A blogger who shall remain nameless wrote on my Facebook wall on the day that my partner and I bought our new apartment: “Congratulations on joining the grasping classes! Pah.” Ouch. Over the last few months, the significance of this comment has started to sink in. On Friday for instance I was at a friend’s… Continue reading My life as a member of the grasping classes
Tag: housing
Cunning stunt? Buy a calculator
A few days late on this one, but I have been meaning to follow up on this article about Grant Shapp’s cunning stunt over the Christmas holidays: “Our plan would build more houses than the Government. But the way to do it is not to do it in a centrally planned way. That has always… Continue reading Cunning stunt? Buy a calculator
Cardboard Conservative
Coming in late I know, but I’m amazed no-one has referred to Grant Shapps’ homelessness escapade the other day in the context of being a cunning stunt. “Cunning stunt” is a collection of letters I have repeatedly associated with the brains behind the Tory’s Ealing Southall campaign this year, and it’s nice to have a… Continue reading Cardboard Conservative