone earns a different wage. So the point about social mobility is an important one.
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Harry Scoffin@HarryScoffin·
@PJTheEconomist Paul, why ignore the collapse in demand for what developers have been peddling? Sellers need buyers. People do not want flats anymore because they’ve woken up to the extractive legal structure of leasehold underpinning this type of home. 96% of new-builds in London are flats…
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Paul Johnson@PJTheEconomist·
What is happening to house building in London is a national disgrace and a huge economic own goal. Worse, it stymies social mobility, locking young people from poorer families and from other parts of the UK out of the London labour market.
Tom Forth@thomasforth

So here would be an amazing data story in housing. It's looking quite possible in the data so far that Dublin will complete more homes than London in 2025. Not per capita. Absolute number of new homes completed. Higher in Dublin than London.

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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@labourpress Nearly 2 years into a Labour government, we still have no clue what Labour's identity is.
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Labour Press@labourpress·
Just three weeks in, we finally have a clear answer from Kemi Badenoch on whether she supports the war.
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@BBCNews I don't think they ever will until Labour start listening. The whole working people rebrand won't work for them. It alienates the working class under that umbrella. Who work in min wage or low paid jobs, as well as those that did them, or retired. One size fits all has failed.
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Stuart@StuartSmudge·
@HalfacreeDavid @sp4rkl3jumpr0p3 Voting Greens ends up being a wasted vote, as I have seen before in an area I used to live in. They get voted in as part of a protest, then next time around all replaced, because they change nothing. Many won't trust the leader either IMO.
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David Halfacree@HalfacreeDavid·
@sp4rkl3jumpr0p3 I completely agree. I know loads of Labour voters. Sensible people that I associate with making good decisions, care about the environment but not particularly engaged in politics. Seems obvious to me that they’ll become Green voters.
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@sp4rkl3jumpr0p3 Respect for what you believe, but I am a realist. The Greens or Reform for that matter cannot change anything for me. At a local level both parties will do well in May. But that will trigger changes and new leaders. I suspect many will be waiting for that to happen.
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