And they're at it again. Today in the Standard, the Hon. (questionable) Andy Slaughter hits out at TOP SECRET (OMG Area 51 is real!) Tory plans to oust the 'poor' from Hammersmith and Fulham. Apparently, the leader of the council, one Mr. Stephen Greenhalgh, is planning to reform social housing in the borough with bold moves to ensure that only those who really need it get social/council housing. Drastic!

While Mr. Slaughter is surely of the opinion that we should all live in government designed/built communes, unfortunately, this just won't do for the regeneration and prosperity of what is actually a rather splendid borough. Andy tows nought but party line in his piece defending the rights of those who aren't working to have free £1m+ houses for life. The point is Andy, your government made the mess of unemployment and reliance upon the state. Do you wish to keep on piling the economic burden on HM Government?

Even so, and contrarily enough- the plans are not about ousting the poor or those in need. It's about maintaining reality, so as not to devalue the area. This will benefit everyone involved. Not just the 'rich'. If you stagnate the rent while increasing benefits, you are (quite obviously) creating a ghetto, and convincing people that not working is a great idea! Kudos. Kudos. Kudos.

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I almost can't digest my lunch due to Andy's use of the term 'social cleansing'. Try explaining your flippant usage of such a term in discussing council plans to regenerate an area to REAL victims of social and ethnic cleansing.

For shame.