Miles Bemberg

@HistoricRecord @londonHenryGB Yea, a lot of sad cases slip through the cracks. I am sure that was more the norm 20, 30 years ago. But unfortunately that’s not much of what you typically see at parks and stations lately, do you think? It’s usually pretty obvious which way the cases go in my experience.

@milesbemberg @londonHenryGB There are also vulnerable young people - autistic who are failed badly by our social service system

I’ll pay around £53,000 in income tax this year. Frankly, I’d rather hand it directly to the homeless person I see on my train every day than watch it disappear into the hands of a government that seems to waste it on very little of value.

@HistoricRecord @londonHenryGB They’re not homeless - or rather, if they are it’s incidental. They’re at this point in their lives due to a personal choices, drugs, crime, personal disorders, etc. They have no interest in participating in society.

@milesbemberg @londonHenryGB Why are homeless people less deserving ?

@OBEhizele By deleting it.

Social housing in inner London originally existed around employment hubs. Places like Deptford housed dockers and industrial workers who needed to live near the docks. Deindustrialisation weakened that logic. We now need to rethink the model for 21st century realities.

@watling_samuel There’s also the composition itself - social housing is skewed towards those outside of working age. Which is a huge problem!

45% percent of working age social renters in London are not working and 27 percent are permanently unemployed? Once again please continue to own me and neolibs by repeating these stats.

@RuxandraTeslo You’re right. I’ve tried to engage some and beyond the normal stuff (resentment of prosperity), they have an especially huge fetish for disabilities. It’s always about the disabled people, what else could we do but put all of them in prime central London housing?

I think when judging the vibes we should pay attention not just to the policies proposed, but the argumentation used to propose them, which reveals underlying cultural assumptions. Something that is really worrying about the left in the UK is that they seem to really place no premium on the value of work. Whatever one might think of AOC's proposals, it is important to note that when she talks about taxing billioanires, her argument circles back to work. She argues billionaires couldn't have worked so much to deserve their money. Her underlying assumption is still that we should reward people for work. If you look at many British leftists, they seem to have no care for that. There is no appreciation for work alltogether.

@AydinDikerdem It’s trivially easy to show that social housing occupants are not economically productive. They are not working those essential jobs - those people are commuting in from further out. Delete your account.

One week back on here and I see the YIMBYs have really accelerated their position. They want to cleanse London of ‘unproductive’ people. I’m guessing the essential jobs that keep our city going like policy wonk and telegraph columnist remain crucial though

@LondonNewLibs I have some bad news for you. It’s worse than you think. Those in social housing are not (on average) working local jobs such as at supermarkets! They typically are not working.

Why should a supermarket worker or council worker get subsidised housing over anyone else? Are these jobs somehow more “virtuous” and deserving of government housing than, say, accountant who has to commute 2 hours a day because he cannot afford to live closer, and is forced to spend less time with his kids in the evening?

@s8mb And 40-50% of central London housing stock being reserved for social housing

I wonder what effect a Burnham govt that does an exit tax, a wealth tax and a 45% capital gains tax will have on this.

@SebMilbank @Telegraph It’s really shocking when you look at the numbers. I knew there was a problem, but didn’t know it was anywhere near 40-50% in many areas.

In some London boroughs, 2 in 5 properties are socially rented. Vast swathes of prime, inner london land is occupied by decaying, poorly managed council housing, inhabited by an economically inactive population. My latest for the @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/money/property…

@CPSUK Are you talking about the recurring fortnightly riots in support of Hamas and radical Islam which take place through the most prominent and congested areas of London?

Think before you post! 📲✋ Content that incites violence or hatred isn't just harmful - it can be illegal. The CPS takes online violence seriously and will prosecute when the legal test is met. Remind those close to you to share responsibly or face the consequences.

@ukhomeoffice @JamesCleverly Respectfully, 48,000 is a more appropriate goal

Today we removed another 48 people who had no right to be in the UK, on one of our regular returns flights. This included criminals convicted of producing, possessing and intending to sell drugs. Dangerous foreign criminals have no place in this country.