I knew a family in a council flat with 5 children. They moved into PRS to an area with cheaper PRS rents rather than languishing in overcrowding & so few houses to bid for (little chance of getting). I lost touch with them though 👍I'd imagine they struggle with PRS rent hikes & low-paid manual work

Euston Square Gardens South was a 1920’s land grab — 100 yrs later much the same is happening again.

Writing in 1923 to the Times university constituency MP Sir Sydney Russell-Wells stated

“once built on, it goes without saying that the land is lost forever”

I think my favourite view is from #CityThameslink station across to #TowerBridge and both sides of the #Thames and the water gently rippling to the dark sand and shingle of both banks. I'd love to time travel and experience the view through the centuries and try mud #larking #daydreams

This might help gpadcs.org?page_id=855 Gidea Park and the War Years

Epstein's scandal has similarities to the John Vassall scandal of the 1960s by the looks of it. Very murky it seems.... Not a good look for the already badly tanking Government reputation.

Interesting how a certain UK club with the name of an aquatic animal is never mentioned anywhere anymore 🙈🙉🙊Mostly as the time period was long ago and MPs implicated are deceased EEK

I think often Select Committees are #tokenistic and also test the #temperature of social situations. What is actually done in response and what the agendas really are may be based on political strategy and #marketforces imho. Democracy is not necessarily truly democratic unfortunately I think