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Old March 10th 15, 11:26 AM posted to uk.transport.london
David Cantrell David Cantrell is offline
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On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 02:52:35PM +0000, d wrote:

Its funny isn't it how some people are so keen on uncontrolled immigration yet
when the inveitable consequences occur - eg **** all housing available in
london at a reasonable rent - its suddenly someone elses fault.


You're right, it is someone else's fault.

It's Clement Attlee's fault. Stupid Town and Country Planning Act 1947
and its successors. Without that, land owners would be able to far more
easily build houses that people want to live in in places that people
want to live.

pays so little due to immigrants
pushing the wages down (and anyone who claims they haven't doesn't live in
the real world I'm afraid).


The data disagrees.

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